- Mohs surgery
Christopher J. Miller, MD
About me
- Director, Penn Dermatology Oncology Center
- Louis A. Duhring, MD Endowed Professor in Dermatology
My education and training
- Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Fellowship: Geisinger Community Medical Center
Spoken languages
Reviews
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Dermatology
- American Academy of Dermatology, National
- American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, National
- American Dermatological Association, National
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, National
- British Society for Dermatological Surgery, International
- International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative, International
- Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Local
- Penn Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Program
- Penn Telomere Biology Disorders Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2017 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Tran VA, Myrdal CN, Wang S, Morales KV, Hunter E, Sheikh U, Raj L, Richter C, Lu C, Chinniah G, Cocchella GA, Manaois A, Walker JL, Zhang J, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Miller CJ, Higgins HW 2nd Complication outcomes in retroauricular interpolated flaps after Mohs surgery: A single-center retrospective study , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026
Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Hunter ER, Wang SY, Valdes Morales KL, Lubeck M, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, Walker JL, Zhang J, Cannady SB, Rajasekaran K, Brody RM, Kovach SJ 3rd, Chang B, Lin IC, Fischer JP, Lukens JN, Cohen JV, Mitchell TC, Amaravadi RK, Mehta S, Briceño CA, McMurray SL Mohs-Facilitated Excision: A Case Series of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Local Recurrence of Advanced Keratinocyte Carcinomas , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026
Shaikh UR, Richter CG, Raj LK, Kapoor D, Valdes-Morales K, Trifoi M, Alomary SA, Baker N, Senthilnathan A, Haynes D, Taylor SC, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko J, Zhang J, Walker J, Higgins HW 2nd Perioperative Racial Disparities in Patients with Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Undergoing Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026,S0190-9622(26)00507-4
Wang SY, Turner G, Valdes-Morales KL, Hunter ER, Kim M, Tran VA, Polen K, Haynes D, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Walker JL, Zhang J, Brody RM, Cannady SB, Rajasekaran K, Farwell DG, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Lukens JR, Amaravadi RK, Schuchter LM, Mitchell TC, Higgins HW 2nd, Carey RM Accuracy of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy to Predict Nodal Metastasis in Head and Neck Merkel Cell Carcinoma , Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 152(3): 2026,313-322
Zullo SW, Nugent ST, Bruzas M, Lukowiak TM, Fix WC, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Sobanko JF Buddy Relationships in Dermatologic Excisions for Skin Cancer (BRIDGES): A feasibility study of one-to-one peer mentorship in patients with facial skin cancers treated with Mohs micrographic surgery , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026
Hunter ER, Wang SY, Valdes-Morales KL, Haynes D, Freeman SC, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Walker JL, Zhang J, Carr DR, Leitenberger J, Bar A, Alam M, Higgins W 2nd, Miller CJ Navigating the Mohs Fellowship Match: What Applicants Value in Programs and Their Perceptions Regarding Fellowship Directors Preferences , Dermatol Surg, 52(2): 2026,119-22
Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Miller CJ, Ricciardelli K, Sharma M, Haynes D, Cheng B, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Valdes-Morales K, Trifoi MD, Frankel D, Etzkorn JR, Modi M, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Nguyen HP, Lewis DJ, Higgins HW 2nd Mohs micrographic surgery of Merkel cell carcinoma lowers local recurrence risk and has similar metastasis and survival compared with conventional excision: A single-center retrospective cohort study , J Am Acad Dermatol, 94(2): 2026,675-78
Conroy A, Bilker WB, DeLorey I, Chudnovskaya D, McWilliams T, Miller CJ, Argoff CE, Bell R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Haythornthwaite J, Theken KN, Farrar JT Predictors of response to full agonist opioids in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials: a participant-level data meta-analysis , Pain, 167(2): 2026,320-25
Wang SY, Hunter ER, Valdes Morales KL, Perry NJ, Feldman E, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Higgins HW 2nd, Zhang J, Walker JL, Miller CJ Cartilage grafts for alar reconstruction in nasolabial interpolation flap surgery may negatively affect breathing function and cosmesis: A retrospective study , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026
Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Miller CJ, Ricciardelli K, Sharma M, Haynes D, Cheng B, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Valdes-Morales K, Trifoi MD, Frankel D, Etzkorn JR, Modi M, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Nguyen HP, Lewis DJ, Higgins HW 2nd Mohs micrographic surgery of Merkel cell carcinoma lowers local recurrence risk and has similar metastasis and survival compared with conventional excision: A single-center retrospective cohort study , J Am Acad Dermatol, 94(2): 2026,675-78