Kishwer S. Nehal, MD

In my clinical research I am studying noninvasive imaging techniques including confocal microscopy to improve early detection of skin cancers and expedite margin detection of skin cancers during skin surgery.

Educating physicians and the public about the importance of early detection of skin cancer is important. To that end I direct MSK’s annual melanoma/skin cancer screening program. I participate in teaching residents in the field of cutaneous oncology and dermatologic surgery and serve as Program Director of the Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship at MSK and Weill Cornell Medical College.

I serve on the American Joint Committee on Cancer for staging of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network panel for nonmelanoma skin cancer practice guidelines. I am an invited lecturer at national and international dermatology meetings and an author of many of journal articles and book chapters. I am also a peer reviewer for medical journals, including Archives of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery Journal, and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.