Carl F. Schanbacher, MD, FAAD

Carl Schanbacher, MD, is a Mohs surgeon with three decades of experience in cutaneous surgery and reconstruction. His clinical research focuses on repairing complex defects of the ear, nose, and scalp after skin cancer surgery. He developed the Offset Wedge technique for large full-thickness defects of the superior helical rim, championed antihelix tubular-shaped composite grafting for subtotal nasal alar defects, established the Twizzler for managing otherwise challenging wounds on the leg and has done illuminating studies establishing the tapered needle as the optimal surgical needle geometry for safety and tissue handling.