Dr. Andrea L. Volk, MD

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Get to know Dermatopathologist Dr. Andrea L. Volk, who serves patients in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Dr. Volk, a board-certified dermatopathologist, is the Medical Director of SafiraMD in Alpharetta, Georgia. She is committed to providing the highest level of treatments for optimal results.

SafiraMD is a state-of-the-art aesthetic and wellness boutique designed with the patients’ needs and comfort in mind. It provides the most effective, clinically-proven treatments for achieving age-defying benefits and vitality with ease. Offering decades of medical expertise and a passion for total body wellness, the team pledges to provide the highest level of service to help patients look and feel their absolute best at their medspa.

Academically, Dr. Volk received her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine in 1998. She completed her internship and residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology, as well as her fellowship in dermatopathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She also studied aesthetics under Sharon McQuillan in the A4M Aesthetics Fellowship.

Prior to establishing SafiraMD, she was affiliated with Bako Integrated Physician Solutions, D-PATH, Mid-Atlantic Pathology Services, Bostwick Laboratories, and Quest Diagnostics.

Passionate about her profession, Dr. Volk is board-certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology (ABD). The ABD is a voluntary, non-profit, private, autonomous organization formed for the primary purpose of protecting the public interest by establishing and maintaining high standards of training, education, and qualifications of physicians rendering care in dermatology. 

Moreover, she is board-certified in dermatopathology & anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath is to promote the health of the public and advance the practice and science of pathology by establishing voluntary certification standards and assessing the qualifications of those seeking to practice the specialty of pathology.

Dermatopathology is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology or surgical pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. It also encompasses analyses of the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level. A dermatopathologist is a highly trained physician who specializes in diagnosing disorders of the skin under a microscope. 

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