Paediatric topics; Follicular disorders; Blistering disorders

MD

Family Physician

Dr Jonathan B. Karnes is a family medicine physician with special fellowship training in dermatology. He is employed by MDFMR Dermatology Services and is a member of Maine General Medical Center's active staff. He is also a faculty member in the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency program.

Jonathan’s special interest areas include:

• Advancement flaps

• Burn therapy (excluding burns requiring grafting)

• Cryotherapy of skin lesions

• Destruction of malignant skin lesions by electrosurgery or cryosurgery

• Excision/biopsy of skin lesions without grafting

• Fricke graft for small skin defects

• Incision and drainage of superficial abscesses and haematomas

• Intermediate and complex facial repairs

• Local infiltration anaesthesia with minor nerve blocks

• Patch tests for allergy diagnosis

• Phototherapy