William H Sharfman, MD - Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center-Green Spring Station, Lutherville

Dr. Julie Lange is an assistant professor of surgery, dermatology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Lange was one of the original members of the Johns Hopkins melanoma group when it was first formed in 1995 and now serves as a clinical co-director of the Melanoma Program. Dr. Lange introduced the sentinel node technique to Johns Hopkins for both melanoma and breast cancer in the 1990s and has extensive experience with this technique.Dr. Lange is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She completed a fellowship in surgical oncology and immunotherapy at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute as well. Dr. Lange joined the faculty of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins in 1994 and subsequently earned a Sc.M. in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.She has particular interest in melanoma at extremes of age, and in the factors associated with variance in melanoma care. Dr. Lange has published the largest study of melanoma in children, adolescents and young adults. She recognizes that melanoma in the older patient is a growing epidemic and has investigated the socioeconomic, demographic and healthcare factors that influence the treatment of melanoma in older persons.Dr. Lange is a member of the melanoma panel of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a group that annually evaluates and revises national treatment guidelines for melanoma. In 2015, she was inducted for her work into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, which recognizes outstanding clinicians at Johns Hopkins based on a number of factors, including communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism and humanism, a scholarly approach to clinical practice, and a passion for patient care.To support Dr. Lange's research, visit: https://secure.jhu.edu/form/Lange

Dr. Leticia Manning Ryan is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric emergency medicine. Dr. Ryan received her medical degree with honors from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a master’s degree in public health, from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. She completed her clinical training (residency in pediatrics, chief residency in pediatrics, fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine) from 1999-2006 at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC where she remained as a faculty member until 2013.Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on injury and violence prevention and has been funded through the National Institutes of Health and national and regional foundations. She completed a K23 Career Development Award to study the role of bone health in pediatric fractures and is a selected participant in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program. Dr. Ryan has authored or co-authored more than forty articles and book chapters in the fields of injury and emergency medicine.