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Adam Tinklepaugh Adam Tinklepaugh
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Office Phone: 202-741-2623
Email: Email
Department: Dermatology

Education

  • B.S., Lynchburg College, 2006
  • M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine, 2012

Biography

Adam J. Tinklepaugh, MD is a dual board-certified dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon and dual fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon and cosmetic dermatologic surgeon practicing in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Tinklepaugh received his medical degree with distinction from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC and completed his dermatology residency training, Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology fellowship training, and Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery fellowship training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. He is a clinical assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Dermatology and educates and trains medical students and dermatology residents at the GW Medical Faculty Associates practice in Washington, DC. Dr. Tinklepaugh is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Surgery, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, and is one of only three American certified members of the European Society for Micrographic Surgery.

Dr. Tinklepaugh treats non-melanoma skin cancers with Mohs micrographic surgery, performs excisional surgery for melanoma, provides various aesthetic and cosmetic surgeries and procedures, and offers traditional general dermatology and concierge dermatology services. Dr. Tinklepaugh has performed over 10,000 surgeries and cosmetic procedures and has published 17 peer-reviewed original articles in multiple dermatology and plastic surgery journals, authored seven dermatology and dermatologic surgery textbook chapters, and has been an invited presenter at many local, regional, and national meetings.

Dr. Tinklepaugh spent the first five years of his professional career as an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Dermatology in Salt Lake City, UT. In addition to his practice as a Mohs surgeon, cosmetic dermatologist, and general dermatologist, Dr. Tinklepaugh educated, mentored, and clinically trained medical students, residents, and Mohs surgery fellows. He assisted in the creation of the American College of Mohs Surgery/ACGME-accredited Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology (Mohs surgery) fellowship program at the University of Utah. Additionally, Dr. Tinklepaugh conducted cosmetic training sessions for dermatology residents and lectured both dermatology and medical residents within the University of Utah Health School of Medicine. In 2022, Dr. Tinklepaugh returned to New York City to serve as the Assistant Fellowship Director for the Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology (Mohs surgery) fellowship program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and to practice in Manhattan, NY and on Long Island, NY. In 2024, Dr. Tinklepaugh founded Aesthetic Dermatology and Mohs Surgery in Fairfax, VA and became a Clinical Assistant Professor at his alma mater, the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Dermatology.

Awards

Educational Achievements

  • Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology clinical fellowship training – Attending/Clinical Instructor, Division of Dermatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Bronx, NY. 2022-2023.
  • Weekly dermatology resident surgical continuity clinic – Attending/Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2021-2022.
  • Cutaneous malignancy: diagnosis and management, condensed. Lecturer, University of Utah, Division of Family Medicine. Salt Lake City, UT. 2021.
  • Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology clinical fellowship training – Attending/Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2020-2022.
  • Visual Diagnosis, Skin cancer, and Mohs surgery. Lecturer, University of Utah, Department of Internal Medicine. Salt Lake City, UT. 2019.
  • Quarterly bedside aesthetic procedural dermatology training session – Attending/Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2018-2022.
  • Annual Dermatologic surgical anatomy cadaver lab teaching session – Attending/Clinical Instructor, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2018-2019.
  • Annual Dermatologic Surgery Board Review. Lecturer, Department of Dermatology, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. 2018-2019.

Educational Awards

  •  2nd Place - American College of Mohs Surgery Fellows-in-Training Clinicopathologic Case Competition. 2017.
  • Grand Prize Winner - Clinical Vignette Competition, American College of Physicians: Utah Chapter. 2013.
  • Graduate with Distinction - George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. 2012
  • W.T. Gill, Jr., Summer Research Fellowship - George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Washington, DC. 2009.

Community Service

  • Montefiore Annual Skin Cancer Screening, Volunteer – Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Bronx, NY. 2014-2016.
  • Dermatology Interest Group Association, Presenter - Skin Cancer Awareness for Cosmetologists & Allied Health Professionals, Washington DC. 2011-2012.

Publications

Maiman RE, Tinklepaugh AJ (2023). Reconstruction - Scalp. In Bae YSC, Ciocon DC (Eds.), Procedural Dermatology: Postresidency and Fellowship Compendium (1) (1). Stuttgart: Thieme Publishers.

Brummer G, Eden A, Tinklepaugh A (2022). A new technique to decrease the risk of forehead ecchymosis following facial neuromodulator injection. Dermatol Surg, 2022 Oct 1;48(10):1128-9.

Flint N, Friedman P, Frigerio A, Tinklepaugh A. Incomplete staining artifact: A confounding frozen section pathology artifact encountered during Mohs Micrographic Surgery J Drugs Dermatol. 2022 May 1;21(5):544.

