Dr. Allison Goddard grew up in Kansas. She graduated from University of Massachusetts with a B.S. in Psychology. Prior to entering medical school, she spent one full year as a volunteer surgical assistant in Ecuador, South America. She then attended the Saba University School of Medicine, graduating with the Award for Clinical Excellence. She completed dermatology residency at the Loyola University School of Medicine Division of Dermatology, where she served as Chief Resident in her final year. She then went on to complete a clinical fellowship in Cutaneous Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston MA. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and has given numerous lectures at national meetings. In her free time, she loves to spend time being active outdoors.