Dr. Vernon Sondak is Chair of the Department of Cutaneous Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. He holds the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cutaneous Oncology. He is a professor in the Department of Oncologic Sciences and Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. His research interests include surgical treatment of melanoma in adults and children, adjuvant (postoperative) and neoadjuvant (preoperative) therapy of melanoma, and evaluation of new therapies for patients with localized or disseminated melanoma.  

Dr. Luke Rothermel is a Surgical Oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with melanoma and soft tissue sarcomas. He joined the Division of Surgical Oncology at the Seidman Cancer Center to build on the multidisciplinary oncology effort given to all patients with these diseases. His research interest is in cancer immunotherapies, focusing on modulating immune metabolism to enhance checkpoint inhibitor therapies.