Dr. Harmon has been performing Mohs surgery and practicing Aesthetic Dermatology in Alabama since 1997. After graduating from Mississippi College in 1986, he attended Tulane University School of Medicine. He performed a transitional internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in 1990. He then began his dermatology residency at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Following his residency, he served as a board certified dermatologist in the United States Air Force at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi, from 1994 to 1997.
His research interests include wound healing, skin cancer, cutaneous laser surgery, and dermabrasion. Dr. Harmon has co-authored a Mohs and reconstructive textbook, written numerous chapters in other surgical texts, as well as peer-reviewed scientific papers on Mohs surgery, reconstructive techniques, dermabrasion and laser skin resurfacing. In 1995, he received the Young Investigator Award as presented by the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery for his work with the ultrastructural and immunohistochemical changes following dermabrasion of facial scars. His lifetime academic achievement is reflected in his election to the Noah Worcester Society and the American Dermatologic Association. He is also a Past-President of the Alabama Dermatologic Society. He is the director of an ACGME fellowship in Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology and has trained more than 20 surgical fellows that now practice Mohs surgery in both academic and private practice settings across the country.
Dr. Harmon served on The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Board of Directors from 2003-2006. He then served on the Board of Directors for the American College of Mohs Surgery from 2010 to 2013.
In 2007, he was recognized for excellence in volunteerism by the American Academy of Dermatology for his medical mission work and church planting activities around the world. For over ten years, he has served on the board of e3 Partners Ministries, a medical church planting ministry based out of Plano, Texas. Dr. Harmon is also currently Chairman of the Board for New Water Farms Ministries located on Lake Martin.