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Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™ Stories

Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™ is dedicated to raising awareness and funds to support the AAD’s skin cancer education, awareness, and prevention programs and services.

Learn more about the impact of this initiative by reading the stories below.

Ava T. Shamban, MD, FAAD, participating in Skin Cancer, Take a Hike! in the Dolomites.
Hiking the Dolomite mountains in Italy

AAD member Ava T. Shamban, MD, FAAD, raised awareness and funds for skin cancer prevention and detection through Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™

Sarah Jackson, MD, FAAD, and daughter Adelaide Jackson brought their community together to promote sun safety.
Raising awareness for skin cancer prevention programs

AAD member Sarah Jackson, MD, FAAD, loved getting her high school daughter and their community involved with the AAD’s Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™

Heartland Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center staff participated in Skin Cancer, Take a Hike! as a team building experience.
Leading the way to raise awareness of skin cancer

Tara Gillespie, APRN-C, COO of Heartland Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center, loved being able to bring Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™ to their practices across Kansas.

Dr. Blalock loved being able to get his daughter involved in a hike.
Minding the gap

AAD member Travis W. Blalock, MD, FAAD, loved bringing the personal and the professional together through Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™.

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Skin Cancer, Take a Hike!™ raises awareness and funds for the AAD’s skin cancer prevention and detection programs. Learn more about this initiative, and how you can get involved.

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