White Plains Hospital Physician Associates Welcomes Three Expert Dermatology Specialists

White Plains Hospital is pleased to welcome a new team of dermatologists to its group of integrated physician practices. Lauren Adams, MD; Athena Kaporis, MD; and Stuart Zweibel, MD, PhD have joined the White Plains Hospital Physician Associates (WPHPA) division of the Hospital. The practice will be known as White Plains Hospital Physician Associates- Westchester Dermatology and Mohs Surgery, with locations in Mount Kisco and Scarsdale.

According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, Mohs surgery has come to be accepted as the single most effective technique for removing basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, the two most common skin cancers. In the U.S., more than 4 million cases of basal cell carcinoma and more than 1 million cases of squamous cell carcinoma are diagnosed each year. Mohs surgery spares the greatest amount of healthy tissue while also expunging cancer cells with cure rates of 98 percent or higher, significantly better than the rates for standard excision or any other accepted method.

Dr. Adams earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine. She completed her internship at Maimonides Medical Center, and her Dermatology Residency at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Dr. Kaporis graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College. She received her medical degree from, and completed her internship at, New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Dr. Zweibel is a dermatologic surgeon specializing in skin cancer, laser surgery and cosmetic dermatology. He graduated from Cornell University and completed his graduate work at Temple University School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health, earning a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology. He received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his residency at Brown University. Dr. Zweibel also completed a fellowship in Mohs and Dermatologic Surgery in the department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, under Dr. Frederic Mohs, who developed the surgical technique there.

All three physicians are board certified in Dermatology.

Also joining the group are Kelly A. Christman and Lauren Smith, board certified Physician Assistants.

The practice will remain at its current locations at 185 Kisco Avenue in Mount Kisco (914) 242-2020 and 700 White Plains Road in Scarsdale (914) 472-7023.