MarkBFariesMD

General Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute / Cedars Sinai

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Office
11800 Wilshire Blvd
Fl 3
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone+1 310-967-1884

Fax+1 310-967-1744

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 2002
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2002 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2010 - 2015
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial II (MSLT-II) Start of enrollment: 2004 Sep 30
Completed
Not Applicable
Minimally Invasive Groin Dissection for Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Trial of pIL-12 Electroporation Malignant Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 14
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

32 citations
Melanoma brain metastases: is it time to reassess the bias?
Jaclyn C. Flanigan, Mark Faries, Mario Sznol, Stephan Ariyan, James B. Yu
Current Problems in Cancer. 2011-07-01
98 citations
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma.
Brendan D. Curti, Mark B. Faries
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021-06-09
65 citations
Late recurrence in melanoma: clinical implications of lost dormancy.
Mark B. Faries, Shawn T. Steen, Xing Ye, Myung Sim, Donald L. Morton
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013-07-01

Journal Articles

Microsatellitosis in Patients with Melanoma
Richard L White, Mark B Faries, Stanley P Leong, Andrew J Sinnamon, Dale Han, Jane L Messina, Barbara A Pockaj, Giorgos C Karakousis, Edmund K Bartlett, John T Vetto, ..., Annals of Surgical Oncology

Press Mentions

GSK Presents Positive Efficacy Data of Dostarlimab in Mismatch Repair-Deficient (dMMR) Solid Cancers at ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers SymposiumDecember 13th, 2019
Elios Therapeutics Announced That a Personalized Vaccine Reduced the Risk of Melanoma Recurrence in Patients with Previously Treated DiseaseJuly 17th, 2019
Lymph-Node Dissection Increases Rates of Regional Disease ControlSeptember 1st, 2017
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Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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