Richard Essner
Co-Director, Melanoma Program · Saint John's Cancer Institute
Credentials: · · · ·
History
PresentMelanoma Program · Saint John's Cancer Institute
- Present
Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Research Program · Saint John's Cancer Institute
- Present
The Borstein Family Foundation Melanoma Program · Saint John's Cancer Institute
- 2001–2002
- 1998–2001
- 1995–1998
John Wayne Cancer Institute
- 1981–1985
Research
Sentinel-node biopsy or nodal observation in melanoma
New England Journal of Medicine · 2006 · 1,358 citations
Annals of Surgery · 1999 · 611 citations
Annals of Surgery · 2005 · 574 citations
- DM
64 papers
22 papers
- EG
13 papers
12 papers
12 papers · 2 as a fellow
8 papers
- RT
8 papers
7 papers · 3 as a fellow
Grants
- 2007–2014
Surgery and the Mechanisms of Lymph Node Metastases in Cutaneous Melanoma
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.4M · University of California Los Angeles
Clinical trials
- 2011–2017
Principal investigator · Withdrawn · Phase 3
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 2004–2019
Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial II (MSLT-II)
Principal investigator · Completed
Saint John's Cancer Institute