Comprehensive Dermatology Group, 781 Garden View Court, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA
Dr. Bari Cunningham is a nationally recognized dermatologist who is one of only a few hundred doctors in the nation who is double Board Certified in Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology. She is the Co-founder of Comprehensive Dermatology – San Diego’s first and only private practice medical group with Board Certified Pediatric and Adult Dermatology. She earned her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where she graduated cum laude. Her postgraduate training included a residency in Dermatology at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Dermatology at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (formerly known as Children’s Memorial Hospital) and Northwestern University. Dr. Cunningham served as chief resident in Dermatology at Northwestern University Medical School. Her clinical interests include pediatric dermatologic surgery and laser therapy and the treatment of birthmarks. She is the author of over 70 publications and book chapters.
MD: Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta (cum laude)
Residency in Dermatology: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Medical School
Fellowship in Pediatric Dermatology: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (formerly known as Children’s Memorial Hospital) and Northwestern University
Chief resident in Dermatology at Northwestern University Medical School
Board certified in Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology
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Different types of birthmarks carry different risks. Most strawberry birthmarks do not require treatment. However, marks that are larger on the face near the eyes, the nose, the mouth, ear, or genitalia do require intervention...
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Before a baby is put on propranolol, it’s important, however, to make sure your baby’s healthy enough for the medication. Your pediatrician or pediatric dermatologist may decide to work with the pediatric cardiologist to get...
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Birthmarks can be treated in a variety of ways. Non-medication treatments such as the use of pulsed laser that can remove hemangiomas or port wine stains, particularly when they are found on the face and...
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Other pigmented birthmarks include Café-au-lait spots and Mongolian spots. Because they resemble the color of coffee with milk, Café-au-lait spots can appear anywhere on a child’s skin and may grow in number over time. A...
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Treatment of warts can be overseen by a primary care physician or a dermatologist. A common treatment is wart removal, which is done by paring down the wart each night and applying salicylic acid and...
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Children get warts more frequently than adults. That’s because our immune systems get better at fighting off diseases such as HPV as we get older. Children’s immune systems are not primed to fight off the...
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There are risk factors which contribute to the development of strawberry marks, hemangiomas. Girls have a higher risk of developing them than boys. So do babies born prematurely or to a mother who’s advanced in...
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And surgery can also be an option for a hemangioma, particularly if it appears to be sticking out of the skin on a stalk off the skin, like a mushroom. For at least five years...
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Birthmarks are usually identified just through a physical exam conducted by a pediatrician or a pediatric dermatologist. Sometimes other tests are needed to make sure the birthmark is really a birthmark and not something else...
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Comprehensive Dermatology Group, 781 Garden View Court, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA
(760) 634-3376
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