Practicing Skin Cancer Medicine since 2014

Skin Cancer Medicine

Dr. Gerner’s practice is limited to skin cancer medicine. This means that he screens patients for and diagnoses skin cancer. He is able to treat most localized skin cancers. His primary goal is to detect skin cancer at its earliest stage possible while avoiding most of the unnecessary biopsies of benign skin growths. For patients with advanced skin cancer, Dr. Gerner has a network of specialists he prefers to provide necessary care.

Self Pay Practice

“Self Pay” means that the patient must pay for the service at the time of the office visit. Dr. Gerner does NOT have contracts with Medicare, Medicaid or any medical insurance. We will supply our patients with the documentation needed to submit a claim for possible reimbursement.

Detailed Dermoscopic Examination

Dr. Gerner examines the skin using a handheld device called a dermatoscope. The dermatoscope allows the examiner to see through the outer layers of skin by eliminating surface glare. With training and experience, a clinician examining with a dermatoscope is able to detect skin cancer at it’s earliest possible stage. It also enables the clinician to avoid most of the unnecessary biopsies of benign skin lesions (spots, growths). Most clinicians use a dermatoscope only to examine skin lesions that are suspicious to the naked eye. Dr. Gerner attempts to examine all of the lesions (spots) on a patients skin with a dermatoscope. The reason for performing this type of detailed dermoscopic examination is because most early skin cancers do not look suspicious to the naked eye. However, when examined with a dermatoscope usually the clues that it is a skin cancer are clearly evident.