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The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Melanoma / Skin Cancer Program

Melanoma Experts

The Johns Hopkins Melanoma/Skin Cancer Program sees approximately 400 new patients in its clinics annually, and treats between 250 – 300 cases of newly diagnosed melanoma per year. Our physician-scientists are leaders in studying innovative ways to treat melanoma and find new ways to detect and prevent it. Learn more about our each member of our patient care and research teams.

Our Melanoma Patient Care Experts
Our Melanoma Research Experts

Leadership

Clinical Co-Directors

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Program

Our multidisciplinary team consists of experts across several specialties to provide you the best treatment plan. Find experts based on their specialty:

Our Multidisciplinary Team

Our Patient Care Team

Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery

Head and Neck Surgery/Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Medical Oncology

Ocular Melanoma

Jim Handa, MD

Dermatopathology

Surgical Oncology

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Radiation Oncology

Nuclear Medicine

Our Research Experts

  • Julie R. Lange, MD

    Research Interests: Surgical staging of Breast Cancer and Melanoma

  • Evan Lipson, MD

    Research Interests: Immunotherapy, Melanoma

  • Drew Mark Pardoll, MD PhD

    Research Interests: Gene and Cell Therapy

  • Vito W. Rebecca, PhD

    Research Interests: Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, Non-Genetic Mechanisms of Resistance, Stem-Like Cancer Cell Biology, Therapy Resistance, Cancer Health Disparities

  • William Sharfman, MD

    Research Interests: GI Cancers, Lung Cancer, Novel therapies for high risk and advanced melanoma patients

  • Joel C. Sunshine, MD PhD MS

    Research Interests: <p>Dr. Sunshine&#39;s primary research interest is understanding how skin cancers interact with the immune system, finding new ways to predict which patients will do well with what treatment, and developing new therapies to improve the immune response to skin cancers.</p>

  • Janis M. Taube, MD

    Research Interests: and other cutaneous neoplasms, Merkel cell carcinoma, Prognostic and predictive value of the immunoarchitecture of melanoma

  • Suzanne Louise Topalian, MD

    Research Interests: Biomarker Discovery, Immune Checkpoint Blockade, Immunotherapy Drug Development

  • Ashani Tanuja Weeraratna, PhD

    Research Interests: Aging Tumor Microenvironment, Melanoma, Metastasis, Therapy Resistance

Nursing

Megan Schollenberger, C.R.N.P.
Collen Apostol, MSN, RN, OCN
Alice Pons, R.N.
Patricia Brothers, R.N.
JoAnn Santmyer, R.N.
Helina Somervell, C.R.N.P.

Melanoma Coordinator

Kim Palmer