Rajiv Nijhawan, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Dermatology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Rajiv Nijhawan, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Director of the Parkland Memorial Hospital Skin Tumor Clinic. He is a board-certified dermatologist with fellowship training in Mohs micrographic surgery, and he specializes in the surgical management of skin cancers as well as reconstructive surgery. Mohs surgery is a very specialized technique to remove skin cancers where 100 percent of the margin is checked to achieve the highest cure rates and to preserve as much normal skin as possible. As a Mohs surgeon, Dr. Nijhawan also has extensive training and experience in performing advanced reconstruction to achieve the best long-term cosmetic result possible. Mohs surgery is commonly used for the following skin cancers: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, early melanoma, and other rare skin tumors. Dr. Nijhawan completed a highly competitive six-year accelerated combined bachelor's and medical degree (B.S./M.D.) program at the University of Miami School of Medicine, where he graduated at the top of his class with a distinction in research. He subsequently completed dermatology residency training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, where he served as chief resident. He then pursued advanced procedural dermatology training through a fellowship in Mohs micrographic surgery, reconstructive surgery, and cosmetic dermatology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, also in New York City. Dr. Nijhawan joined the UT Southwestern staff in 2014. He also has a unique interest in high-risk skin cancers in immunosuppressed patient populations such as solid organ and bone marrow transplant recipients. Because of this interest, he developed a High-Risk Skin Cancer Transplant Clinic, for which he serves as the Director. He is also Assistant Fellowship Director of the UT Southwestern Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship. Dr. Nijhawan conducts research in a wide range of dermatologic subspecialties, especially cutaneous oncology and reconstructive surgery. His work has been published widely in scientific journals, and he has presented at numerous national meetings, sharing his passion for providing the highest quality of care for each and every patient he sees and advancing the field of dermatology. He is a member of the American College of Mohs Surgery, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. In 2019 and 2020, Dr. Nijhawan was named a Texas Monthly Super Doctor Rising Star. Education Medical School University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2009) Internship St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center (2010), Internal Medicine Residency St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University (2013), Dermatology Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Weill Cornell Medical College (2014), Procedural Dermatology/Mohs Micrographic Surgery Research Interest High Risk Skin Cancer Melanoma Mohs Surgery Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Patient Safety Patient Satisfaction Reconstructive Surgery Resident Education Skin Cancer in Transplant Recipients Publications Vulvar dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans demonstrates similar clinical profiles and outcomes as non-vulvar dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A SEER database analysis Joshi TP, Nijhawan RI Archives of Dermatological Research 2026 Dec 318 Impact of immunosuppression on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma outcomes Klein JC, Shahwan KT, Petric UB, Mallela T, Voller L, Ruiz E, Ran N, Granger EE, Koyfman S, Vidimos A, Wysong A, Hirotsu K, Carucci JA, Carter JB, Cañueto J, Girardi FM, Mangold AR, Brodland DG, Zitelli JA, Willenbrink TJ, Lotter W, Jeanselme V, Nikahd M, Nijhawan RI, Srivastava D, Carr DR Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2026 Jan 94 151-160 Evaluation of online education for skin cancer prevention in organ transplant recipients Bower RP, Nijhawan RI, Carroll B, Billingsley E, Greene A, Ken KM Archives of Dermatological Research 2025 Dec 317 Protocol for establishing a large, international, multicenter cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma database Hallak D, Ruiz E, Ran N, Granger EE, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Koyfman S, Vidimos A, Wysong A, Hirotsu K, Carucci JA, Carter JB, Cañueto J, Girardi FM, Mangold AR, Brodland DG, Zitelli JA, Willenbrink TJ, Srivastava D, Nijhawan RI, Carr DR, Shahwan KT Archives of Dermatological Research 2025 Dec 317 Validation of Current Staging Systems in HNCSCC: A Multinational Cohort Study Girardi FM, Wagner VP, Machado CD, Wysong A, Ran NA, Granger EE, Koyfman SA, Vidimos AT, Carr DR, Shahwan KT, Hirotsu KE, Carucci JA, Carter JB, Mangold AR, Srivastava D, Brodland DG, Zitelli JA, Willenbrink TJ, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Nijhawan RI, Ruiz ES, Cañueto J Head and Neck 2025 Dec 47 3385-3393 Excision With Total Margin Control Versus Vertical Section Margin Assessment for NCCN Very High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Wang DM, Ran NA, Granger EE, Koyfman S, Vidimos A, Wysong A, Carr DR, Shahwan KT, Hirotsu KE, Carucci JA, Carter JB, Cañueto J, Girardi FM, Mangold AR, Srivastava D, Nijhawan RI, Brodland DG, Zitelli JA, Willenbrink TJ, Ruiz ES JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2025 Dec 23 531-537 Mohs micrographic surgery for cutaneous adnexal carcinoma with squamous metaplasia and subsequent identification of metastasis: A case report Khalilian K, Gramann AK, Vandergriff T, Nijhawan RI, Srivastava D JAAD Case Reports 2025 Dec 66 127-130 Characterization of Malignant Adnexal Tumors of the Head and Neck by Targeted Analysis of Cancer Genes and Human Papillomavirus 42 Dowell E, Mahapatra R, Bishop J, Matsumoto A, Callan A, Vandergriff TW, Alame A, Hosler G, Gagan J, Nijhawan RI, Wang RC JID Innovations 2025 Nov 5 Periungual growth on the fourth finger Nagarajan D, Gramann AK, Nijhawan RI Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 2025 Aug 50 1714-1716 Patient-reported quality of life and aesthetic satisfaction continues to improve for 1-year after Mohs surgery: A multicenter prospective cohort study Veldhuizen IJ, Dusza SW, Kuo A, Aleisa A, Blue E, Adhikari S, Nadir U, Le K, Kazemi S, Sutton AV, Nijhawan RI, Eisen DB, Rossi AM, Srivastava D, Wysong A, Nehal KS, Lee EH Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Aug 93 444-450 Results 1-10 of 212 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Mohs micrographic surgery.. In Repair of Soft Tissue Facial Defects after Mohs Reconstruction. Chen S, Srivastava D, Nijhawan RI. (2017). Honors & Awards D Magazine Best Doctor (2021-2025) Texas Monthly Super Doctors, Rising Star (2020) Texas Monthly Super Doctors, Rising Star (2019) Professional Associations/Affiliations Alpha Epsilon Lamba Graduate Honor Society (2006) Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2008) American Academy of Dermatology (2010) American College of Mohs Surgery (2013) American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (2010)
