At Saint John’s Health Center, our Melanoma Program is committed to improving outcomes for patients with melanoma, carcinoma and other cancers. Our approach to care is holistic, and provides an unmatched range of comprehensive services and skin cancer treatments, all in a comfortable and personalized patient environment.

Trusted experts

As one of the largest melanoma centers in the United States, our Melanoma Program is staffed with cancer professionals and skin care specialists who combine the latest skin cancer treatments with customized cancer care for each patient. Steven O’Day, M.D., executive director of the John Wayne Cancer Institute and Cancer Clinic is recognized as one of the preeminent melanoma specialists in the world, and combines expert clinical care with teaching and leading clinical research. Our core team includes:

• Dermatologists
• Medical oncologists
• Surgical oncologists
• Radiation oncologists
• Pathologists
• Nurse practitioners

Research

Through the John Wayne Cancer Institute, we conduct landmark research to identify new or recurrent melanoma at its earliest stages, predict and monitor the response to systemic treatments, and develop active and passive immunotherapies for surgical and nonsurgical patients.