Dr. Ken Gross, MD


Physician
Dermatology

Specialty

Mohs Surgery

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Skin Surgery Medical Group Inc.
5222 Balboa Avenue 5th Floor
San Diego, California 92117
For an appointment, call (858) 292-5101
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Medical Expertise of Dr. Ken Gross, MD

Dr. Gross focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of all types of skin cancer, including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma, as well as many other types of rarer skin cancers. Dr. Gross will discuss the various surgical and non-surgical methods available for skin cancer treatment.

About Dr. Ken Gross, MD

Ken Gross, MD is a board-certified San Diego dermatologist providing care to patients at the Skin Surgery Medical Groups

Dr. Gross  is presently Clinical Professor of Medicine (Division of Dermatology) at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (non-salaried). He is dermatology-surgery (Mohs Surgery) attending at the Veterans Administration Hospital in La Jolla. He was co-founder of the Metro League of the American Cancer Society and founder of the San Diego Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Dr. Gross is on staff at the Veterans Administration Hospital and Mercy Hospital.

Dr. Gross is co-author of a textbook on Mohs surgery: Fundamentals and Techniques of Mohs Surgery by Mosby Publishers, 1999 in its second printing.

Dr. Gross's second textbook : "Mohs Surgery and Histopathology--Beyond the Fundamentals" by Cambridge University Press was published in 2009

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Education & Training

Dr. Gross attended Rutgers University and then Downstate Medial Center (S.U.N.Y), graduating in 1968. He completed his internship at Los Angeles County General Hospital. Following his dermatology training at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, Dr. Gross stayed on the teaching staff for an additional six years. At the time Dr. Gross left the Navy, he was head of dermatology training and director of the Regional Comprehensive Melanoma Clinic. Dr. Gross was a Navy flight surgeon as well as a Navy diver. He retired as a Navy Captain.