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James Higgins is a Plastic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Higgins is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Scaphoid Non-Union, Kienbock's Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy. Dr. Higgins is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kofi Derek Owusu Boahene is a professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Division of Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery and the director for the facial plastics fellowship training program. His practice encompasses the entire spectrum of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery including cosmetic and reconstructive aspects. Dr. Boahene is a leading expert in facial paralysis surgery and facial nerve injuries and has pioneered innovative treatment protocols and surgical techniques in facial reanimation. He is the director of the Johns Hopkins Facial Nerve center dedicated to restoring facial balance, symmetry and animation to those who have suffered from facial paralysis and facial nerve disorders. As an expert microsurgeon, Dr. Boahene routinely performs some of the most complex facial reconstruction procedures on the face including rebuilding of an entire nose, lip, jaw and facial defects resulting from cancer treatment, traumatic injuries or as a result of birth defects. He uses cutting edge 3-D technology, image-guided technology and tissue transplanted from other parts of the body to restore or replace missing tissues. He is a key member of the Johns Hopkins facial transplant program. His cosmetic experience is broad and draws from patients across the globe. He routinely performs rhinoplasties, eyelid surgery, face lifts and other facial enhancing procedures. As a skull base surgeon, Dr. Boahene has pioneered minimally invasive techniques for removal of skull base and brain tumors, repairing CSF leaks and has authored a major textbook on this subject. Dr. Boahene received his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Arkansas. He graduated summa cum laude from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, completed a five-year surgical residency training program in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and received fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Minnesota. As the recipient of the prestigious Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award, Dr. Boahene was awarded additional craniofacial surgery training in Adelaide, Australia. He also received the Jack R. Anderson Prize for Scholastic Excellence for attaining the highest score nationally on the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery certification exam. Dr. Boahene serves as on the Board of Governors or the American Academy Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In 1993, Dr. Kofi Boahene received the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical. Dr. Boahene is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Facial Paralysis, Bell's Palsy, Recurrent Peripheral Facial Palsy, Septoplasty, and Gastrostomy.

"Daniel J. Lewis, M.D. is a dual fellowship-trained Mohs and reconstructive surgeon and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He leads the Mohs surgery unit at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (JHOC), the hospital's flagship facility in downtown Baltimore. He is also heavily involved in education as the director of the JHOC resident surgery clinic and as core faculty for the Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellowship. Dr. Lewis earned a B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, earned his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine while completing a research fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and completed his internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then returned to Penn for dermatology residency, serving as chief resident at the country's No. 1-ranked dermatology program by Doximity. At Penn, he pursued further specialization with two year-long post-doctoral fellowships in cutaneous oncology and Mohs micrographic surgery. During his Mohs fellowship at Penn, Dr. Lewis worked at the largest academic Mohs surgery center in the country alongside leaders in the field and pioneers in the use of Mohs surgery with immunohistochemistry, complex reconstruction, high-risk tumors, and tumors on specialty sites. Dr. Lewis has authored over 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high-impact journals such as Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, JAMA Dermatology, and Journal of Investigative Dermatology. He has also served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Dermatology and has authored multiple textbook chapters as well as two editions of the book Practical Ways to Improve Patient Adherence, named the winner of the 2022 ""Best Overall"" Dermie Award by Dermasphere. Dr. Lewis is an aspiring leader in cutaneous oncology and was named Post-Doctoral Trainee of the Year in 2022 by ADEN, winner of the 2022 ASDS Young Investigators Writing Competition, and a Rising Scholar by the Dermatology Foundation in 2023. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He is passionate about Mohs micrographic surgery and has clinical interests in advanced facial reconstruction, Mohs surgery with immunohistochemistry, facial anatomy, Merkel cell carcinoma, melanoma, and patient adherence.". Dr. Lewis is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL), T-Cell Lymphoma, Mycosis Fungoides, and Sezary Syndrome.