Dermatology issue? We have a doc for that.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. --General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital recently added dermatology to the list of services offered at the hospital.

This added service is a welcomed one to the Fort Leonard Wood community. Capt. Amanda Laska's arrival has been a topic of conversation for a few months and she's finally open for business.

Patients were referred out to network providers for dermatology services prior to Laska's arrival. Many of those patients are now being seen at GLWACH.

Laska, a graduate of the University of California-Berkley, attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She went on to do an internship at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas and to San Antonio Military Medical Center for her residency.

Needless to say she is excited to be finished with schooling and working in the field she loves, dermatology.

"I like the variation of the types of patients you see. You see young and old, people of all ages. There are a lot of variations you see, not only surgical things but also medical dermatology and infectious diseases," said Laska.

Dermatology can be broken down into two different areas, medical and surgical. According to Laska, medical dermatology involves mainly diagnosing things like skin cancer, eczema and other rash type of issues. Surgical dermatology involves doing procedures to remove affected areas of the skin.

Laska hopes to establish a skin care regiment class within the training units at Fort Leonard Wood. She wants trainees to think about the importance of skin care early in their careers to help prevent skin cancer later in life.

One piece of advice she has for everyone is to wear sunscreen every day.

"Even if it's cloudy or rainy, just because it prevents so many things from happening down the road. It can prevent skin cancer, sun spots and it just makes your skin look better," said Laska.