Board-certified in both Dermatology and Dermatopathology with dermatopathology training at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C. and a dermatology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Dr. Cole B. Willoughby leads the Dermatology & Laser Center of San Diego at 4060 Fourth Ave in Hillcrest. Mohs micrographic surgery for basal and squamous cell carcinomas anchors the skin-cancer program, with larger facial defects routed for closure to UC San Diego Health Plastic Surgery Hillcrest when reconstruction requires flap work beyond in-office capacity. Electronic brachytherapy offers a non-surgical radiation option for select non-melanoma skin cancers on cosmetically sensitive sites such as the nose, eyelid, and ear. Willoughby completed his medical degree at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1968 and finished military service as chief at Tripler Army Hospital in Hawaii before building a civilian Hillcrest practice that forms part of the corridor Mohs cluster alongside offices including Seaver L. Soon, MD; The Skin Clinic MD. Patch testing for contact dermatitis, Xtrac excimer laser for psoriasis, and PDT blue-light treatment for actinic keratoses round out a medical dermatology program built around on-site histopathology reading during Mohs stages.