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): 190-194,2019.
Fix WC, Chiesa-Fuxench ZC, Shin T, Etzkorn J, Howe N, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF: Use of a vibrating kinetic anesthesia device reduces the pain of lidocaine injections: A randomized split-body trial J Am Acad Dermatol 80 (1): 58-59,2019.
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 S0190-9622 (19): 30056-8,2019.
Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Miller CJ: Repair of a Large Dorsal Hand Defect With Exposed Tendons Dermatol Surg 44 (12): 2018.
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.
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 S0190-9622 (18): 32910-4,2018.
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.
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): 1349-1351,2018.
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.