- Mohs surgery
H. William Higgins, II, MD, MBE
Dermatology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Dermatology Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Lab Director, Pennsylvania Hospital Mohs Micrographic Surgery Unit
- Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology
My education and training
- Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
- Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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 Surgery, National
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, National
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association, National
- Association of Professors of Dermatology, National
- International Society for Dermatologic Surgery, International
- Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology, Local
- Philadelphia Dermatological Society, Local
- Penn Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Hunter ER, Wang SY, Valdes Morales KL, Lubeck M, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko SF, Higgins HW II, Walker JL, Zhang J, Cannady SB, Rajasekaran K, Brody RM, Kovach SJ III, 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, 95(2): 2026,511-13
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, 95(1): 2026,287-90
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, 94(6): 2026,1747-53
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
Chang J, Carter DC, Dragovic D, Gullapalli T, Smith SS, Lazaro-Camp VJ, Alvi S, Worley B, Eisen DB, Xu YG, Brewer JD, Higgins HW 2nd, Sharon VR, Syed ZU, Lee EH, Hau J, Yoo S; Keratoacanthoma Work Group; Zhang E, Alam M Management of Post-Procedure Eruptive Keratoacanthomas: A Retrospective Cohort Study , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026,S0190-9622(26)02784-2
Miller V, Shaikh U, Chu B, Raj L, Higgins HW 2nd, Grant-Kels JM Ethical Implications of Integrating Artificial Intelligence Tools into Dermatology Electronic Health Records , J Am Acad Dermatol: 2026
Joshi TP, Moon S, Lewis DJ, Higgins HW 2nd Trends in Utilization of Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Melanoma in the United States: Analysis of SEER Data From 2003 to 2022 , Dermatol Surg: 2026
Raj LK, Tarawneh H, Murphy T, Richter C, Shaikh U, Mitchell TC, Miller CJ, Walker JL, Zhang J, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW II Post-Operative Imaging Surveillance After Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Merkel Cell Carcinoma: An Institutional Analysis , Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: 2026
Joshi TP, Higgins HW 2nd Impact of Prior Malignancies on Survival of Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma , Dermatol Surg, 52(4): 2026,390-1
Joshi TP, Husseinali M, Higgins HW 2nd Survival trends, prognostic factors, and drivers of metastases in patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program-based analysis , J Am Acad Dermatol, 94(4): 2026,1287-9