Christine J Ko, MD is a Professor of Dermatology and Pathology at Yale. She is board certified in dermatology with a specialty certificate in dermatopathology. Dr. Ko received her AB at Princeton and MD from NYU School of Medicine. She completed her internship in internal medicine at UCLA, her dermatology residency at UC Irvine, and her dermatopathology fellowship at UCLA. She has published many articles and chapters in dermatology and dermatopathology and is the creative mind behind "Dermatology: Visual Recognition and Case Reviews" and "Dermatopathology: Diagnosis by First Impression." She wrote chapters on the skin in "Goldman-Cecil Medicine, Brenner and Rector’s The Kidney," and "Braunwald’s Heart Disease." Her first book for the general audience, "How to Improve Doctor-Patient Connection: Using Psychology to Optimize Healthcare Interactions," was inspired and driven by her experience as the mother of a patient whose condition went undiagnosed for longer than it should have.