Dr. Susan Schaberg is a board-certified dermatologist and elected fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.  Dr. Schaberg graduated from Roxana High School in 1982 and SIUE in 1986.  After graduation from SIUE, she put her undergraduate degree (in chemistry and math) to use as a beer chemist at Anheuser-Busch, Inc.  During her time at Anheuser-Busch she discovered an interest in business, and went on to pursue an MBA at the Kellogg School of Northwestern University.  She worked for 3 years in marketing/product management.  While she found marketing interesting at Kraft and Pet, Inc., she longed for new challenges and meaning in her life.  She then decided to go to medical school.  Thus, she obtained her MD from SIU School of Medicine.  She did her internship in internal medicine/pediatrics at Creighton/UNMC and, then, her dermatology residency at University of California, Irvine (UCI), serving as chief resident in her final year.  At UCI, she also was selected as a clinical research fellow.  This service included being lead investigator in the development of many new medicines and novel dermatologic therapies.  Dermatology training at UCI is intense in the numbers of patients seen and procedures performed.  There is an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment (including a high number of surgical cases) of skin disease of all ethnicities.  Cosmetic procedures are also significant (as one would expect in the heart of Orange County, California).  Training includes rotations at the renowned Beckman Laser Institute in Irvine, (site of development of much new laser technology).  Dr. Schaberg practiced in southern California for a while but decided to return back home to her native southern Illinois, first working at Scott Air Force base and then at the Carbondale Clinic for  almost 4 years.  She then saw the opportunity to return to her hometown area, opening her own practice, Schaberg Dermatology, in April 2007.  She has found the practice to be as rewarding as she had anticipated.