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Dr. Kelly Harms, MD, PhD, is an Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Michigan. She serves as chief of cutaneous surgery and oncology and as director of the Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Oncology Program at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Harms was appointed as Lewis and Lillian Becker Professor of Dermatology on April 1, 2022.
Dr. Harms provides patient care in our Cutaneous Surgery and Oncology clinical programs, including the Mohs surgery clinic and multidisciplinary melanoma and cutaneous oncology clinics located within the UM Rogel Cancer Center. Dr. Harms is a board-certified dermatologist and ACGME Fellowship-trained Mohs Surgeon, with specialized training and expertise in treating high-risk skin cancer.
Dr. Harms joined the Dermatology faculty in 2014, upon completing her ACGME procedural dermatology fellowship, with advanced training in melanoma and cutaneous surgery and oncology at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. Her clinical work is focused on Mohs surgery and associated reconstruction, as well as the complex management of patients seen within our multidisciplinary skin cancer programs.
Dr. Harms received her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and her Ph.D. degree from the Medical Scientist Training Program in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her internship in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals. She completed her dermatology residency, post-doctoral research training, and procedural dermatology fellowship in the Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School. Her clinical research is focused on skin cancer biology and epidemiology, and therapy.
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Harms K. 2024 Mar 11;PresentationMerkel Cell Carcinoma: Diagnosis, Management, and Controversies
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Harms K. 2024 Jan 29;Additional ScholarshipA commentary on: Genetic Risk Factors for Early-Onset Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Practice Update
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Schmults CD, Blitzblau R, Aasi SZ, Alam M, Amini A, Bibee K, Bolotin D, Bordeaux J, Chen P-L, Contreras CM, DiMaio D, Donigan JM, Farma JM, Ghosh K, Harms K, Ho AL, Lukens JN, Manber S, Mark L, Medina T, Nehal KS, Nghiem P, Olino K, Park S, Patel T, Puzanov I, Rich J, Sekulic A, Shaha AR, Srivastava D, Thomas V, Tomblinson C, Venkat P, Xu YG, Yu S, Yusuf M, McCullough B, Espinosa S. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 2024 Jan; 22 (1D): e240002Journal ArticleNCCN Guidelines® Insights: Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Version 1.2024.
DOI:10.6004/jnccn.2024.0002 PMID: 38244274 -
Durgin JS, Whittington CP, Joseph M, Harms PW, Andea AA, Pedersen EA, Smith EH, Harms KL. J Cutan Pathol, 2024 Mar 28;Journal ArticleMultiple primary dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans tumors in a single patient with chromosomal microarray analysis: A case report and review.
DOI:10.1111/cup.14612 PMID: 38548658 -
Harms K. 2023 Jul 5;PresentationClassical therapies: Surgery, microscopic control surgery and radiotherapies
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2023 May 5;PresentationManaging Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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Harms K. 2023 Apr 27;PresentationThe Dos & Don'ts of Sun Exposure & Your Skin
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Harms KL, Zhao L, Johnson B, Wang X, Carskadon S, Palanisamy N, Rhodes DR, Mannan R, Vo JN, Choi JE, Chan MP, Fullen DR, Patel RM, Siddiqui J, Ma VT, Hrycaj S, McLean SA, Hughes TM, Bichakjian CK, Tomlins SA, Harms PW. 2023 Mar 31;DatasetSupplementary Figures from Virus-positive Merkel Cell Carcinoma Is an Independent Prognostic Group with Distinct Predictive Biomarkers
DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.22482849