Department of Medicine

Division of Dermatology

Mohs Micrographic Surgery

The Division of Dermatology is pleased to offer Mohs Micrographic Surgery for skin cancers and other surgical services to dermatological patients. If you would like to learn more about Mohs surgery please download the following booklet titled 'Mohs Micrographic Surgery'. This booklet is intended to explain Mohs surgery to you. It is not, however, intended to be a substitute for a consultation session with the dermatologic surgeon. Please feel free to schedule a consultation if you so desire. Call Diana Vires at (508) 334-5962. 

Mary E. Maloney, M.D. - Director of Dermatologic Surgery

Mary E. Maloney, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of Dermatologic Surgery, received her B.A. degree from Connecticut College. Dr. Maloney pursued her medical degree at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1977. She trained in Internal Medicine at Hartford Hospital through 1979, and then completed her dermatology residency in 1982 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic. This was followed by a research fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco in 1982 and a fellowship in dermatologic surgery in 1983. Dr. Maloney was on the medical faculty at Dartmouth, and then at the University of Vermont before moving to the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center where she has been Professor of Medicine and Director of Dermatological Surgery since 1988.

Dr. Maloney is a past president of the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgery and is now secretary of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery. In 1999, she chairs both the Council on Education and the Scientific Assembly Council for the American Academy of Dermatology, with responsibility for the education and management of the largest dermatological scientific session in the world. She is the author of 'The Dermatologic Surgical Suite', and has edited two textbooks, 'Cutaneous Oncology' and 'Surgical Dermatopathology'.

As Director of Dermatologic Surgery, Dr. Maloney provides Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancers and other surgical services to dermatological patients.

Susan M. Sweeney, M.D. -  Mohs Surgeon

Dr. Susan Sweeney received her Bachelor's of Science degreee in Biology from Providence College.  She attended University of Massachusetts Medical School where she graduated in 1998.  Dr. Sweeney completed two and a half years of Pediatric training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.  From there, she returned to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center to complete her dermatology residency in 2003. 

Dr. Sweeney was the first graduate of the dual fellowship in Pediatric Dermatology and Mohs Surgery in 2004.  She has stayed on to become an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics here at University of Massachusetts Medical School.  She is a Mohs and Pediatric dermatologic surgeon at the Medical Center.

Dr. Sweeney's interests include the following: Pediatric general dermatology, pediatric dermatologic surgery, pediatric laser and Mohs surgery.