What is JOHNS HOPKINS doing?
Johns Hopkins has a unique group of physicians that form The Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Group. It is a multidisciplinary group that offers a comprehensive approach to melanoma and other skin cancers. We are a team of specialists from many disciplines including dermatology, surgical oncology, medical oncology, pathology, plastic surgery, otolaryngology, radiology, and ophthalmology. The group meets weekly to discuss treatment plans for patients in a multidisciplinary fashion, and is actively interested in the development of new treatment strategies for our patients. The Pigmented Lesion Clinic is a specialty dermatologic clinic devoted to patients who are at a higher than average risk of melanoma because of a personal or family history of melanoma or a large number of atypical (“dysplastic”) moles. Several dermatologists who have a special interest in this area participate in this clinic which also offers photographic imaging of a patient’s skin so that changes in moles can be veri
