Dr. Susan C. Taylor with mentee Rawan Moutraji, MD
As I was introduced to the Skin of Color field and the SCOS in recent years, I became excited for the idea of a mentorship program that would enable me to connect and learn from an expert in this great field at this stage of my career. I was very thrilled when I got the 2022-2023 mentorship program with Dr. Susan C. Taylor.
During the program, I met with my mentor several times via zoom and communicated through emails as well. We worked on a literature review article about skin aging exposome in Skin of Color populations. We performed an extensive search in the PubMed and Google scholar databases, and we included peer-reviewed studies in SOC populations around the world regarding one or more of the skin aging exposome factors, and we grouped and organized the studies under each factor of the skin aging exposome.
This hard work paid off when our article was recently published in the Dermatologic Surgery Journal. We also got this accepted as iPoster at the 19th Annual Skin of Color Society Scientific Symposium in New Orleans, LA, and then I got the chance to attend the meeting in person and to meet with great people during it.
This mentorship program was an amazing and big opportunity for me. I got to acquire more knowledge about the unique aspects of skin diseases in Skin of Color population. I was lucky to learn from a true leader and idol in this field, Dr. Susan Taylor. I highly recommend this program to any young physician who is looking to solidify career goals and become more involved in the Skin of Color field by connecting with its leaders.