Dr. Ariyan completed her general surgical training at Yale and her surgical oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her research is focused on investigating novel ways to allow the immune system to fight cancer. She is the principal investigator of novel trials integrating local therapies in combination with immune therapies in melanoma. She is also involved in multi-center clinical trials aimed at refining the surgical approach to melanoma through minimally invasive lymph dissection.∧ back to top