Patel P, Guzman AK, Tinklepaugh AJ, Ciocon DH (2021). Immunohistochemistry utilization in Medicare beneficiaries by Mohs surgeons from 2012-2017. J Drugs Dermatol. 2021 Aug 1;20(8):905-6.

Williams RF, Tinklepaugh AJ, Libby TJ, Ciocon DH (2020). Reconstruction of a Full- Thickness Nasal Defect. Dermatol Surg, 46(6), 833-836.

Yim E, Tinklepaugh AJ, Libby TJ, Ciocon DH (2018). Reconstruction of a Deep Cutaneous Lip Defect Involving the Nasal Sill. Dermatol Surg, 46(1), 123-125.

Libby TJ, Williams RF, El Habr C, Tinklepaugh A, Ciocon D (2018). Mixing of Injectable Fillers: A National Survey. Dermatol Surg, 45(1), 117-123.

Krausz AE, Goldberg DJ, Ciocon DH, Tinklepaugh AJ (2018). Procedural management of rhinophyma: A comprehensive review. J Cosmet Dermatol, 17(6), 960-967.

Tinklepaugh A, Husain Z, Libby TJ, Ciocon D (2018). Reconstruction of a Full- Thickness Auricular Defect After Mohs Micrographic Surgery. Dermatol Surg, 44(12), 1595-1598.

Tinklepaugh A, Husain Z, Libby TJ, Ciocon D (2018). Management of a Lower Eyelid Defect. Dermatol Surg, 44(12), 1627-1630.

Wald J, Tinklepaugh A, Husain Z, Ciocon D (2018). Alar Reconstruction After Failure of an Interpolated Melolabial Flap. Dermatol Surg, 44(12), 1623-1626.

Libby T, Wald J, Tinklepaugh A, Ciocon D (2018). Repair of a Midhelical Defect. Dermatol Surg, 44(12), 1619-1622.

El Habr C, Vinelli G, Tinklepaugh A, Ciocon D (2018). Reconstruction of an Alar Defect With a Fusiform Nasolabial Turnover Flap With a Proximal, Superiorly Tapered Apex. J Craniofac Surg, 29(1), e20-e21.

Bhatt M, Husain Z, Tinklepaugh AJ, Ciocon DH (2017). Complex Subunit Repair of a Cheek, Nose, and Medial Canthal Defect: A Stepwise Approach. J Craniofac Surg, 28(8), e765-e766.

Tinklepaugh AJ, Wilson BB (2014). Tender thumbnail papule. Cutis, 93(6), E8-9.

Tinklepaugh AJ, Wilson BB (2013). Pityriasis folliculorum: a novel therapy for a diagnostically challenging condition. [Letter to the editor]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 69(5), e276-e277.

Tinklepaugh AJ, Ehrlich A (2013). Cutaneous drug reactions. In Domino F, Baldor RA, Golding J, Grimes JA, Taylor JS (Eds.), The 5-Minute Clinical Consult (21st Edition, pp. 320-1). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Tinklepaugh AJ, Ehrlich A (2013). Granuloma annulare. In Domino F, Baldor RA, Golding J, Grimes JA, Taylor JS (Eds.), The 5-Minute Clinical Consult (21st Edition, pp. 542-3). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Ogram A, Tinklepaugh A (2011). Lesions with prominent pigmentary change: port wine stain. In Lugo-Somolinos A, McKinley-Grant L, Goldsmith LA, Papier A, Adigun C, Culton D, et al. (Eds.), Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin (p. 2). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Ogram A, Tinklepaugh A (2011). Lesions with prominent vasculature or purpura: cutis marmorata. In Lugo-Somolinos A, McKinley-Grant L, Goldsmith LA, Papier A, Adigun C, Culton D, et al. (Eds.), Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin (p. 200). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Ogram A, Tinklepaugh A (2011). Lesions with prominent vasculature or purpura: vascular malformations. In Lugo-Somolinos A, McKinley-Grant L, Goldsmith LA, Papier A, Adigun C, Culton D, et al. (Eds.), Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin (p. 201). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Ogram A, Tinklepaugh A (2011). Multiple erythematous lesions or rash in the well patient: Urticaria, Angioedema, and Dermographism. In Lugo-Somolinos A, McKinley-Grant L, Goldsmith LA, Papier A, Adigun C, Culton D, et al (Eds.), Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin (p. 117). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Tinklepaugh AJ, Norton SA (2011). Traditional gingival tattooing of maxillary denture. [Letter to the editor]. Arch Dermatol, 147(11), 1334-5.

Baird TR, Jacobs M, Tinklepaugh A, Gross P, Furie BC, Furie B (2005). A novel fluorogenic substrate of high affinity, catalytic efficiency and selectivity. Blood, 106(11), 1953.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations

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