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Laura Ferris

Pittsburgh, PA

Laura Korb Ferris, MD, PhD received her PhD in immunology from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and her MD from The University of Maryland. She completed her residency in dermatology and fellowship in cutaneous oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, she is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh / UPMC Department of Dermatology where she directs the departmental clinical trials unit as well as both the psoriasis and pigmented skin lesions clinics. She has been a principal investigator on over 100 clinical trials of therapies and diagnostic tools in dermatology. She is also part of the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center melanoma program. Her research is focused on strategies to improve melanoma early detection both through screening and the use of novel technologies. She has helped to develop a primary care-based skin cancer screening program at UPMC with the goal of helping to improve early melanoma detection and reducing melanoma mortality across western Pennsylvania and to design a model that can be applied to health systems nationally.