

A/Prof. Dr. Alexander van Akkooi, MD, PhD, FRACS strives to deliver state of the art, top-class care. He is recognized as a world-leading expert surgical oncologist in the treatment of melanoma
and non-melanoma skin cancers.
A/Prof. Dr. Alexander van Akkooi has been awarded the 2025 Martin Gore Memorial Lecture Award for "Surgery for Melanoma – Its Present and Possible Future Roles". For his contribution to improve surgical treatments for melanoma patients.
May 23rd, 2026 - A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi spoke about the evolving role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) and surgical de-escalation after immunotherapy in the MSLT-3 trial, of which he receivedd NHMRC funding as the chief investigator A.
Helping patients is our core business, we aim to see all patients within no more than a week (nobody should ever wait more than 1 weekend to have their first consultation!)
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The Melanoma Institute of Australia, 40 Rocklands Rd., Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia
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