Why Research + Clinics?

Modern research uses evidence-based standards that allow dermatologists to better understand what affects the skin, why, and how. Research also shows us how to effectively use products (pharmaceutical + cosmetic), devices (lasers, microscopes + other machines), and how to apply technologies developed in other skin-related sciences.

Why is research important in a clinic? Because it empowers doctors with the ability to consistently give you the latest, most effective + best-proven care

What this means to Patients:
Just as the best hospital care comes from hospitals with teaching programs, the best, most advanced dermatological care comes from clinics that are also teaching + research centres.

In such research-oriented medical institutions, you’re getting care from physicians with the sharpest brains — eager to continue learning + pushing the science of dermatology forward. Dermatologists who do research, read all the best journals,continue to study, write papers, lecture or teach, and attend the major conferences are more likely to a) be well-informed about the newest + best treatment options, and b) keep her or his brain sharp. You get the benefits of such research-oriented expertise. You also get the superior therapy of — not only the newest + most advanced — but the best-proven drugs, products + procedures.

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What this means to Doctors:
You have access to some of the newest machines, best training + brightest minds from all over the world (through our international mentorship program with global frontrunners in medicine from hospital

Our Resources
Through strategic partnerships with companies supportive of dermatological research — in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic comprehensive skin centre that provides both excellent clinical care as well as creative, innovative, ethical dermatological research + educational support for research-oriented physicians.

While VSRC has strategic partners, we focus on patient care + dermatological research, not product endorsements —which is why VSRC does work for so many different companies: VSRC was created to push clinical care of the skin + dermatological research to an ever-higher level of legitimacy, validity, creativity + ethics.

Through our clinics, educational programs + services, VSRC responds to the research + clinical trial needs of patients, dermatologists + the cosmetics + pharmaceutical industries.

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