PatientsLikeMe and Online Patient Support Communities in Dermatology

Mindy D Szeto   ¹ , MS ;   Michelle Hook Sobotka   ² , MS ;   Emily Woolhiser   ³ , BS ;   Pritika Parmar   ⁴ , BS ;   Jieying Wu   ⁵ , MS ;   Lina Alhanshali   ⁶ , BA ;   Robert P Dellavalle   ^{1, 7} , MSPH, MD, PhD

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States

² Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States

³ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, MO, United States

⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States

⁵ School of Medicine, Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Parker, CO, United States

⁶ Department of Dermatology, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

⁷ Dermatology National Executive Program Director, Dermatology Service, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States