Publications

• Mohs micrographic surgery of the head and neck
• A method for working with displeased patients – B.L.A.S.T.
• Prolonged adverse events following photodynamic therapy: regulatory implications
• The characteristics of Mohs surgery performed by dermatologists who learned the procedure during residency training or through post-graduate courses and observational preceptorships
• An Aggressive microcystic adnexal carcinoma infiltrating the sternum
• Reevaluating Mohs surgery appropriate use criteria for primary superficial basal cell carcinoma
• Revised Mohs surgery care guidelines for squamous cell carcinoma in-situ are overdue
• Merkel Cell Carcinoma Update: The Case for Two Tumours
• Melanoma Extravascular Migratory Metastasis: An Important Underrecognized Phenomenon
• Keratoacanthoma: Update on the debate

Mohs & Dermatologic Surgery; Cosmetic Dermatology

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Dr. Howard K. Steinman is a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon who has provided expert witness services in Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology since 2000. He has been retained in more than 70 cases for both plaintiffs and defendants and has testified in 13 depositions and 8 trials. His expert opinions are grounded in over four decades of active clinical practice and more than 30,000 Mohs procedures performed. In 2024, Dr. Steinman received the American Academy of Dermatology Presidential Citation for his dedication as an educator of excellence in Mohs surgery. That same year, the American Society for Mohs Surgery honored him as an Honorary Lifetime Fellow with Distinction, the Society’s highest membership award. Dr. Steinman graduated magna cum laude from Pomona College and earned his M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his dermatology residency at the University of California, San Diego, and was selected as Overseas Registrar at St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London—an appointment awarded annually to only one non-British resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Mohs and dermatologic surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago under Dr. Barry Goldsmith, a founding member of the American College of Mohs Surgery. He later became a Diplomate of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. A Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery, Dr. Steinman co-founded the American Society for Mohs Surgery and served as its president. He also co-created and co-directed the Society’s Fundamentals of Mohs Surgery Course for 25 years, training generations of surgeons nationwide. Dr. Steinman has co-edited two textbooks, authored 13 book chapters, and published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, British Journal of Dermatology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, JAMA Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, and the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. He has held academic appointments as Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego; Associate Professor and Director of Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery at the Texas A&M School of Medicine; and currently serves as Associate Professor of Surgery at the Campbell University School of Medicine. He has lectured extensively at national dermatology meetings on Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology.