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Mohs surgery is the gold standard method for obtaining complete margin control during removal of a skin cancer (complete circumferential peripheral and deep margin assessment - CCPDMA) using frozen section histology. [1] CCPDMA or Mohs surgery allows for the removal of a skin cancer with very narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate.
Medically necessary dermatologic surgical procedures include curettage and electrosurgery, and Mohs surgery for the treatment of skin cancer, as well as skin grafting for repairing damaged skin. Cosmetic dermatologic surgeries comprise anti-ageing procedures , and mole and scar removal surgeries.
The American College of Mohs Surgery (abbreviated as ACMS) is a membership-based organization of surgeons who are fellowship-trained (FACMS) in Mohs surgery, a technique that removes skin cancer in stages, one tissue layer at a time. The ACMS is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for Mohs surgeons. [2]
Dr. Mohs never intended to limit Mohs surgery to be practiced in the USA by ACMS fellows alone. He encouraged ALL doctors to learn and apply Mohs surgery. Why do we still have to shove the AMERICAN viewpoint onto the English world, and the whole world by trying to pretend that Dr. Mohs was a dermatologist (HE IS NOT).
Meet the experts: Dendy Engelman, MD, FACMS, FAAD, is a board-certified cosmetic dermatologist and Mohs surgeon at Shafer Clinic Fifth Avenue in New York City. Dhaval G. Bhanusali, ...
Frederic Edward Mohs (March 1, 1910 – July 2, 2002) was an American physician and general surgeon who developed the Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) technique in 1938 to remove skin cancer lesions while still a medical student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Richard Lehman (surgeon), pioneered several orthopedic surgeries; Frederic E. Mohs (1910–2002), developed the Mohs Micrographic Surgery technique (MMS) aka Mohs surgery in 1938 to remove skin cancer lesions. Dallas B. Phemister (1882–1951), developed the Phemister graft and early innovator in orthopedics