Blog post by Caroline Glavin, MRF Education Manager – Rare Melanoma Subtypes: The MRF’s 15th Annual 2026 Eyes on a Cure Ocular Melanoma Patient &...

Guest blog post by Jennifer Ruiz, Melanoma Thriver and Team Captain of Life is Sweet from our Los Angeles Miles for Melanoma 5K event: “In 2012, I was diagnosed with desm...

Guest blog post by Keith Murdock, melanoma advocate and MRF supporter: “Margaret, my wife, was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in 2005. What began as a “bothers...

Teresa Arredondo, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, has always been the undeniable heart of her family. Born and raised in Mexico, Teresa’s life ...

By David Perez, BA, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Rebecca I. Hartman, MD, MPH, Professor of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical S...

At the age of thirty just a few weeks before my wedding I noticed that my vision was off. It looked like I was opening my eyes underwater when I looked out of my left eye! ...

In October 2020, at the height of the pandemic, I finally scheduled an eye exam after more than a decade. Working from home, staring at a screen all day, I assumed I just n...

Guest blog post by melanoma thriver, Adam Kautzner, PharmD, President of Evernorth Care Management and Express Scripts : “A little more than a decade ago, I noticed ...

(Photo left to right: Dr. Allie Dashow, Psychologist and Ocular Melanoma Thriver, Recipient of the 24th Annual NYC Gala Courage Award and Tate Edwards, MD, Interventional R...

Guest blog post by Barbara Adams, Melanoma Survivor: In the 1960s, the rise of California beach culture made tanning a competitive sport — the darker, the better. As a f...

Hi, I’m Reece Moore, a medical student at McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX and am currently pursuing a career as a dermatologist! Over the past year, I have had the...

(Christi Fowler (back right), Will Fowler (back left), and 3 of their 4 daughters (front)) Guest blog post by Will Fowler, melanoma caregiver, advocate and husband of Chris...