Professor Richard Scolyer, AO
Co-Medical Director, Melanoma Institute Australia

Professor Richard Scolyer AO, is Senior Staff Specialist, Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Co-Medical Director, Melanoma Institute Australia; and Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.  He effectively integrates his clinical practice with leading an award-winning translational melanoma research laboratory. His record includes co-authoring more than 930 peer reviewed publications and/or book-chapters with >88,732 citations and a h-index of 132.  Professor Scolyer was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia, both the 2024 NSW Australians of the Year and 2024 Australians of the Year together with many other awards. 

 Prof. Scolyer is an expert member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Blue Books Editorial Board for 5th edi of WHO Classification of Skin Tumours series He is also Vice Chair of the Melanoma Expert Panel of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) for the 8th and 9th editions of AJCC Cancer Staging System.