Vadim Lincoln, M.D., FAAD, FACMS
Specialties
Cosmetic Dermatology
Medical Dermatology
Surgical Dermatology
Languages I Speak
English
About Me
Vadim Victor Lincoln, MD, is a fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon, with expertise in facial plastic reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive cosmetic surgery, and wound healing biophysiology. He is double board-certified in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatology.
Dr. Lincoln earned his Bachelor’s degree in English Literature with an additional focus in Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as a student instructor in biology. He graduated from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, where he discovered a novel treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) an otherwise untreatable genetic skin fragility disorder marked by chronic nonhealing wounds that eventually give rise to lethal skin cancers. This work led to multiple publications and international oral presentations, including a landmark first-author publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Dr. Lincoln’s proudest moment was recommending this treatment to children at Camp Wonder, where he served as a volunteer counselor for the RDEB children’s cabin.
Dr. Lincoln’s other major research contributions in medical school include discovery of a molecular driver for wound healing (HSP-90α), discovery of a biomarker for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (periostin), and genomic sequencing of the first known HPV-associated sarcoma. He graduated with the Dean’s Research Scholar Award, Distinction in Research, Academic Distinction, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
Dr. Lincoln founded UV&Me, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that educates children about sun safety and skin cancer prevention. UV&Me has chapters in California, Connecticut, New York, and Canada, and Dr. Lincoln presented the program to the National Council of Skin Cancer Prevention in Washington, DC, where he garnered the support of lawmakers to further their common cause.
Dr. Lincoln completed his Dermatology residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where he was Chief Resident of Cosmetics and resident surgical instructor. He completed his ACGME-accredited fellowship in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, where his mentor modeled scarless surgical skills and where he learned to employ intra-operative immunohistochemistry to treat high-risk tumors. With this training, combined with his extensive background in the physiology of wound healing, Dr. Lincoln has been able to employ cutting edge technologies into his practice like the use of growth-factor infused skin grafts to promote and expedite wound healing.
Dr. Lincoln now practices Mohs Micrographic Surgery, reconstructive surgery, and minimally invasive cosmetic surgery at Luminous Dermatology and Santa Barbara Skin Care in Santa Barbara and Solvang.
Education
Fellowship: Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermato-oncology
Cedars Sinai and Kaiser Permanente LAMC
Los Angeles, CA
Dermatology Residency
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Chief Resident of Cosmetics
Residency: Internal Medicine
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena, CA
Doctor of Medicine
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Dean’s Research Scholar Award
Distinction in Research
Academic Distinction
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Bachelor of Arts – English Literature
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Post Grad
Licensure and Certifications
- Board Certified in Dermatology
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- American College of Mohs Surgery
Publications
Journal Articles:
Gulati A, Lincoln V, Rosenfeld D, Seth R, Knott D, Park A, Saylor D. Non-melanoma
skin cancer outcomes in Mohs micrographic surgery in young persons and trends
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dermatologic Surgery May 2022.
Williams EA, Montesion M, Lincoln V, Tse JY, Hiemenz MC, Mata DA, Shah BB,
Shoroye A, Alexander BM, Werth AJ, Foley- Peres K, Milante RR, Ross JS,
Ramkissoon SH, Williams KJ, Adhikari LJ, Zuna RE, LeBoit PE, Lin DI, Elvin JA.
HPV51- associated Leiomyosarcoma: A Novel Class of TP53/RB1-Wildtype Tumor With
Predilection for the Female Lower Reproductive Tract. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 Jan 17.
PMID: 35034043
Lincoln V, Chao L, Woodley DT, Murrell D, Kim M, O'Toole EA, Ly A, Cogan J, Mosallaei
D, Wysong A, Chen M. Over- expression ofstromal periostin correlates with poor
prognosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. Exp Dermatol. 2021; 30(5):698-704.
PMID: 33450077.
Kwong A, Cogan J, Hou Y, Antaya, R, Hao M, Kim G, Lincoln V, Chen Q, Woodley D,
Chen M. Gentamicin therapy induces functional Laminin 332 and improves wound
healing in junctional epidermolysis bullosa patients harboring nonsense mutations.
Molecular Therapy. 2020 May 6; 28(5): 1327–1338.
Tang X, Chang C, Guo J, Lincoln V, Liang C, Chen M, Woodley DT, Li W. Tumour-
Secreted Hsp90α on External Surface of Exosomes Mediates Tumour-Stromal Cell
Communication via Autocrine and Paracrine Mechanisms. Sci Rep. 2019; 9(1) 15108.
Lincoln V, Cogan J, Hou Y, Hirsch M, Hao M, Alexeev V, Woodley D, Chen M.
Gentamicin induces premature termination codon readthrough and restores laminin 332
in Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa Cells Harboring Nonsense Mutations. Proc Natl
Acad SciUSA. 2018; 115(28) E6536-E6545.
Bhatia A, O’Brien K, Lincoln V, Kajiwara C, Chen M, Woodley DT, Udono H, Li W.
Extracellular and Non-Chaperone Function of Heat Shock Protein-90α Is Required for
Skin Wound Healing. J Invest Dermatol. 2017; 138(2) 423-433.
Book Chapters:
Lincoln V, Tang X, Chen M, Li W. Extracellular HSP90α Versus Intracellular HSP90β in
Wound Healing and Cancer. In Alexzander A. A. Asea, Punit Kaur (17th Ed.), Heat
Shock Proteins in Signaling. 2019. Dodrecht, Netherlands Springer. Nature International
Publishers.
Where I Practice
Santa Barbara
504 West Pueblo Street
Suite 102
Santa Barbara CA 93105
(805) 682-6455
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