Darrell J. Fader, MD

MOHS SURGEON

Dr. Darrell J. Fader received his medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri in June of 1991. After his internal medicine internship at the University of Washington in Seattle, he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he spent three years as a resident in dermatology. He remained there for additional fellowship training in cutaneous surgery and oncology, melanoma and Mohs Micrographic Surgery. In 1995 he joined the University of Michigan faculty as an assistant professor in the departments of Dermatology and Otolaryngology. In 2001 he took over a Mohs and dermatology practice in Seattle and expanded it to several offices in the Puget Sound area. Between Michigan and Washington State, he has treated over 20,000 skin cancers. After 22 years in private practice, his good friend and colleague from internship and residency Dr. Russell Metz recruited him to help build a Mohs practice for Beaches Dermatology.

Dr. Fader has authored or co-authored over 30 articles, abstracts and letters in medical journals and contributed chapters in books on aspects of skin cancer, reconstructive surgery and laser surgery. His clinical research primarily concerned non-melanoma skin cancer, facial plastic reconstruction and laser. He has delivered over 50 lectures on these subjects to local, national and international audiences.

Dr. Fader is a Fellow in the American College of Moh Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, the American Academy of Dermatology and member of the Seattle Dermatologic Society and Florida Medical Association. He is specialty-boarded in both Mohs Micrographic Surgery/Cutaneous Oncology and Dermatology through the American Board of Dermatology.

He enjoys hiking and reading The Economist, but never at the same time. For now, Dr. Fader will continue to reside in the Seattle Eastside area but work at Beaches regularly. He has four children and notes that with the blur of teenagers passing through his home, there’s still time to grasp at the last remnants of live-in fatherhood and resurrect some hobbies and interests. Reducing time in the Pacific Northwest rain will enable him to save some revenue on coffee that will likely be re-invested in sunscreen.