The Grenada Area Chamber of Commerce and The Grenada Star spotlights Grenada Dermatology Clinic as the Business Spotlight for September.
Grenada Dermatology Clinic, located at 80 S. Main St., in Downtown Grenada, is open from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday.
Grenada Dermatology provides dermatologic care to patients from northern Mississippi and the Delta, including patients from Batesville, Carrollton, Clarksdale, Charleston, Cleveland, Gore Springs, Grenada, Greenville, Greenwood, Holcomb, Indianola, Oxford and Winona, among others. They also provide other cosmetic services such as Botox, chemical peels and fillers.
Dr. Cesar Guerrero is the founder and CEO of Grenada Dermatology. He is double board certified in Dermatology and Dermatopathology. Guerrero completed medical school at the University of Chicago prior to his residency and fellowship in Dermatology and Dermatopathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has served as a faculty member of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Dermatology.
Guerrero found out about the impending retirement of longtime doctor John Marascalco earlier last year. He eventually took over Marascalco’s patients.
“I was working at a lab looking at skin pathology specimens and one of the lab representatives told me about a retiring dermatologist in Grenada,” Guerrero said. “So, I came down to Grenada in February 2022 and worked for him a little bit. He wanted someone to take over his patients to continue their care and I decided to do that.”
The Florida native said the transition has been smooth.
“We were very fortunate with a wonderful staff,” he said. “They have been very supportive in getting the practice going. We have been busy taking care of the patients in the area.”
Guerrero said he and his staff treat everything from skin rashes to skin cancer.
“The main thing we have been dealing with is a lot of rashes, along with a lot of skin cancer,” he said. “Because of the area we live in with the fishing community, farming and playing golf, there is a lifetime of sun exposure.”
From a cancer standpoint, Guerrero says his office can mostly do treatments in-house particularly patients with slow-growing cancers.
“On any given day, we are seeing five skin cancer patients” he concluded. “Most skin cancers are slow growing, but some are fast growing like melanoma. We treat most of those with slow-growing cancers in the office and they go home the same day.”
Grenada Dermatology has an office staff of nine, which includes the front office personnel. To reach them, call (662) 307-9030.
