About
Dr. Howard Steinman is a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon who offers expert witness services in cases involving functional, post-procedural, and cosmetic outcomes, scarring, wrong-site surgery, recurrent tumors, improper consent, delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, mismanagement, and medical record documentation. He has over 40 years of clinical experience in dermatology, skin cancer treatment, Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology.
Dr. Steinman has been retained in over 65 legal cases, with 63% of cases representing plaintiffs and 37% representing defendants. He has provided expert deposition testimony in eleven cases and testified at trial in six. He accepts both plaintiff and defense cases.
Dr. Steinman earned his undergraduate degree from Pomona College and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his dermatology residency at the University of California, San Diego. He served as the Overseas Registrar at St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London, UK—a prestigious position awarded to only one non-British resident annually. Dr. Steinman then completed a fellowship in Mohs and dermatologic surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago under the guidance of Dr. Barry Goldsmith, a founding member of the American College of Mohs Surgery. Dr. Steinman is also a diplomate of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery.
With more than 30,000 Mohs procedures performed, Dr. Steinman is widely recognized for his surgical expertise. He has co-edited two textbooks on Mohs surgery, authored 13 textbook chapters, and published 57 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, BMJ, JAMA Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, British Journal of Dermatology, and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Dr. Steinman is a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery. He co-founded and served as President of the American Society for Mohs Surgery and co-directed its annual Fundamentals of Mohs Surgery Course for 25 years.
He has taught Mohs surgery, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology at several medical schools, including as Assistant Professor at UC San Diego, Associate Professor and Director of Mohs Surgery at Texas A&M School of Medicine, and currently as Associate Professor of Surgery at Campbell University School of Medicine. Dr. Steinman is a frequent speaker at national and international dermatology conferences, lecturing on surgical techniques, cosmetic procedures, and best practices in patient care.