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Susan Swetter

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Susan Swetter

Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Pigmented Lesion and Melanoma Program, Stanford University Medical Center and Cancer Institute
Susan Swetter

Susan Swetter, MD is Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Pigmented Lesion/Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Programs at Stanford University Medical Center and Cancer Institute. Dr. Swetter's research focuses on precision public health as it relates to primary and secondary prevention strategies in melanoma. She is leading the War on MelanomaTM-California statewide efforts to target high-risk populations for early detection through community engagement and novel technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. Dr. Swetter has published over 180 scholarly articles, reviews, and textbook chapters. She serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Melanoma Panel and chaired the American Academy of Dermatology Melanoma Clinical Practice Guidelines Work Group. Dr. Swetter co-directs the Melanoma Prevention Working Group, a multi-center, interdisciplinary collaboration dedicated to melanoma control. She joined the Stanford Dermatology faculty in 1994 following dermatology residency/chief residency at Stanford and internal medicine internship at Univ of California, San Francisco. Dr. Swetter received her MD from the Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and BA with Distinction from the Univ of Virginia.