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. Steinman is a board-certified dermatologist, fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon and cosmetic dermatologist with more than 40 years of clinical experience. He has been retained to review over 50 cases and has participated in nine depositions and six court testimonies since 1992 for both plaintiffs and defendants. Dr. Steinman has experience reviewing adverse events related to Mohs surgery, skin cancers, surgical complications, misdiagnoses, delayed diagnoses, liquid nitrogen treatment, chemical peels, laser, blepharoplasty, chemical burns, domestic violence scars, and criminal violence scars. He received the 2024 American Academy of Dermatology Presidential Citation for dedication as an educator of excellence of Mohs surgery. Also in 2024, he was appointed an Honorary Lifetime Fellow with Distinction by the American Society for Mohs Surgery. He retired from full-time clinical practice in 2022, but still provides expert witness services and teaches dermatology surgery to residents at Campbell University School of Medicine. He has over 40 years’ experience in Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology, and has completed over 30,000 Mohs surgery cases. Furthermore, he co-created and co-directed an annual, comprehensive, introductory course in Mohs surgery for 25 years. He has published two Mohs surgery textbooks, 13 textbook chapters and 55 scientific peer-reviewed papers in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, Lancet, British Journal of Dermatology, and British Journal of Medicine. Dr. Steinman has given over 220 presentations at regional, national and international meetings on Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and dermatology. He graduated magma cum laude from Pomona College and received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his dermatology residency at the University of California, San Diego and as the Overseas Registrar at St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London, UK – a position offered to one non-British dermatology resident each year. Thereafter, he completed his Mohs surgery and dermatologic surgery fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago with Dr. Barry Goldsmith - a founding member of the American College for Mohs Surgery. Thereafter, he became a diplomat of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Steinman has taught residents Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery and cosmetic dermatology as an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego and as an Associate Professor and Director of Mohs and dermatologic surgery at Texas A&M School of Medicine. He currently is an associate professor of surgery at Campbell University School of Medicine. Dr. Steinman has spoken dozens of times at national dermatology meetings on topics related to surgical and cosmetic dermatology.