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Former OHSU dermatology professors sue university over layoffs

Alexander Witkowski and Joanna Ludzik earned national recognition for their work screening microscopic skin lesions for cancer.
July 16, 2026
 
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A "Good Morning, America" segment featured Witkowski and Ludzik
Ludzik, left, and Witkowski, right, were featured in a 2023 "Good Morning, America" segment about their discovery of what was billed as the smallest cancerous lesion ever discovered on the face of patient Christy Staats, center. | SCREENSHOT GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM

A married couple that Oregon Health & Science University recruited from Poland in 2019 and 2020 then laid off in 2024 have sued the u