Clinical Cases in Alopecia

Dr. Shannon C. Trotter is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Ohio University and Associate Program Director for the OhioHealth Dermatology Residency Program in Columbus, Ohio. She is also in private practice with Dermatologists of Central States. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in biology with a minor in psychology from the University of Dayton and graduated medical school from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006. Following medical school, she completed a dermatology residency at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital where she served as chief resident. After residency, Dr. Trotter completed a fellowship in cutaneous oncology at Boston University and acted as Director of the Pigmented Lesion Clinic at the Ohio State University from 2011-2017.

Dr. Trotter has published several peer reviewed articles and received many awards including the AAD Presidential Citation Award. She is a past president of the Ohio Dermatological Association and serves on several committees in organized medicine. Dr. Trotter’s clinical interests include skin cancer, medical education, health policy and advocacy.

Suchita Sampath is a third-year medical student currently studying at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science with Research Distinction in Molecular Genetics with an additional major in German and minors in Biology and Music from The Ohio State University. Suchita went on to earn her Master of Science in Human Biology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland where her thesis focused on the GABAergic postsynaptic changes that occur after ischemic stroke. She continued to work on this project for an additional two years with current results indicating that blocking post translational modifications of a GABA-receptor anchoring protein not only prevents synapse loss but also reduces infarct volume after ischemia. After contributing to the ischemia project, Suchita returned to Ohio to work as a medical assistant in an outpatient dermatology clinic for two years. This experience sparked her interest in dermatology and spurred her on to joining Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in the hopes of pursuing a residency in dermatology.