MarkFariesMD

General Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

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Office
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone+1 310-231-2164

Fax+1 310-496-0731
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Summary

Dr. Mark Faries is a general surgeon in Los Angeles, CA specializing in Surgical Oncology. He is Co-Director of Cutaneous Oncology at The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute and Professor of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His clinical and translational research focuses on melanoma and other high-risk skin cancers, tumor immunology and immunotherapy and surgical therapy for cancer.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2002
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Surgery, 1995 - 1996
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2002 - 2024
CT State Medical License 2010 - 2015
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2004
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Clinical Trials

An Efficacy Study of Adjuvant Treatment With the Personalized Cancer Vaccine mRNA-4157 and Pembrolizumab in Participants With High-Risk Melanoma (KEYNOTE-942) Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 18
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma: necessary as ever for optimal treatment.
Faries, M.> ;Clinical & Experimental Metastasis. 2024 Jan 2
2 citations
Debating Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma in the Modern Adjuvant Era.
Xiaoran Zhang, Laura Ferris, Mark B Faries, Jason J Luke> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Sep 10
2 citations
Metastasectomy in Stage IV Melanoma: How and When Should We Employ It?
Mark B Faries, Michael Lowe> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Sep 1
Regarding: Predicting Regional Lymph Node Recurrence in The Modern Age of Tumor-Positive Sentinel Node Melanoma.
John F Thompson, John Hyngstrom, Corrado Caracò, Jonathan S Zager, Tiina Jahkola, Tawnya L Bowles, Elisabetta Pennacchioli, Harald J Hoekstra, Marc Moncrieff, Christia...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
Divergent clinical outcomes in a phase 2B trial of the TLPLDC vaccine in preventing melanoma recurrence and the impact of dendritic cell collection methodology: a rand...
Adams, A., Carpenter, E., Clifton, G., Vreeland, T., Chick, R., O'Shea, A., McCarthy, P., Kemp Bohan, P., Hickerson, A., Valdera, F., Tiwari, A., Hale, D., Hyngstrom, ...> ;Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 2023 Mar 1
10 citations
Preoperative imaging of pulmonary metastases in patients with melanoma: implications for minimally invasive techniques.
Mark B. Faries, Donald L. Morton, Travis B. Kidner, Jeong Yoon> ;Archives of Surgery. 2012 Sep 1
Combined intralesional Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and topical imiquimod for in-transit melanoma.
Kidner TB, Morton DL, Lee DJ, Hoban M, Foshag LJ, Turner RR, Faries MB> ;Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997).
39 citations
Staging of regional lymph nodes in melanoma: a case for including nonsentinel lymph node positivity in the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system.
Anna M. Leung, Donald L. Morton, Junko Ozao-Choy, Danielle M. Hari, Myung Shin-Sim, Mark B. Faries> ;JAMA Surgery. 2013 Sep 1
953 citations
Final Trial Report of Sentinel-Node Biopsy versus Nodal Observation in Melanoma
Donald L. Morton, John F. Thompson, Alistair J. Cochran, Nicola Mozzillo, Omgo E. Nieweg, Daniel F. Roses, Harald J. Hoekstra, Constantine P. Karakousis, C. A. Puleo, ...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2014 Feb 12
65 citations
Local and intralesional therapy of in‐transit melanoma metastases
Mark B. Faries, John F. Thompson, Elisabetta Pennacchioli, Jan P. Deroose, Albertus N. van Geel, Cornelis Verhoef, Francesco Verrecchia, Javier Soteldo> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2011 Sep 15
31 citations
Treatment of melanoma metastases in a limb by isolated limb perfusion and isolated limb infusion.
Alessandro Testori, Cornelis Verhoef, Hidde M. Kroon, Mark B. Faries, Alexander M.M. Eggermont, John F. Thompson> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2011 Sep 15
Current surgical treatment in melanoma.
Faries MB, Ariyan S> ;Current problems in cancer.
30 citations
Melanoma brain metastases: is it time to reassess the bias?
Jaclyn C. Flanigan, Mark Faries, Mario Sznol, Stephan Ariyan, James B. Yu, Jonathan P.S. Knisely, Veronica Chiang, Harriet M. Kluger> ;Current Problems in Cancer. 2011 Jul 1
Molecular alternations in uveal melanoma.
Materin MA, Faries M, Kluger HM> ;Current problems in cancer.
72 citations
Assessment of Prognostic Circulating Tumor Cells in a Phase III Trial of Adjuvant Immunotherapy After Complete Resection of Stage IV Melanoma
Mark B. Faries, Donald L. Morton, Tatsushi Shingai, Christine Kuo, He-Jing Wang, Robert Elashoff, Nicola Mozzillo, Mark C. Kelley, John F. Thompson, Jeffrey E. Lee, Da...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2012 Feb 1
12 citations
Epitrochlear sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma: interval or independent?
Mark B. Faries, Donald L. Morton, Travis B. Kidner, Jeong L Yoon> ;The American Surgeon. 2012 Jun 1
17 citations
Parathyroidectomy for Patients With Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Associations With Hypertension.
Amanda N Graff-Baker, Letitia T Bridges, Mark B. Faries, Meena Said> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Jan 1
Sentinel-node biopsy in melanoma.
Thompson JF, Cochran AJ, Faries MB> ;The New England journal of medicine.
From the guest editor: The sentinel node: evolution of the revolution. Introduction.
Faries MB> ;Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.).
Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-I confirms the central role of sentinel node biopsy in contemporary melanoma management: response to 'No survival benefit f...
Faries MB, Cochran AJ, Elashoff RM, Thompson JF> ;The British journal of dermatology.
Treatment of in-transit melanoma with intralesional bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and topical imiquimod 5% cream: a report of 3 cases.
Kibbi N, Ariyan S, Faries M, Choi JN> ;Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997).
Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Melanoma: Current Role in the Age of Nonsurgical Treatments.
Flaherty DC, Deutsch GB, Kirchoff DD, Lee J, Huynh KT, Lee DY, Foshag LJ, Bilchik AJ, Faries MB> ;The American surgeon.
19 citations
Evolving Therapeutic Strategies in Mucosal Melanoma Have Not Improved Survival Over Five Decades
Daniel D. Kirchoff, Gary B. Deutsch, Leland J. Foshag, Jihey Lee, Mark B. Faries> ;The American Surgeon. 2016 Jan 1
Intralesional Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma: The Oldest and Newest Treatment in Oncology.
Faries MB> ;Critical reviews in oncogenesis.
20 citations
Second Primary Melanoma: Risk Factors, Histopathologic Features, Survival, and Implications for Follow-Up.
Maris S. Jones, Hitoe Torisu-Itakura, Devin C. Flaherty, Hans F. Schoellhammer, Jihey Lee, Mark B. Faries> ;The American Surgeon. 2016 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Providence Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, California
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, California