Charles M Balch

Dr. Charles M. Balch is a professor of surgery, dermatology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include breast cancer, dermatopathology, melanoma, skin cancer and surgical oncology. Dr. Balch leads a distinguished career as a surgical oncologist and authority in melanoma and breast cancer. He has authored over 630 publications on topics such as clinical investigations involving the natural history of melanoma, prognostic factors predicting clinical outcomes, standards of surgical treatment, and the conduct and methodology of clinical research and immunology. Dr. Balch is considered one of the leading melanoma experts in the world.