Expertscape Ranks Top Doctors and Hospitals in Melanoma

PALO ALTO, Calif. - May 20, 2014 - PRLog -- As part of its continuing program to highlight expertise and excellence in healthcare, Expertscape would like to recognize the world's top institutions and medical specialists in the research and treatment of melanoma.

As the most danergous form of skin cancer and the leading killer among skin diseases, early diagnosis and treatment are critically important. For more complicated or advanced cases, there may be benefit from a second opinion from a medical specialist or center with extensive interest in melanoma.

Among the individual experts and institutions demonstrating particular expertise in melanoma (http://www.expertscape.com/ex/melanoma), Expertscape would like to recognize the following ten for their pre-eminent contributions to its understanding and treatment:

Top Experts – Melanoma
1.  Dr. John Thompson – Melanoma Institute Australia
2.  Dr. John Kirkwood – University of Pittsburgh
3.  Dr. Vernon Sondak – Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida
4.  Dr. Alexander Eggermont – Erasmus University Rotterdam
5.  Dr. Axel Hauschild – Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel
6.  Dr. Keith Flaherty – Massachusetts General Hospital
7.  Dr. Dirk Schadendorf – Universitat Duisburg-Essen
8.  Dr. Meenhard Herlyn – Wistar Institute
9.  Dr. Richard Scolyer – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
10. Dr. Jeffrey Weber – Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida

Top Institutions – Melanoma
1.  MD Anderson Cancer Center
2.  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
3.  NIH Bethesda
4.  University of South Florida
5.  Massachusetts General Hospital
6.  University of Pittsburgh
7.  University of Pennsylvania
8.  University of California San Francisco
9.  Erasmus University Rotterdam
10.  UCLA

To view Expertscape’s comprehensive results for melanoma, covering hundreds of institutions and thousands of specialists worldwide, please visit http://www.expertscape.com/ex/melanoma

The Expertscape medical search and ranking solution uses objective algorithms to identify the most knowledgeable and experienced doctors and medical institutions across over 26,000 specific topics, stratified by geography. With Expertscape, healthcare consumers can quickly and easily find the top doctors within their travel area and then learn more about their expertise and knowledge. Expertscape defines an expert as someone who has published peer-reviewed research in the science, therapies, and complications for a specific medical topic. To search on any medical topic, visit www.expertscape.com.