Baton Rouge, Louisiana
George M.
Jeha, MD
Board-Certified Dermatologist · Fellowship-Trained Mohs Surgeon
Fellowship-trained Mohs surgery and reconstruction in Baton Rouge.
Board-Certified Dermatologist · Fellowship-Trained Mohs Surgeon
Fellowship-trained Mohs surgery and reconstruction in Baton Rouge.
Dr. George M. Jeha is a board-certified dermatologist and fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, specializing in skin cancer surgery and reconstructive dermatologic surgery.
Dr. Jeha treats basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and other skin cancers using Mohs micrographic surgery — a precise, layer-by-layer technique that achieves the highest cure rates while preserving as much healthy tissue as possible. He performs both the tumor removal and the reconstruction, keeping care coordinated from start to finish.
In addition to Mohs surgery, Dr. Jeha performs cyst and lipoma excision, scar revision, keloid treatment, mole removal, and removal of benign skin growths.
An active clinician-researcher, Dr. Jeha has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications spanning pain management, wound healing, and scar optimization after skin cancer treatment. He has initiated and leads multiple clinical trials evaluating non-opioid pain control in Mohs surgery and laser-based approaches to post-surgical scar appearance. He is a frequent speaker at national and international dermatology meetings on melanoma surgery, dermatologic surgery, and patient experience.
A Baton Rouge native and Catholic High School alumnus, Dr. Jeha returned home after training across the country to bring advanced skin cancer care to the community he grew up in.
Mohs micrographic surgery removes skin cancer layer by layer. After each layer is removed, Dr. Jeha personally examines the tissue under the microscope — checking every margin himself — before deciding whether the cancer has been fully cleared or another layer is needed. The procedure continues until Dr. Jeha confirms the margins are completely free of cancer.
This level of precision is especially critical on the face, where every millimeter of preserved tissue affects both appearance and function. Dr. Jeha performs the removal and the reconstruction in the same visit.
Dr. Jeha is among a select group of Mohs surgeons trained in immunohistochemistry — specialized tissue staining that allows Mohs surgery to be used for melanoma and other high-risk skin cancers. Available at only a small number of centers nationally.
Up to 99% for primary basal cell carcinoma and 97% for squamous cell carcinoma — the gold standard in skin cancer treatment.
Dr. Jeha personally checks every margin. Only cancerous tissue is removed — critical on the face where every millimeter matters.
Removal and repair in a single visit. Dr. Jeha performs both, so care does not need to be coordinated across multiple providers.
Patients go home the same day with the highest certainty available that their cancer has been fully removed — confirmed under Dr. Jeha's microscope before they leave.
Dr. Jeha's research is driven by a straightforward question: how do we make this better for the patient? Not just the cancer outcome — the entire experience, from the moment of the first incision to the final appearance of the scar.
His work spans dermatologic surgery, reconstruction, and patient outcomes, with a particular focus on areas that affect patients directly — including non-opioid approaches to surgical pain control and laser resurfacing techniques for optimizing scar appearance after Mohs reconstruction.
Dr. Jeha has designed clinical trials, collaborated on multicenter research, and contributed to the peer-reviewed literature with the goal of pushing the field toward practices that are not only effective, but more comfortable and less invasive for patients. He is a frequent speaker at national and international dermatology meetings, and serves as a columnist for Cutis and as a peer reviewer for multiple dermatology journals.
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Understanding Skin Cancer Removal, Reconstruction and Recovery
Dr. Jeha wrote this book for his patients — because most people walk into their Mohs procedure not knowing what to expect, and he believed they deserved better than that.
Written in plain language, without jargon, it covers the full arc of a Mohs surgery experience: what skin cancer is, why Mohs is often the right treatment, how the procedure works step by step, what reconstruction involves, and how to care for yourself through recovery. The same clarity Dr. Jeha brings to the exam room, now in your hands before you ever arrive.
Whether you have just been diagnosed, are scheduled for surgery, or are supporting someone who is, this book will help you feel prepared.