Category Archives: Dr. Leonard Goldberg

DermSurgery Associates

What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer and Mohs Surgery

Is it time for a professional cancer screening? In the United States in 2013, an estimated 1,660,290 new cases of cancer were diagnosed. The American Cancer Society estimates that 580,350 of these cases will end in death. The society projects that melanoma skin cancer accounted for 76,690 of the newly diagnosed cancer cases, with 9,480 …

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DermSurgery Associates

Meet Dr. Goldberg, head of leading Houston dermatology clinic DermSurgery Associates

DermSurgery Associates is known throughout the region as a leading Houston dermatology clinic specializing in a full range of cosmetic dermatology and skin cancer services, provided by some of the best-trained practitioners in the United States. At the helm of DermSurgery is world-renowned dermatologist Dr. Leonard Goldberg, our director and chief of surgery, who founded …

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DermSurgery Associates

Local physician involved in clinical trials of Erivedge™ (Vismodegib), the First Medicine for Adults with Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

Houston, TX - February 3, 2012 - Genentech announced that Erivedge ™ (vismodegib) capsule was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adults with basal cell carcinoma (BCC, a type of skin cancer.) Erivedge™ was approved on January 30, 2012. Dr. Leonard H. Goldberg, a Houston Dermatological surgeon, has …

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