Second Lynch joins Carthage clinic

Trina Lynch has begun seeing patients at Midwest Family Medical clinic in Carthage.

Lynch is a physician's assistant and will work under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Lynch, her husband. She will have office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays. She sees patients of all kinds, but has a specialty in dermatology.

“I have a passion for dermatology and have great joy in treating adolescents. I suffered from acne. I get so much pleasure in seeing patients once their acne problems are treated, how they walk, dress, talk and interact with people,” Lynch said.

“There have been studies that show people with serious systemic diseases, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, report a higher quality of life than people with relatively non-life threatening dermatology problems.”

Lynch earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga., near her home. She completed the physician's assistant program at Midwestern University at Downers Grove, and earned a masters degree in P.A. studies concentrating in dermatology from the University of Nebraska in 2004.

While Patrick finished his medical school at Rockford, Trina worked as an assistant with a plastic surgeon, doing minor skin surgery and handling cases of acne and excision of precancerous moles and suspicious lesions. She did a short fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in dermatology.

They moved to Utah, where she worked with a dermatologist, doing more skin surgery as well as cosmetic procedures, injection of spider veins in the legs, chemical peels and botox treatments.

She hopes to continue the same at the Carthage clinic, helping adolescents with skin problems “at such a formative time in their lives.”

As well as having faced acne issues as a teen, Lynch's interest in the field of medicine came from her own history of having had major heart surgeries after a defect was found when she was two years old

“My interest in dermatology also came as my sister contracted alopecia, a condition where you lose large clumps of hair,” she said. She helped her family research this condition.

The Lynch family moved to Carthage earlier this year. Trina's grandmother lives with them to care for their two sons, age five and 16 months. Trina said she enjoys painting, crafts and scrapbooking. The family likes being outside, camping and hiking.