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The Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery Foundation offers specialized educational opportunities to the medical and scientific community who strive to achieve new knowledge in skin cancer management.

Skin Cancer And Reconstructive Surgery Foundation

Collaborative Care for Your Patients

SCARS Center specialists collaborate with referring physicians to establish customized care plans for patients. Primary physicians may refer patients, utilize the facility for combined treatment plans, or present cases at our monthly conference.

Present A Skin Cancer Case

Coordinate Patient Care

Right to Left: Gregory Bartlow, M.D. (Dermatology); Simon Madorsky, M.D. (Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery); Michelle Aszterbaum, M.D. (Dermatology); Ronald Barr, M.D. (Dermatopathology); Matthew Goodman, M.D. (Dermatology); Judith Harrison, M.D. (Radiation Oncology)

A TEAM APPROACH TO SKIN CANCER MANAGEMENT

Our acclaimed and experienced skin cancer specialists deliver exceptional care to our patients using a comprehensive team approach.

SCARS Center board certified skin cancer specialists include: dermatologists, dermatopathologists, radiation oncologists, facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons and ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgeons.

Together we offer specialized treatment options that range from non-surgical cure such as Photodynamic Therapy, Superficial Radiotherapy, and topical chemotherapy, to Mohs excision in combination with closure and, in many instances, reconstruction by our board and double board certified plastic surgeons. The combination of specialists and treatment options available at SCARS Center provides patients with the convenience and quality of service every person deserves after a skin cancer diagnosis.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR OPTIMUM PATIENT CARE

The SCARS Foundation CME accredited Skin Cancer Conference is hosted regularly for the benefit of our patients, our specialists, and other local physicians involved in skin cancer management. The conference is designed to maximize our physicians’ effectiveness in patient care by highlighting high-risk skin cancer cases, difficult reconstructive cases, and other skin cancer treatment challenges. The monthly conference allows our physicians to stay ahead of the curve on treatment developments in the skin cancer community, and gives our patients access to a multi-faceted team approach in handling complex cases.

Physician Programs

Patient Education

Skin Cancer Connection Articles

Dermatofibroma to Dermal Sarcoma: The Spectrum of Dermal Spindle Cell Tumors

By Simon Madorsky, MD | Adnexal Carcinoma , Patient Case Studies

HISTORY A 54-year-old woman with no history of skin cancers presented with 4 month h/o growing left cheek nodule. After a shave biopsy that suggested a dermatofibroma, the tumor progressed to ulceration . A 74-year-old man presented with a 2 month h/o bleeding, ulcerated nodule of left antitragus. He has a history of several skin…

Evaluation of Longitudinal Melanonychia

By Mark Juhl, MD | Melanoma , Patient Case Studies

HISTORY An 84-year-old woman with a history of melanoma of the left upper back presents with an 11 month h/o left great toe discoloration. Biopsy of left great toe was performed on 08/05/2019. Previous h/o discoloration of the right fifth toe was biopsied and was negative for malignancy. DISCUSSION What is the cause of melanonychia…

Intralesional 5-fluorouracil for Cutaneous BCC and SCC

By Simon Madorsky, MD | Basal Cell Carcinoma , Non-Surgical Treatment , Patient Case Studies , Squamous Cell Carcinoma

HISTORY An 86-year-old man on hemodialysis with multiple medical problems and on warfarin presented with two carcinomas of the nasal tip: BCC of the left nasal tip and SCC of the right nasal tip. The ulceration of the right SCC exposed the alar cartilage. Patient completed six (6) 5-fluorouracil injections over a 5-week period. Complete…

Nasal Open Wound Complication

By Simon Madorsky, MD | Basal Cell Carcinoma , Mohs Reconstruction , Non-Surgical Treatment , Patient Case Studies , Reconstructive Techniques

HISTORY A 73-year-old man with BCC of the nasal tip presented 1 week following Mohs excision. His reconstruction was delayed for an additional week for a cardiac work up. Nasal reconstruction was performed with a superior extended nasal myocutaneous flap (SENMI flap) and nasal septal cartilage grafts. The patient developed nasal tip incisional discharge 1…

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Cutaneous SCC

By Simon Madorsky, MD | Non-Surgical Treatment , Patient Case Studies , Squamous Cell Carcinoma

HISTORY A 58-year-old kidney transplant recipient presented with a 6-month history of squamous cell carcinoma of the left scalp. This large lesion was adjacent to the scar of a previous carcinoma excision in 2014. Patient is on sirolimus for his kidney transplant performed in 1984. He has had multiple BCCs and SCCs of scalp, back,…

Near-Infrared Laser Lymphangiography Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma

By Simon Madorsky, MD | Diagnostic Techniques , Intraoperative Photos , Melanoma , Non-Surgical Treatment , Patient Case Studies

HISTORY A 61-year-old male presents for 1.5 cm malignant melanoma of left posterior shoulder invading to at least 1.2 mm (Clark’s Level IV) on a shave biopsy. Left shoulder melanoma was excised, and a left axillary sentinel lymph node was biopsied. Small focus of residual melanoma was found in the primary site, but none in…

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CME ACCREDITED SKIN CANCER CONFERENCE

Earn your CME credits at the SCARS Foundation Monthly Skin Cancer Conference

ELEVATING THE STANDARDS OF SKIN CANCER MANAGEMENT.

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