MichaelGowenMD

Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery

Dermatologist & Mohs Surgeon at Skin Care Center of Southern Illinois - United Skin Specialists

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Office
4573 Benes Road
Glen Carbon, IL 64064
Phone+1 618-961-1950

Fax+1 763-317-1580

Dr. Michael Gowen is a dermatologist and Mohs surgeon in Mount Vernon, IL. He trained at Yale New Haven Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and his MBA at Brandeis University. He has been in practice 1 year. He specializes in dermatologic surgery/Mohs surgery.

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Dermatology, 2019 - 2022
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 2018, M.D., M.B.A.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestInternship, Internal Medicine

Massachusetts Medical Society: Medical Student Scholar Award 2018
Worth F. Bloom, M25 Award Tufts University School of Medicine, 2018
William Dameshek Award in Research Tufts University School of Medicine, 2018
Paramarkou Scholarship Tufts University School of Medicine, 2013-2018
Ross Trust Scholarship Tufts University, 2017
American Medical Association Foundation Seed Grant Research Program AMA, 2017
Melanoma Research Foundation Medical Student Research Award 2017
American Skin Association Medical Student Grant Targeting Melanoma & Skin Cancer Research 2017
University of Pittsburgh Department of Neuroscience Research Excellence Award 2012
American Physiology Society David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award 2012
American Physiology Society: David S. Bruce Outstanding Abstract Award 2012
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PubMed

2 citations
Picosecond neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser therapy for pigmentation due to lichen planus pigmentosus in a patient with skin of color.
Annika Belzer, Madisen A Swallow, Michael Gowen, Kathleen C Suozzi
JAAD Case Reports. 2023-04-01
87 citations
Baseline antibody profiles predict toxicity in melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Michael F. Gowen, Keith M. Giles, Danny Simpson, Jeremy Tchack, Hua Zhou
Journal of Translational Medicine. 2018-04-02
Amelanotic melanoma in a patient with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
Ryan Fan, Margaret S Johnston, Michael F Gowen, William Damsky, Ian Odell
JAAD Case Reports. 2022-09-01

Journal Articles

The histone demethylase PHF8 regulates TGFβ signaling and promotes melanoma metastasis
RANA S. MOUBARAK H , ANA DE PABLOS-ARAGONESES, VANESSA ORTIZ-BARAHONA, YIXIAO GONG, MICHAEL GOWEN, IGOR DOLGALEV, SORIN A. A. SHADALOEY, DIANA ARGIBAY, ALCIDA KARZ, RI..., Science Advances, 2/2022
Baseline antibody profiles predict toxicity in melanoma patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
Gowen et al, J Translational Medicine, 2018
Context-dependent miR-204 and miR-211 affect the biological properties of amelanotic and melanotic melanoma cells
Vitiello et all, Oncotarget, 4/2017