Training and Expertise
He is a native of Michigan and attended college at The University of Michigan, where he graduated with distinction. He received his M.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, where he was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society and was awarded the Carl Vernon Weller Award for the top student in pathology. Dr. Morganroth then left the Midwest for the Ivy League, where he completed his internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a dermatology residency at Yale University. At Yale, he realized his true potential as a skin surgeon and decided to pursue a career in dermatologic surgery. After graduating from Yale in 1994, he returned to the Midwest to complete a competitive Mohs, Laser, and dermatologic surgery fellowship at the Skin and Mohs Surgery Center, Baptist Medical Center, and Hunkeler Eye Clinic in Kansas City, Missouri. During this one-year fellowship approved by the American College of Mohs Surgery, he was fortunate to train with a Mohs and laser surgeon, a facial plastic surgeon, and an ophthalmic plastic surgeon, providing a unique multidisciplinary foundation in skin surgery. Following his fellowship, he moved to Silicon Valley to open his private dermatologic and cosmetic surgery practice.
Dr. Morganroth is perhaps best known nationally for his own unique, state-of-the-art, local anesthesia skin surgery techniques combining facets of dermatologic surgery, facial plastic surgery, and ophthalmic plastic surgery. His techniques, which are quite different from traditional plastic surgery in philosophy and implementation, provide dramatic and natural outcomes with the safety and minimal downtime afforded by local anesthesia. As a recipient of multidisciplinary training during his fellowship, Dr. Morganroth enjoys collaborating with colleagues from dermatology and other surgical specialties. He is regularly visited by dermatologists, plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, and oculoplastic surgeons from the US and abroad to observe him operate. He is frequently invited to present his reconstructive and cosmetic surgery techniques at national dermatology and facial plastic surgery meetings. New York University invited him to give the keynote lecture at their Advanced Dermatology Course, “One Perspective on the Future of Advanced Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery.” He has also taught his cosmetic and reconstruction techniques at Stanford University, New York University (a second time), the University of Miami, University of Utah, Henry Ford Medical Center in Detroit, Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and many professional meetings including the annual meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Surgery, American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, Foundation for Facial Plastic Surgery, and California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.
He has held various academic appointments previously that include Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University, clinical faculty of the Mittelman Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship training program based in Los Altos, CA, and as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of California at San Francisco. He was the founder and co-director of the Next Step Dermatologic Surgery Course at Stanford University in 2004-2005. He revived the Next Step Dermatologic Surgery Course in 2012, where surgeons from around the US and Canada traveled to watch him perform his unique local anesthesia and cosmetic techniques.
Specialties
- Chemical Peels
- Cosmetic Dermatology
- Cosmetic Injectables
- Eyelid Cosmetic Surgery
- Face, neck, and body rejuvenation surgery
- Fellowship-trained and Board-Certified Mohs Surgeon
- Laser Surgery
- Leg Vein Treatment
- Local Anesthesia Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Skin cancer screening, surveillance, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
- Mohs Surgery
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Scar Revision
- Skin Care and Skin Care Products
- Skin Reconstructive Surgery
- Surgical Dermatology
- Surgical removal of benign, pre-cancerous, and cancerous lesions
- Tumescent Liposuction/Body Sculpting
Research & Publications
He has also published numerous book chapters on his Vertical Vector Facelift technique, chin augmentation, facial reconstruction, and his recommendations to prevent and correct facelift complications in multiple prominent dermatologic surgery reference textbooks. He has also published clinical and research articles in prestigious medical journals, including: The New England Journal of Medicine; Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Clinics in Plastic Surgery; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology; Archives of Dermatology; and Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Industry Leadership
Between 2004 and 2025, Dr. Morganroth was a Mohs fellowship director and trained one or two fellows each year in his skin cancer, reconstruction, laser, and cosmetic techniques. From 2004 to 2011, his one-year fellowship was under the auspices of the American College of Mohs Surgery, but it later became independent to emphasize advanced cosmetic surgery, laser, and scar revision surgeries. His former surgical fellows have been recruited to leading academic centers on the East and West Coasts and private practices throughout the country.
Associations and Memberships
Dr. Morganroth is a Fellow of the following associations.
- American College of Mohs Surgery
- American Society of Dermatologic Surgery
- American Academy of Dermatology
