The Wayne State University School of Medicine's Department of Dermatology and the Wayne State University Physician Group have announced the addition of Jennifer Swearingen, M.D., to the department as a new faculty member and practicing physician.

Dr. Swearingen graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill., in 2005 and completed her dermatology residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2009. She specializes in general dermatology and skin cancer treatments.

She joined the department Aug. 17, and is open for new patient referrals at the Dearborn and Sterling Heights locations.

She can be contacted at (313) 271-0430 in Dearborn, (586) 939-6400 in Sterling Heights, or by e-mail at jswearin@med.wayne.edu.