{"id":2295,"date":"2008-07-31T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/forpatients\/melanoma\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:42:13","slug":"melanoma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/forpatients\/melanoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Melanoma patients are treated at the <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unclineberger.org\/skincancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lineberger Melanoma Program<\/a>. Please refer to their <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unclineberger.org\/skincancer\"><span class=\"link-external\">web site<\/span><\/a> for information on scheduling appointments, planning your visit, location and parking, clinical trials, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Melanoma team members from the Division of Surgical Oncology include:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/michael-o-meyers-md\/\">Michael Meyers, MD<\/a>, Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/david-w-ollila-md\/\">David Ollila, MD<\/a>, Director and Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/karyn-stitzenberg-md-mph-facs\/\">Karyn Stitzenberg, MD<\/a>, Associate Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/philip-m-spanheimer-md\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Philip M. Spanheimer, MD, <\/a>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/jen-jen-yeh-md\/\">Jen Jen Yeh, MD<\/a>, Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/surgonc\/directory\/patricia-long-msn-fnp-c\/\">Patricia Long, MSN, RN, FNP-C<\/a>, Nurse Practitioner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanoma patients are treated at the Lineberger Melanoma Program. Please refer to their web site for information on scheduling appointments, planning your visit, location and parking, clinical trials, and more. 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