Alexander C.J. van Akkooi

Professor, MD

Professor at University Zürich, co-lead skin cancer center Aarau; Skin Cancer expert, highly cited skin cancer researcher.

Professor Reinhard Dummer is Professor of the University of Zurich Switzerland and is a key thought leader in worldwide cutaneous oncology. Professor Dummer began his medical education in haematology and oncology before successfully completing his dermatology.

He is Board Certified in allergology, clinical immunology, dermatology and dermatopathology.

Professor Dummer’s principal research interests are molecular biology, immunology and immunotherapy of cutaneous malignancies, including cutaneous lymphomas and melanomas. He has published more than 1000 papers with a cumulative impact factor of more than 9294.2138. 

He was past-president of the Melanoma Project Group of the Swiss Institute for Applied Cancer Research since 1999 -2016, is a member of German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and is past board member of the Society for Melanoma Research and past President of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas.

He is a founding and board member of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), holds a faculty position at ESMO, URPP and past President of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR).

In the last 20 years, he has developed a leading skin cancer center offering best medical care and a network of clinical trials reaching from phase I to phase III. His contributions are acknowledged in publications in outstanding journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Nature Med etc.