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Dr. Joshua C. Mandrell, M.D. (born September 12, 1980) is an American dermatologist. He is a Christian physician, speaker, youth minister, and author.

Background and Education
Joshua Mandrell was born in West Frankfort, Illinois, and is the son of a homemaker mother who became nurse and a coal miner/construction worker father who became a nurse as well, later in life. He has a younger brother and sister. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in biological sciences and minor in chemistry from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2002. He completed 4 years of medical school at St. Louis University School of Medicine in 2007. He graduated medical school with a “Distinction in Research” for multiple research projects and pending publications in sickle cell disease, vascular malformations, Mohs micrographic surgery, and adnexal tumor syndromes, with a “Distinction in Community Service” for leadership and projects with the Health Resource Center free-clinic in northern St. Louis, and as a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. While at SLU SOM, he served as president of the Christian Medical and Dental Association, Vice President of the chapter’s American Medical Student Association, Dean’s representative of the Class of 2007, President of the Aids in Managing Stress organization, and as a member of the medical school’s admissions committee. Dr. Mandrell finished his medical internship at St. Johns Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2008. He will finish a dermatology residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, in June 2011.

Christian Ministry
Joshua Mandrell served as youth minister of Trinity United Methodist Church in West Frankfort, Illinois, from 1998-2003 and served from 2005-2007 as youth minister of Nashville Grace United Methodist Church in Nashville, Illinois. Since the age of 16, Josh has had the privilege of speaking at hundreds of venues including confirmation retreats, youth rallies, youth camps, and church revivals in multiple states of various denominations and continues to speak at each opportunity. He has been a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist church since 1998, has served as a director of church camps, and has held multiple positions on youth ministry committees at various levels. Josh started Looking Beyond, his company managing speaking opportunities and publications, in 2008. He published the book through Looking Beyond, Dating, Finding, & Keeping "The One". Josh Mandrell was featured in an article in the Spring 2009 issue of Good Living In West Frankfort entitled, When it Comes to Relationships, Josh Mandrell Tells the Stuff Others Don't.

Personal Information
He loves the Chicago Cubs baseball team, playing the guitar and piano, reading, and jogging. As a single man, he is thankful for his friends and family and daily prays for the young woman God chooses to bring into his life.

Books
(2009) Dating, Finding, & Keeping "The One", Looking Beyond Publishing ISBN 0-615-25531-0

Medical

 * Butler ST, Youker SR, Mandrell J, Flanagan KH, Fosko SW. The importance of reviewing pathology specimens before Mohs surgery. Derm Surg. 2009 Mar;35(3):407-12.
 * Mandrell JC, Santa Cruz D. Keratoacanthoma: hyperplasia, benign neoplasm, or a type of squamous cell carcinoma? Semin Diagn Pathol. 2009 Aug;26(3):150-63. Review.
 * Mandrell J, Mehta S, McClure S. Atypical vascular lesion of the breast. JAAD. 2010 Aug; 63(2):337-40.
 * Mandrell J, Youker S, Allen EJ, Hurley MY, Obadiah J. Keloid formation occurring in the distribution of a congenital vascular malformation. Skinmed. 2010 Sept-Oct;8(5):298-300.