Lucinda S. Buescher, M.D., has joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of dermatology.

Previously, she was in private practice in Springfield for two years and was a volunteer faculty member at the medical school.

Buescher earned her bachelor's and medical degrees at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1982, 1986). She also completed her dermatology residency at Missouri (1990).

Buescher is certified as a diplomate by the American Board of Dermatology and the National Board of Medical Examiners and is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. She is a member of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the Women's Dermatological Association and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society.

A native of Ames, lowa, Buescher is married to Keith L. Buescher, Ph.D., and has one child.

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