What is Mohs Micrographic Outpatient Surgery?
Mohs Micrographic Surgery is the most advanced and effective treatment procedure for skin cancer available today. The procedure is performed by specially trained dermatologic surgeons who have completed at least one additional year of certified fellowship training under a regulated director in one of the 40 programs nationwide. Membership in the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) is your assurance that your physician is experienced and reliable. Joe Cvancara, MD and Joel Sears, MD are fellowship-trained ACMS dermatologic surgeons and the only Mohs surgeons with this prestigious accreditation in the Inland Northwest. Please visit the ACMS website at http://www.mohscollege.org/about/video_patient_education.php for a wonderful 8 minute Patient Education video. In the early 1940’s, Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin, developed this procedure of utilizing a microscope, mapping and marking (hence the name micrographic) to evaluate 100% of the skin
