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Lynn M. Schuchter, MD

Director, Tara Miller Melanoma Center at Penn Medicine, Philadelphia

Lynn Schuchter

Highlights

  • LBBC Medical Advisory Board member since 2023
  • Immediate past president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Passionate about mentoring junior faculty, especially women
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Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in melanoma, a type of skin cancer. She was also the 60th president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, ending her term as president in the summer of 2024.

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At the Tara Miller Melanoma Center, Dr. Schuchter works with an interdisciplinary oncology team to comprehensively treat people diagnosed with melanoma using molecularly targeted therapies. Her clinical research focuses on the development of new treatments.

Dr. Schuchter is passionate about mentoring junior faculty, especially women.

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Experience & accolades

Expertise

  • Medical oncology
  • Melanoma

Education

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    • Fellowship
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Fellowship
  • Michael Reese Hospital
    • Residency
  • Chicago Medical School
    • Doctor of medicine

Experience

  • Tara Miller Melanoma Center, Penn Medicine (Present)
    • Director
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023-2024)
    • President
  • Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine (2008-2023)
    • Chief, division of hematology/oncology

Awards & distinctions

  • Hologic, Inc.’s Endowed Women Who Conquer Cancer mentorship award, from the ASCO Foundation, 2019
  • Philadelphia Magazine’s Top Doctors, 2004-2021
  • America’s Top Doctors, 2007, 2008, 2010-2018
  • Best Doctors in America, 2003-2018
  • Main Line Today’s Top Doctors, 2016

Professional memberships & board positions

  • Living Beyond Breast Cancer Medical Advisory Board
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology

Publications