Selected Publications

Hunter E, Elenitsas R, Kovach S, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Higgins HW, Giordano CN, Zhang J, Walker JL: Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma: clinicopathologic features guiding multidisciplinary management American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, Orlando FL : 2025.

Frankel D, Valdes-Morales K, Trifoi MD, Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Banala M, Zhang E, Easo N, Lubeck M, Haynes D, Lewis D, Nugent ST, Etzkorn JR, Jariwala NN, Zhang J, Walker JL, Higgins HW 2nd, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Modi M, Lin IC, Chang B, Wink J, Karakousis G, Miura J, Miller CJ: Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional excision of hand and foot melanomas: a retrospective cohort study Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology : 2025.

Valdes Morales KL, Frankel D, Trifoi MD, Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Lubeck M, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Lewis DJ, Chang B, Wink JD, Lin IC, Kovach SJ 3rd, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ: Nail unit melanoma treated with Mohs micrographic surgery: Technique, local recurrence rate, and surgical outcomes Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology : 2025.

Borda LJ, Higgins HW 2nd: Preceding malignancies before the first primary Merkel cell carcinoma in black patients Arch Dermatol Res 317 (1): 15,2024.

James J Abbott, Angela J Jiang, Rama Godse, Sarah Ahmed, Stephen C Senft, Melissa A Wilson, Justine V Cohen, Tara C Mitchell, Temitayo A Ogunleye, H William Higgins 2nd, Thuzar M Shin, Christopher J Miller, Jacquelyn J Roth, Salvatore F Priore, Leslie Castelo-Soccio, Rosalie Elenitsas, John T Seykora, Katherine L Nathanson, Emily Y Chu .: Inherited Basaloid Neoplasms Associated With SUFU Pathogenic Variants JAMA Dermatology 1 (160): 1220-1224,2024.

Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Nugent ST, Banala M, Zhang E, Easo N, Haynes D, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Miller CJ, Etzkorn JR, Stull CM, Modi M, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, McMurray SL, Walker JL, Zhang J, Nguyen HP, Higgins II WH, Jariwala NN: Treatment of melanoma and melanoma in situ on the hands and feet with Mohs micrographic surgery leads to lower local recurrence when compared with wide local excision American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting : 2024.

Borda LJ, Higgins HW 2nd: Subsequent primary malignancies following first diagnosis of Merkel cell carcinoma in black patients Arch Dermatol Res 316 (7): 387,2024.

Haynes D, Valdes K, Frankel D, Trifoi M, Miller CJ, Sobanko JF, Etzkorn JR, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Lewis DJ, Higgins II HW: Re-evaluating Tumor Staging Criteria in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Using the SEER Database Poster Presentation, American College of Mohs Surgery Annual Meeting : 2024.

Valdes Morales KL, Frankel D, Trifoi MD, Naik A, Lubeck M, Perla G, Venkatesh S, Han NA, Wu G, Kuppusamy K, Haynes D, Lewis DJ, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Higgins II WH, Etzkorn JR, Sobanko JF, Brody RM, Miller VJ: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in head and neck melanomas treated with Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A multidisciplinary approach Poster Presentation, American College of Mohs Surgery Annual Meeting : 2024.

Frankel D, Valdes Morales KL, Trifoi MD, Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Banala M, Zhang E, Easo N, Lubeck M, Haynes D, Lewis DJ, Nugent ST, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Modi M, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Higgins HW, Jariwala NN, Miller CJ: Risk of positive margins, reconstruction before margin clearance, and local recurrence for acral melanomas treated with Mohs micrographic surgery versus conventional excision at a single academic institution American College of Mohs Surgery Annual Meeting : 2024.

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