Eileen L. Axibal, MD, FAAD, FACMS
Board Certified, Dermatology
Board Certified, Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery

Dear Patient,
I am honored and excited to work with you to achieve your skin goals! I know firsthand that dermatologic evaluations and treatments can be a source of uncertainty and anxiety. After many years of rigorous training, I am able to provide you with advanced, personalized, and meticulous care. My goal is to use both compassion and skill to give you the best experience possible. I believe in a patient-centered approach to medicine and will treat you like a member of my own family.

I was born and raised in Troy, Michigan. After graduating from high school, I moved to Philadelphia to complete my undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where I earned a Bachelor of Arts in neuroscience. During my time at Penn, I competed on the Varsity Women’s Soccer team and served as a captain for two years. Although I hung up my cleats in 2009, I never relinquished the values that they represent: teamwork, discipline, passion and rising to challenges. Medicine, a team profession, has allowed me to build upon the skills I gained through athletics and thrive on a new turf. In 2010, I returned to Michigan and attended Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. I spent four years as a medical student in Grand Rapids and earned my M.D. in 2014. During that time, I was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and Gold Humanism Honor Society. I then moved to Denver to complete my internal medicine internship at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center and my dermatology residency at the University of Colorado, where I served as chief resident in my final year. After graduating from residency in 2018, I underwent an additional year of fellowship training in Mohs Micrographic Surgery/Dermatologic Oncology at the University of Colorado. This specialized training equipped me with advanced skills in managing skin cancer and performing complex facial reconstruction. I am Board Certified in both Dermatology and Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery, and an author of numerous scientific publications and textbook chapters. I have performed more than 6,000 Mohs surgeries and reconstructions, as well as thousands of surgical excisions.

My husband and I are blessed with three wonderful daughters and a goofy Sheepadoodle pup. In my spare time, I love running, yoga, traveling, and trying out new food. My family and I are thrilled to be back in West Michigan. I look forward to learning about you!

  • BA – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    MD – Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI

    Internship – Colorado Health Foundation-Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, Denver, CO

    Residency, Dermatology – University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    Fellowship, Mohs Micrographic Surgery & Dermatologic Oncology – University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

  • Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery

    Dermatology

  • Mohs Micrographic Surgery

    Procedural Dermatology

    Cutaneous Oncology

  • American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), Fellow

    American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS), Associate

    Michigan Dermatological Society (MDS)

    American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)

    Women’s Dermatologic Society (WDS)

  • Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society

    Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS)

    Chief Dermatology Resident, 2017-2018

  • Visconti MJ, Axibal E. Repair of a Lateral Eyebrow Defect. Dermatol Surg. 2024 Mar 1;50(3):287-289.

    Axibal E, Fisher M, Miller M, Brown M. Damage to the Temporal Branch of the Facial Nerve from Mohs Micrographic Surgery. Dermatol Surg. 2022. Pending publication

    Brodsky M, Axibal E, Brown M. Aggressive Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma as an Adult Manifestation of Incontinentia Pigmenti.

    Dermatol Surg. 2021 Jun 1;47(6):824-826 

    Axibal E, Brown M. Surgical Dressings and Novel Skin Substitutes. Dermatol Clin. 2019 Jul;37(3):349-366.

    Wong E, Axibal E, Brown M. Mohs Micrographic Surgery. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2019 Feb;27(1):15-34.

    Axibal E, Terella A, Ricci D, Brown M. Neuropraxia of the Spinal Accessory Nerve After Mohs Micrographic Surgery. Dermatol Surg. 2017 Sep;43(9):1192-1195.

    Axibal EL, Kreger JD, Contreras ME, Cohen JL. Self-resolving eruptive keratoacanthomas after full-field erbium resurfacing. J Drugs Dermatol. J Drugs Dermatol. 2016 Nov 1;15(11):1453-1455.

     Pimiento JM, Larkin EM, Smalley KS, Wiersma GL, Monks NR, Fedorenko IV, Peterson CA, Nickoloff BJ. Pathobiology in Focus: Melanoma genotypes and phenotypes get personal. Lab Invest. 2013 Aug; 93(8):858-67.

  • Eileen L. Axibal MD, Misha D. Miller MD, Mariah R. Brown MD. Common Cutaneous Malignancies (Chapter 43, pages 395-404). In: High & Prok (Eds). Dermatology Secrets. 6th ed. Elsevier.

    Eileen L. Axibal MD, Mariah R. Brown MD. Cryosurgery (Chapter 51, pages 469-472). In: High & Prok (Eds). Dermatology Secrets. 6th ed. Elsevier.

    Eileen L. Axibal MD, Misha D. Miller MD, Mariah R. Brown MD. Mohs Surgery (Chapter 52, pages 473-477). In: High & Prok (Eds). Dermatology Secrets. 6th ed. Elsevier.

    Aleksandra Florek MD, Eileen Axibal MD, Mariah Brown MD. Essential Instruments (Chapter 40, pages 260-264). In: Dover & Mariwalla (Eds).The Business of Dermatology. 1st ed. Thieme Medical Publishers. June 2020.

    Eileen Axibal MD, Ramin Fathi MD, Mariah Ruth Brown MD. Managing surgical complications (pages 523-553). In: Kantor J (Ed).Dermatologic Surgery. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill. May 2018.

    Eileen Axibal, MD and Mariah Brown, MD. Squamous Cell Carcinoma (pages 69-96). In: Hanlon A (Ed).A Practical Guide to Skin Cancer.1st ed. Springer. April 2018.

    Richard G. Glogau, MD and Eileen Axibal, MD. Topical Botulinum Toxin (pages 317-328). In: Cohen JL and Ozog DM (Ed).Botulinum Toxins: Cosmetic and Clinical Applications. 1st ed. Wiley. September 2017

    Jason J. Emer, MD, Eileen Axibal, MD, Ellen S. Marmur, MD, and Heidi Waldorf, MD. OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) in Dermatology (pages 357–368). In: Cohen JL, Ozog DM (Ed).Botulinum Toxins: Cosmetic and Clinical Applications. 1st ed. Wiley. September 2017.