PDX Skincare Festival unites health care, skincare to reduce melanoma mortality statewide

May 18 event will mark the launch of a statewide public awareness campaign to help educate the public about the importance of skin cancer screening, early detection

By Amanda Gibbs May 15, 2019 Portland, Oregon

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Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., performs a skin check.

Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., performs a skin check on an OHSU patient in 2015. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)

Dr. Sancy Leachman

Dr. Sancy Leachman, at an OHSU clinic in 2015. (OHSU/Fritz Liedtke)

Skin exam

Skin examination by a doctor at OHSU Dermatology, October 25, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Dermatology

Elizabeth Berry, M.D., OHSU Dermatology, October 25, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

2018 PDX Skincare Festival

The 2018 PDX Skincare Festival. (OHSU/Patrick Kinghorn)

2019 PDX Skincare Festival

Mindi Helmandollar-Armatas, an OHSU patient who battled late-stage melanoma, shown with her husband. She will be honored at the upcoming Steps Against Melanoma 5K Walk with all proceeds from the walk benefiting the OHSU Melanoma Tissue Bank Consortium. (Photo courtesy of Helmandollar-Armatas)