Led by Dr. John Kirkwood, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Melanoma Center, the MelanomaCenter.org Medical Advisory Board was established to ensure that the information provided is timely, accurate, and relevant to the general public as well as melanoma patients and their caregivers.

Michael B. Atkins, M.D.
Staff Physician, Division of Medical Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director of Biologic Therapy and Cutaneous Oncology Programs and Director of Clinical Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Chairperson of the Renal Cancer Program-in-Development, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Co-Principal Investigator of the Skin Cancer SPORE Grant, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center

Marc S. Ernstoff, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Director, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Melanoma Group
Practicing Medical Oncologist

Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology
Practicing Surgical Oncologist

Allan C. Halpern, M.D.
Chief of Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Division of Dermatology
Practicing Dermatologist

John M. Kirkwood, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman for Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine
Director, Melanoma Program of UPMC Cancer Centers and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Chairman, Melanoma Committee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Practicing Medical Oncologist and Tumor Immunologist/Immunotherapist

John A. Thompson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Division of Medical Oncology
Co-director, University of Washington Melanoma Clinic

Martin A. Weinstock, M.D., Ph.D.
Practicing Dermatologist and Epidemiologist
Professor of Dermatology, Brown University
Chair, Skin Cancer Advisory Group, American Cancer Society
Chief of Dermatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence
Director, Rhode Island Pigmented Lesion Unit