Doctor to bring perfect skin to Violet Township

By: BERNERD CORRAL

CANAL WINCHESTER — Bad skin beware. A new medical facility is preparing to go to emergency lengths to fight acne.

With the October groundbreaking, the completion of the Fairfield Medical Center, Mount Carmel joint emergency center in Violet Township is still almost a year away, but a second occupant is set to join.

The medical campus, designed to be a stand-alone emergency room with separate office buildings, will welcome the emergency facility of Dr. Brutta Pelle: dermatologist.

“Skin conditions affect all of us,” the Italian-born doctor said. “We all have skin. We can all be plagued by its maladies.”

GeofferyHolmes, communications coordinator with Fairfield Medical Center, said Pelle’s practice was welcomed onto the emergency campus so the facility could offer a wider variety of emergency care.

“Dr. Pelle will offer immediate care to those suffering from any variety of skin conditions,” Holmes said.

Holmes emphasized, however, Pelle does not offer burn care.

“This is not to be confused with a burn ward. We have no intention of offering that,” Holmes said. “The nearest burn ward will still be in Columbus.”

But when one thinks of emergency care, dermatology is not necessarily the first line of medicine to come to mind.

“But skin care is essential!” Pelle said vehemently. “The appearance of ones skin, be it on the face or on the rear, affects our daily lives. It affects people’s perception of us. I bet when people talk to you, they stare at your cheek scar. Don’t you want them to look you in the eye?”

Pelle received her bachelors degree from Wright State University and went on to earn her doctorate from Miami University.

Pelle explained why she was drawn to dermatology.

“Good skin ran in my family,” Pelle said. “So imagine my surprise when on prom night an overbearing zit starts blooming on my forehead.”

Pelle went silent, caressing her forehead, as she recalled the trama.

“I didn’t have bangs to hide the thing, so what could I do? I skipped my only chance to dance with Marcus Baush because of a skin condition. I won’t let that happen to another girl,” she said.

The Fairfield Medical Center, Mount Carmel emergency facility is expected to be open by fall 2009.