Austin B. Ambur, DO, FAAD

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About

Austin B. Ambur, DO, FAAD, practices dermatology and Mohs micrographic surgery in La Mesa's Grossmont medical corridor from a third-floor suite at 8860 Center Drive, adjacent to the Sharp Grossmont Hospital campus. His double board certification in dermatology and Mohs surgery through the American Board of Dermatology positions the practice for same-day tissue-margin analysis on basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, with complex reconstructive cases routed to Sharp Grossmont Hospital's surgical suites across the campus. A graduate of Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine (class of 2019) who served as Chief Resident during his dermatology residency at the KCU-GME Consortium/Advanced Dermatology in Orlando, he has contributed peer-reviewed publications to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine covering topics from traumatic tattooing management to cutaneous lymphoma. The practice operates under Sharp Community Medical Group and Coastal Skin & Eye Institute/Grossmont Dermatology, treating medical conditions from psoriasis and eczema through surgical excision of melanoma, while aesthetic concerns including hair loss and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation share a referral corridor with providers like SD Body Contouring in the same La Mesa market. Mohs micrographic surgery at this location achieves tissue-margin clearance rates exceeding 99 percent for primary basal cell carcinoma through serial frozen-section histopathology, with same-day flap and graft reconstruction performed under local anesthesia.