- Melanoma
- Melanoma skin cancer
- Merkel cell skin cancer
- Skin basal cell carcinoma
- Skin cancer
- Squamous cell skin cancer
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
About me
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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.
Qualifications and experience
- Medical Oncology, 1989
- Internal Medicine, 1985
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
- College of Physicians, Philadelphia,
- Melanoma Research Foundation: Member, National
- Membership in National Scientific Review Panels:, National
- Society of Biological Therapy,
- Society of Melanoma Research,
- Penn Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2004 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
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
