Description of Research Expertise:
Mohs micrographic surgery, reconstructive surgery, skin cancer, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, melanoma, cutaneous oncology, surgical education
Selected Publications:
Parekh V, Sobanko JF, Miller CJ, Karakousis G, Xu W, 5, Letrero R, Elenitsas R, Xu X, Elder DE, Amaravadi R, Schuchter LM, Nathanson KL, Wilson M, Chu EY: NRAS Q61R and BRAF G466A mutations in atypical
melanocytic lesions newly arising in advanced melanoma
patients treated with vemurafenib J Cutan Pathol 46 (3): 2019.
Shin TM, O’Malley V, Tuttle S, Howe N, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Margolis DJ, Miller CJ: Appropriate use of Mohs surgery in immunocompromised patients is high and
published indications for Mohs decrease inappropriate use JAAD : 2019.
Etzkorn JR, Jew OS, Shin TM, Sobanko JF, Neal DE, Miller CJ: Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) with MART-1 immunostaining for atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation (AIMP) J Am Acad Dermatol 79 (6): 1109-16,2018.
Rzepecki AK, Hwang CD, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Sobanko JF, Howe NM, Miller CJ: The “Rule of 10s” versus the “Rule of 2s”: High complication rates after conventional excision with postoperative margin assessment of specialty site versus trunk and proximal extremity melanomas JAAD S0190-9622 (18): 2018.
Gatica-Torres M, Nelson CA, Lipoff JB, Miller CJ, Rubin AI: Nail clipping with onychomycosis and surprise clue to the diagnosis of nail unit melanoma J Cutan Pathol 45 (11): 803-06,2018.
Fix W, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Howe NH, Bhatt M, Sobanko JF, Miller CJ: Melanomas of the head and neck have high local recurrence risk features and require tissue rearranging reconstruction more commonly than BCC and SCC: A comparison of indications for microscopic margin control prior to reconstruction in 13,664 tumors JAAD : 2018.
Fix WC, Yun SJ, Groft CM, Jambusaria A, Elenitsas R, Chu E, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Miller CJ: MART-1-Labeled Melanocyte Density and Distribution in Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Cancer in situ: Pagetoid Melanocytes are a Potential Source of Misdiagnosis as Melanoma in Situ J Cutan Pathol 45 (10): 734-42,2018.
Pearl RL, Shao K, Shin TM, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF: Acute Appearance Concerns in Patients Undergoing Mohs Surgery: A Single Institution Cross-Sectional Study
Dermatol Surg 44 (10): 1349-51,2018.
Fox M, Brown M, Golda N, Goldberg D, Miller CJ, Pugliano-Mauro M, Schmults C, Shin T, Stasko T, Xu YG, Nehal K: Nodal Staging of High Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma J Am Acad Dermatol S0190-9622 (18): 32573-8,2018.
Bittar JM, Bittar PG, Wan MT, Kovell RC, Guzzo TJ, Shin TM, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Miller CJ: Systematic Review of Surgical Treatment and Outcomes After Local Surgery of Primary Cutaneous Melanomas of the Penis and Scrotum Dermatol Surg 44 (9): 1159-69,2018.