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Michelle Bernadette Pavlis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Duke University and a Staff Physician at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She specializes in pigmented lesions and is the Director of early melanoma detection at the Duke Cancer Institute. With a strong clinical expertise in dermoscopy and mole mapping technology, she focuses on the early detection of skin cancer, and serves as a Dermoscopy Faculty Champion, enhancing resident education in dermatology. Dr. Pavlis has actively mentored medical students and has served as an attending physician in the continuity clinic for third-year medical students. Her research interests primarily lie in cutaneous oncology, with a specific emphasis on the characteristics of melanoma in diverse populations. She obtained her M.D. from Emory University, School of Medicine in 2009.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology.
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center • Durham, NC
Staff Physician specializing in dermatology.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)