The team includes dermatologists, surgical, radiation, and medical oncologists, plastic surgeons, dermato- and hematopathologists, and radiologists. The team works together to provide efficient and comprehensive treatment recommendations and as necessary, care for patients with melanoma and other complicated cutaneous cancers. The Pigmented Lesion Clinic is a screening clinic where patients who are at high risk for melanoma can be evaluated and followed by a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma and other cutaneous cancers. A special feature of the Pigmented Lesion Clinic is the cutaneous photography. Under the leadership of Michael B. Atkins , MD, this program is nationally recognized for excellence and was instrumental in the development of current standard approaches to the treatment of melanoma, cutaneous lymphomas and other skin cancers.
Patients come from all over the country for treatment.
The current clinical trials and related research activities will insure that this program maintains its leadership status for the foreseeable future.