Melanoma Center

Bret Taback, MD
Director, Melanoma and Sarcoma

The Multidisciplinary Melanoma Treatment Program of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital offers comprehensive treatment services for cutaneous, ocular, and mucosal melanoma. Center co-directors Bret Taback, MD (surgical oncology) and Desiree Ratner, MD (dermatological surgery) lead a multidisciplinary team with expertise in:

• surgical oncology
• dermatology and dermatologic surgery
• medical oncology
• radiation oncology
• dermatopathology
• oculoplastic surgery
• head and neck surgery
• plastic and reconstructive surgery
• nurses dedicated to the treatment of melanoma

The Center's comprehensive, coordinated patient services include:

• screening
• MoleMap (full body scan) technology for high risk patients
• radiation treatment, gamma knife surgery
• excisional surgery, sentinel node biopsy, and other appropriate surgical procedures
• Interleukin-2 (IL-2) treatment
• clinical trials of promising new tumor vaccines in the treatment of melanoma

To refer a patient to the Melanoma Center, or for more information about the program, please contact Bret Taback, MD at 212.342.6042.