Virtual Webinars
May 26, 2026
Ask the Expert: Understanding Melanoma Risk: How Prognostic Testing Can Help Guide Your Care
Date and Time
May 26, 2026 · 7:00 - 8:00 EDTET
Virtual Event
Zoom
About This Event
Registration link coming soon!
Join us for an Ask the Expert webinar focused on helping patients and caregivers better understand melanoma risk and how it can inform care decisions. This session will cover key basics of melanoma, including how risk and recurrence are assessed and introduce prognostic testing as one of several tools that may help guide treatment planning.
Dermatology clinician Andrew Baker will provide expert insights on melanoma diagnosis, risk assessment and emerging approaches in care, while patient advocate Leah Alexis Adams will share her personal experience navigating melanoma, including how testing has shaped conversations and decisions in her journey. Together, this session will empower you to ask informed questions and take an active role in your care.
Speakers:
Andrew Baker, MPA, MBA, PA-C is a dermatology clinician with over 15 years of experience focused on the diagnosis and management of skin cancer and complex inflammatory skin diseases. He has extensive experience in both medical and surgical dermatology, including early training in high-volume academic skin cancer institution. In addition to his clinical work, Andrew is actively engaged in advancing dermatology through education, research and national leadership, with a particular focus on improving patient access, early detection and outcomes in melanoma. He brings a practical, patient-centered perspective to discussions on prevention, prognosis and emerging approaches in skin cancer care.
Leah Alexis Adams, MSSA, MNO received her Bachelor’s of Science from Ohio University in Child and Family Studies with a minor in Psychology. She then received her dual Master’s degree in Social Science Administration and Nonprofit Management from Case Western Reserve University. Leah is the Program Director for the National Kidney Foundation’s Northern Ohio office. She has been with the organization for over 7 years. In her role, Leah manages the planning and implementation of all NKF programs in the Northern OH territory to support kidney patients, caregivers and raise awareness in her community and educate healthcare professionals. Some personal things to note about Leah is that she is an avid runner who has ran 3 full marathons, she loves to hike in her local Ohio Metroparks and state parks and she loves to travel whenever she has the opportunity. When she is off the clock you can find her advocating about skin cancer, sun safety and sharing her (stage IA) and her father’s (stage IV metastatic) story of melanoma to anyone who is willing to listen and learn. Through sharing her story with melanoma on social media/online, she has had the privilege and opportunity to work with multiple brands in the sun safety space, melanoma and skin cancer organizations, has been featured on local and national news stations, magazines and has been a guest on a variety of podcasts.