Medical Editors

Material on SkinCancer.org is adapted from The Skin Cancer Foundation's publications The Melanoma Letter, The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal and the Sun & Skin News, the medical content of which is reviewed by our Medical Editors.

Allan C. Halpern, MD
Editor-in-Chief of The Melanoma Letter since 1996. Dr. Halpern is Chief of Dermatology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Alfred W. Kopf, MD
Editor Emeritus of The Melanoma Letter, and founding chairman of our Melanoma Committee. Dr. Kopf is Professor Emeritus of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine.

Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD
Associate Editor of The Melanoma Letter since 2001. Dr. Marghoob is Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Pearon G. Lang, Jr., MD
Medical Editor of The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal since 1990. Dr. Lang is Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Steven Q. Wang, MD
Medical Editor of Sun & Skin News since 2008. Dr. Wang is Director of Dermatologic Surgery and Dermatology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Basking Ridge, NJ.

Ritu Saini, MD
Medical Editor of Sun & Skin News since 2009.  Dr. Saini specializes in Mohs micrographic surgery, cosmetic dermatology, and dermatology at NY Medical Skin Solutions in New York City.

Medical Content Reviewers

All of our medical content is reviewed or authored by physicians, most of whom are dermatologists specializing in skin cancer.

Shawn Allen, MD

Rex A. Amonette, MD

Philippe Autier, MD, MPH

Jean-Christopher Azorin, EdD

Charles M. Balch, MD

Jürgen C. Becker, MD, PhD

Julia Newton Bishop, PhD

Tim Bishop, PhD

Isaac Brownell, MD, PhD

Vivian W. Bucay, MD

Francisco Camacho, MD

Roger Ceilley, MD, FAAD

Susan Y. Chan, MD, FAAD

Yuan Chang, MD

Julian Conejo-Mir, MD, PhD

Doris Day, MD

Jeanine Downie, MD

Zoe Draelos, MD

Reinhard Dummer, MD

John H. Epstein, MD

Keith T. Flaherty, MD

Robert J. Friedman, MD

Francesca Fusco, MD

Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD

Jose Carlos Moreno Gimenez, MD

Mona Gohara, MD

Adele C. Green, MD, PhD

Allan C. Halpern, MD

C. William Hanke, MD, MPH

Jay R. Herman, PhD

Joel Hillhouse, PhD

Alice Ho, MD, MBA

Robin L. Hornung, MD, MPH

Jaysari Iyer, MD

Nina G. Jablonski, PhD

Alfred W. Kopf, MD

Pearon G. Lang, Jr., MD

David J. Lebwohl, MD

Nancy Lee, MD

David J. Leffell, MD

Jennifer Linder, MD

Ashfaq A. Marghoob, MD

Martin C. Mihm, Jr., MD

Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH

Warwick L. Morison, MB, BS, MD

Stergios Moschos, MD

Ronald S. Moy, MD

Ashwatha Narayana, MD

Paul A. Newman, PhD

Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

Pablo Lazaro Ochaita, MD

Catherine M. Oslen, PhD

Peter G. Parsons, PhD

Bruno Pereira, PhD

Maritza Perez, MD

David Polsky, MD, PhD

Darrell S. Rigel, MD

Perry Robins, MD

Réne S. Rodriguéz-Sains, MD

Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Ritu Saini, MD

Helene Sancho-Garnier, MD, MSc

Deborah Sarnoff, MD

Arthur J. Sober, MD

Seng-jaw Soong, PhD

William Stebbins, MD

Michael Terman, PhD

Stephanie Terzulli, PhD

Emily Tierney, MD

Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD

Steven Q. Wang, MD

Susan Weinkle, MD

Ronald G. Wheeland, MD

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD