Biography
Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD, (he/him/his) is a board certified physician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Founding Chair of the UW Department of Dermatology, the George F. Odland Endowed Chair in Dermatology, and a UW professor of Medicine and Dermatology and an adjunct professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology as well as Oral Health Sciences. Dr. Nghiem oversees the Nghiem Lab, a laboratory focused on the biology of skin cancer. Dr. Nghiem earned his MD and PhD at Stanford. His clinical and research interests include dermatology, Merkel cell carcinoma, melanoma, graft versus host disease and complex skin cancer management in a multidisciplinary team.
Dr. Nghiem holds the following leadership roles in the Dermatology and Skin Oncology community:
- Director, Skin Oncology Clinical Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Deputy Director for Seattle Translational Tumor Research, Skin/Cutaneous Oncology
- Secretary-Treasurer, Society for Investigative Dermatology
