Comment on "Academic Physicians' Attitudes Toward Implementation of Multidisciplinary Cosmetic Centers and the Challenges of Subspecialties Working Together" (Cosmet Dermatol. 2012;25:327-332) [letter]

The compartmentalization of physicians into separate specialties can make collaboration and communication difficult. The specifics of an interdisciplinary center would vary by institution, depending on the interest and availability of specialties that could participate, but a lack of existing interdisciplinary interaction leaves the potential for forgetting entire specialties and the potential for failure in taking advantage of the skills they bring. We are left wondering how many other specialties should be included and how many other physicians in other specialties have valuable skills and experience to share in an interdisciplinary cosmetic center.