Kirsten Johnson, MD, PhD, is a board-certified dermatology physician-scientist within the University Hospitals Department of Dermatology with a focus on skin cancer research. She is a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UH Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Oncology Conference. In addition to caring for patients with a variety of general skin conditions and providing routine skin cancer monitoring and prevention, Dr. Johnson has a special clinical interest in caring for patients with complex dermatologic conditions. She also routinely performs outpatient surgical excisions for benign skin lesions such as cysts and lipomas and for treatment of low-risk skin cancers.