The Dermatologic Surgery Center located in Medina, OH is a highly specialized field that focuses on surgery of the skin. Dr. Popovsky has spent over 12 years dedicating her practice to this type of surgery. Unlike a plastic surgeon, her training is first as a dermatologist so she understands the biology of the skin and its diseases. Her surgical fellowship then focused on the surgical treatment of these diseases to give the best cure rates and maximize the cosmetic result. She is able to look at skin biopsies under the microscope herself which can save time leading to diagnosis or aid in deciding proper surgical treatment when different options exist.
Dr. Popovsky was born in Philadelphia, PA. She completed her undergraduate education at The University of Pennsylvania and then Temple Medical School. She moved to Cleveland to do her residency in dermatology at The Cleveland Clinic and then completed her surgical training at The Center for Surgical Dermatology, The James Cancer Center at Ohio State.
Dr. Popovsky specializes in Mohs Micrographic surgery. She is a Fellow in the Mohs College, an organization reserved for fellowship-trained Mohs surgeons with less than 2,000 members worldwide. She performs more than 1,000 Mohs cases a year and is the only surgeon in the Akron-Canton area whose practice is exclusively dedicated to skin surgery.
Dr. Barrick was born and raised in Minerva, Ohio. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. He then attended the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After graduating among the top of his class he completed his internship at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens, Ohio.
He then moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania where he completed his dermatology residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network. He is an accomplished author in several peer-reviewed journals. He is returning home to provide high-quality, dermatologic care to those in northeast Ohio. Dr. Barrick’s practice focuses on general, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology with an emphasis on treating his patients more like family than like patients. When Dr. Barrick is not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and two young daughters.