January 27, 2025
Scientific Leadership
The MRF’s Scientific Leadership is comprised of multidisciplinary experts in basic and translational research, dermatology, epidemiology, genomics, pathology, surgery and medical oncology. Membership includes representatives from the private and public sector.
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MRF Scientific Advisory Committee
Co-Chairs

Michael B. Atkins, MD
Deputy Director, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Ashani T. Weeraratna, PhD
E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology, Co-Program Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
Members

Keiran Smalley, PhD
Scientific Research Officer
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL

Andrew Aplin, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Marcus Bosenberg, MD, PhD
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, CT

Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Adil Daud, MD
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA

Laura Ferris, MD, PhD
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC

Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH
VA Boston Healthcare System / Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Maria T. Landi, MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Martin McMahon, PhD
Hunstman Cancer Institute & Dept. of Dermatology
Salt Lake City, UT

Marlana M. Orloff, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Hunter Shain, PhD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
San Francisco, CA

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Susan M. Swetter, MD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Jessie Villaneuva, PhD
The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, PA
MRF Breakthrough Consortium Steering Committee
Co-Chairs

Richard D. Carvajal, MD
Northwell Health
New York City, NY

Tara C.Mitchell, MD
Penn Medicine
Pennsylvania, PA

Ryan J. Sullivan, MD
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Members
Elizabeth I. Buchbinder, MD
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Zeynep Eroglu, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Geoffrey T. Gibney, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC
Michael A. Postow, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York City, NY
Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Michael B. Atkins, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC
Dermatology Alliance Council
Co-Chairs

Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH
VA Boston Healthcare System / Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Veronica Rotemberg, MD, PHD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Members
Joshua Arbesman, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Crystal Aguh, MD
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Jeremy Bordeaux, MD MPH
University Hospitals – Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Bruce Brod, MD, MHCI, FAAD
Penn Medicine
Radnor, PA
Maria Gnarra Buethe, MD, PhD, FAAD
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Jennifer Choi, MD
Northwestern
Chicago, IL
Lilia Correa, MD, FAAD, FACMS
University of South Florida – Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Collin M. Costello, MD
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ
Meghan Dickman, MD
Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
James Grichnik, MD, PhD
University of South Florida – Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Allan C. Halpern, MD, MSc.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital
Boston, MA
Michelle Henry, MD
Skin & Aesthetic Surgery of Manhattan
New York, NY
Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Arlene Ruiz De Luzuriaga, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Orit Markowitz, MD
OptiSkin Medical
New York, NY
Ata Mosiri, MD, MPH
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Kelly Nelson, MD, FAAD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Kelly K. Park, MD, MSL, FAAD, FACMS
Illinois Dermatology Institute
Northbrook, IL
Michael R. Sargen, MD
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Todd Schlesinger, MD, FAAD
Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Susan Swetter, MD, FAAD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital
Boston, MA
Hillary Tsibris, MD, FAAD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Maria Wei, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Mackenzi Wehner, MD, Mphil, FAAD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX