Specializing In:
- Mohs micrographic surgery
- Reconstruction of skin cancer wounds
- Excision of benign, pre-malignant, and malignant tumors of the skin
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Rare skin cancers
- High-risk skin cancer patients (transplant, immunosuppressed, cancer-causing genetic syndromes, etc.)
Research Interests:
- Dermatologic surgical pain management in the setting of the current opioid epidemic
- Imaging techniques in Mohs surgery (LC-OCT)
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Associate Professor of Oncology
- Department of Dermatology
Background
Education and Training
- 2008-2012 - MD - State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
- 2004-2008 - BS - Chemistry/Pre-med, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
Residency
- 2012-2013 - Internal medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
- 2013-2016 - Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, MI
Fellowship
- 2016-2017 - Mohs micrographic surgery and cutaneous oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
Board Certification
- American Board of Dermatology - Dermatology
- American Board of Dermatology - Mohs micrographic surgery and Dermatologic oncology
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
- American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS)
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)
- International Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ISDS)
Professional Experience
- 2019-2024 - Mohs surgeon and dermatologist, University at Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- 2017-2019 - Mohs surgeon and dermatologist, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY
Honors & Awards
- 2021 - Bernett L. Johnson Attending Teaching Award, University at Pennsylvania Dermatology Department
- 2016 - Tromovitch Award, American College of Mohs Surgery
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Publications
Dermatologic surgery opioid prescribing recommendations in practice. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Aug;87(2):492-494. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.11.030. Epub 2021 Nov 25
An institutional experience of a tertiary referral center in surgically managing patients with Gorlin syndrome. Dermatol Surg. 2023 Dec 1;49(12):1077-1084. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000003990. Epub 2023 Oct 24
Impact of electronic prescribing on issued and filled opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Nov;87(5):1160-1162. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.02.031. Epub 2022 Feb 23
Patient preferences for pain control after Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A single-center discrete choice experiment. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Aug 1;159(8):848-853. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.1899
Rates of opioid prescriptions obtained after Mohs surgery: A claims database analysis from 2009-2020. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Nov 1;157(11):1299-1305. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3468