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Our Doctors

 Our doctors are members of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine and are committed to providing the best possible care for skin cancer patients who come to SCCA for treatment.

David R. Byrd, MD

David R. Byrd, MD

Surgical Oncology

Dr. Byrd is a UW professor of surgery, the section chief of surgical oncology, and the co-director of the Melanoma Center. He was the first surgeon to bring the sentinel lymph node biopsy technique to the Northwest. He is an expert in many surgical procedures, including the Whipple procedure used in pancreas cancer treatment.

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John A. Thompson, MD

John A. Thompson, MD

Medical Oncology

Dr. Thompson is co-director of the SCCA Melanoma Clinic and widely respected as a leading medical oncologist who has developed better approaches to diagnosing and treating melanoma and kidney cancer.

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Shailender Bhatia, MD

Shailender Bhatia, MD

Medical Oncology

Dr. Bhatia is a medical oncologist who cares for patients with skin cancers and kidney cancer.

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Jay J. Liao, MD

Jay J. Liao, MD

Radiation Oncology

Dr. Liao treats patients with head and neck cancers, salivary gland cancers, genitourinary cancers, and skin cancers. He is an active member of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Oncology Tumor Group as well as the Genitourinary Oncology Tumor Group.

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Paul T. Nghiem, MD, PhD

Paul T. Nghiem, MD, PhD

Medical Oncology

Dr. Nghiem is an expert at treating Merkel cell carcinoma and other skin cancers. He provides patients with as much information as they are comfortable with and engages them in the decision making processes regarding management options in caring for complex skin cancers. Read more about Dr. Nghiem and his work at SCCA.

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Upendra Parvathaneni, MD

Upendra Parvathaneni, MD

Radiation Oncology

Dr. Parvathaneni is a radiation onlcologist who specializes in head and neck cancer treatment.

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Michael Piepkorn, MD

Michael Piepkorn, MD

Dermatopathology

Dr. Peipkorn is a dermatology pathologist who treats people who have melanoma.

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Raymond S. W. Yeung, MD, FRCS (C), FACS

Raymond S. W. Yeung, MD, FRCS (C), FACS

Surgery

Dr. Yeung is developing melanoma treatments that use radiofrequency energy to destroy cancer cells, particularly those that have spread to internal organs.

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