Lorraine L. Rosamilia, MD

In a world where online rating services are a key part of commerce, we have to ask ourselves: Is choosing a plumber, babysitter, hotel, restaurant, or pair of running shoes in the same category as choosing your physician?

Any clinician who biopsies multiple melanocytic lesions per day daydreams about a modality that will consistently and accurately distinguish the neoplasms that haunt us the most: the ones with no clear diagnosis. New diagnostic technology may soon make that dream a reality.