Description of Research Expertise
Mohs micrographic surgery, reconstructive surgery, skin cancer, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, melanoma, cutaneous oncology, surgical education
Selected Publications
Aizman L, Barbieri, JS, Lukowiak TM, Perz AM, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, Maher IA, Golda N, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR: Attitudes on Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Dermatologic Surgery: A Survey Study of American College of Mohs Surgery Members Dermatol Surg : 2020.
Shao K, Taylor L, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, Sobanko JF: The natural evolution of facial surgical scars: a retrospective study of physician-assessed scars using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) over two time points Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine : 2020.
Aizman L, Miller CJ, Perz AM, Lukowiak TM, Cohen GC, Bean E, Hitchner MK, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, Cohen JV, Miura JT, Sobanko JF: Low recurrence rates for challenging squamous cell carcinomas using Mohs micrographic surgery with AE1/AE3 cytokeratin immunostaining JAAD 20 (32113-7): S0190-9622,2020.
Barbieri JS, Fix WC, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Howe N, Margolis DJ, Etzkorn JR: Variation in Prescribing and Factors Associated With the Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Mohs Surgery: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study Dermatol Surg 46 (7): 868-75,2020.
Shin TN, Nugent S, Aizman L, Weiner DM, O'Malley V, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Chu EY, Elenitsas R, Giordano C, Higgins HW, Miller CJ: Mohs Micrographic Surgery With MART-1 Immunostaining Has Durable Low Local Recurrence Rates for in Situ and Invasive Melanomas J Am Acad Dermatol
S0190-9622 (20): 30702-7,2020.
Guzman AK, Bhatt MD, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Cosulich MT, Miller CJ: Intrasubunit V-Y Muscle Sling Myocutaneous Island Advancement Flap for Small Defects Isolated to the Nasal Ala Dermatol Surg 46 (4): 546-53,2020.
Fix WC, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Shin TM, Howe N, Sobanko JF: Comparison of Accuracy of Patient and Physician Scar Length Estimates Before Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Facial Skin Cancers JAMA Netw Open 3 (3): e200725,2020.
Lee MP, Sobanko JF, Shin TM, Howe NM, Barbieri JS, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR: Evolution of Excisional Surgery Practices for Melanoma in the United States JAMA Dermatol 155 (11): 1244-51,2019.
Miller CJ, Giordano CN, Higgins HW 2nd: Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Melanoma: As Use Increases, So Does the Need for Best Practices JAMA Dermatol : 2019.
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.
Academic Contact Information
Department of Dermatology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
Phone: 215-662-6534
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366