Who are we?

Dr. Darshini Persaude (Co-Founder) is a Family Physician practicing in Dermatology in Pickering, Ontario. She graduated from the University of the West Indies Medical School in Jamaica in 1992 and completed her family medicine training at the University of Toronto in 2000. In 2012, she was awarded a Fellowship designation in the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She has a Diploma in Practical Dermatology with Distinction from Cardiff University in Wales and a Professional Diploma in Dermoscopy from HealthCert. She is an adjunct lecturer with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and teaches medical students and residents at her community practice. Dr. Persaude is a founding member and the past president of the Primary Care Dermatology Society of Canada. She is passionate about dermoscopy and the importance of sun protection for everyone, of all skin types and of all ages. She is a co-founder of Dermoscopy Canada and hopes to bring dermoscopy training to primary care across Canada

Dr. Elizabeth Sawyers (Co-Founder) graduated gold medalist from Western University in 1993 with a BSc (Hons) degree in genetics. She completed her MD in 1998 followed by a Family Medicine Residency (CCFP) in 2001 at the University of Ottawa. She received fellowship designation from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (FCFP) in 2012. She holds diplomas in Practical Dermatology and Dermoscopy (Cardiff University, Wales), Academic Expert in Dermoscopy and Preventive Dermato-Oncology and a MSc in Dermoscopy and Preventive Dermato-Oncology (Graz Medical University, Austria). She holds a focused practice designation in dermatology providing comprehensive family medicine care and primary care dermatology in Ottawa. She is a faculty member Lecturer with University of Ottawa. She is passionate in promoting the integration of dermoscopy use into all Canadian primary care practices