

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.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi participated in the traditional ceremony at University of Leiden, the Netherlands on the 30th of April 2026. Stephanie Blankenstein was awarded her PhD for her thesis "Combining surgery
and systemic therapy in metastatic melanoma".
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!)
Phone the offices today to make an appointment.
The Melanoma Institute of Australia, 40 Rocklands Rd., Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia
Open today | 09:00 am – 05:00 pm |









