Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 3rd Floor West
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Tara Miller Melanoma Center
  • Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Professor of Clinical Oncology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Chicago Medical School
  • Residency: Michael Reese Hospital
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

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651 reviews

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November 2025
easy to work with
October 2025
top notch care
October 2025
we trust her professional judgement
October 2025
she saved my life

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Schuchter is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Shafique N, Farooq MS, Mattfeld V, Vargas GM, Xu X, Schuchter L, Amaravadi R, Mitchell T, Miura J, Karakousis G. ASO Visual Abstract: Single-Dose Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab in Resectable Metastatic Melanoma , Ann Surg Oncol.: 2025


Shafique N, Farooq MS, Mattfeld V, Vargas GM, Xu X, Schuchter L, Amaravadi R, Mitchell T, Miura JT, Karakousis GC Single-Dose Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab in Resectable Metastatic Melanoma , Ann Surg Oncol.: 2025


Bange EM, Coughlin KQ, Li W, Brown TJ, Ragusano D, Balar E, Arasappan D, Nnaji M, Kim E, Alban C, Uppuluri S, Moriarty E, Bange T, Zinck L, Smith D, Josephs M, Harrigan JJ, Cohen RB, Zubka D, Rosin R, Balachandran M, Long Q, Bilger A, Schuchter LM, Mamtani M, Shulman LN, Guerra CE, Mamtani R A Text Message Intervention to Minimize the Time Burden of Cancer Care , NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv: 2025


Guo Y, Wang H, Liu S, Zhang X, Zhu X, Huang L, Zhong W, Guan L, Chen Y, Xiao M, Ou L, Yang J, Chen X, Huang AC, Mitchell T, Amaravadi R, Karakousis G, Miura J, Schuchter L, Flowers A, Zheng Q, Mou H, Gimotty P, Herlyn M, Guo W, Xu X. Engineered extracellular vesicles with DR5 agonistic scFvs simultaneously target tumor and immunosuppressive stromal cells. , Sci Adv.: 2025


Sargen MR, Barnhill RL, Elder DE, Swetter SM, Prieto VG, Ko JS, Bahrami A, Gerami P, Karunamurthy A, Pappo AS, Schuchter LM, LeBoit PE, Yeh I, Kirkwood JM, Jen M, Dunkel IJ, Durham MM, Christison-Lagay ER, Austin MT, Aldrink JH, Mehrhoff C, Hawryluk EB, Chu EY, Busam KJ, Sondak V, Messina J, Puig S, Colebatch AJ, Coughlin CC, Berrebi KG, Laetsch TW, Mitchell SG, Seynnaeve B.J Evaluation and Surgical Management of Pediatric Cutaneous Melanoma and Atypical Spitz and Non-Spitz Melanocytic Tumors (Melanocytomas): A Report From Children's Oncology Group. , Clin Oncol.: 2024


Ma KL, Mitchell TC, Dougher M, Sharon CE, Tortorello GN, Elder DE, Morgan EE, Gimotty PA, Huang AC, Amaravadi RK, Schuchter LM, Flowers A, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Xu X. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in necrotic tumors after melanoma neoadjuvant anti-PD1 therapy correlate with pathological response and recurrence-free survival. , Clin Cancer Res: 2024


Wang K, Coutifaris P, Brocks D, Wang G, Azar T, Solis S, Nandi A, Anderson S, Han N, Manne S, Kiner E, Sachar C, Lucas M, George S, Yan PK, Kier MW, Laughlin AI, Kothari S, Giles J, Mathew D, Ghinnagow R, Alanio C, Flowers A, Xu W, Tenney DJ, Xu X, Amaravadi RK, Karakousis GC, Schuchter LM, Buggert M, Oldridge D, Minn AJ, Blank C, Weber JS, Mitchell TC, Farwell MD, Herati RS, Huang AC Combination anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapy generates waves of clonal responses that include progenitor-exhausted CD8+ T cells. , Cancer Cell: 2024


Sharon CE, Tortorello GN, Ma KL, Huang AC, Xu X, Giles LR, McGettigan S, Kreider K, Schuchter LM, Mathew AJ, Amaravadi RK, Gimotty PA, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Mitchell TC Corrigendum to 'Long-term outcomes to neoadjuvant pembrolizumab based on pathological response for patients with resectable stage III/IV cutaneous melanoma': [Annals of Oncology 34 (2023) 806-812] , Ann Oncol: 2024


Takvorian SU, Gabriel P, Wileyto EP, Blumenthal D, Tejada S, Clifton ABW, Asch DA, Buttenheim AM, Rendle KA, Shelton RC, Chaiyachati KH, Fayanju OM, Ware S, Schuchter LM, Kumar P, Salam T, Lieberman A, Ragusano D, Bauer AM, Scott CA, Shulman LN, Schnoll R, Beidas RS, Bekelman JE, Parikh RB Clinician- and Patient-Directed Communication Strategies for Patients With Cancer at High Mortality Risk: A Cluster Randomized Trial. , JAMA Network Open: 2024


Anderson TM, Chang BH, Huang AC, Xu X, Yoon D, Shang CG, Mick R, Schubert E, McGettigan S, Kreider K, Xu W, Wherry EJ, Schuchter LM, Amaravadi RK, Mitchell TC, Farwell MD FDG PET/CT Imaging 1 Week after a Single Dose of Pembrolizumab Predicts Treatment Response in Patients with Advanced Melanoma. , Clin Cancer Res: 2024