‘An Asset to the Community’: Elite Dermatology Physicians Marks One-Year in Downtown New Canaan

One of Dr. Elle de Moll’s goals in launching her medical dermatology practice in New Canaan one year ago was changing patients’ lives by detecting skin cancer early, as well as using medicines to treat debilitating conditions. And in the past year—as her staff at Elite Dermatology Physicians (here on Instagram, where has grown from three to 10 women—de Moll has diagnosed more than 140 basal cells and 60 squamous cells, both non-melanoma skin cancers, 13 invasive melanomas and 40 dysplastic nevi or skin lesions that require treatment. “So these are big, measurable milestones in terms of our ability to find patients and screen them here,” de Moll said on a recent afternoon from her office at the corner of Cherry Street and East Avenue. “Those are the patients we’ve seen here. We’ve also been doing skin cancer screenings at the Schoolhouse Apartments, and I work closely with the Norwalk Fire Department doing their skin cancer screenings biannually.

New Dermatology Practice To Open Downtown Next Month

A new Dermatology practice is slated to open next month, located on 38 East Ave. Founded and led by board-certified Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist Dr. Elle H. de Moll, Elite Dermatology Physicians will begin seeing patients of all ages following their grand opening on Oct. 19. Originally from Wilton, de Moll earned her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Post college, De Moll completed an internship with the Yale program of Internal Medicine at Norwalk Hospital, where she was recognized as Intern of the Year.