Melanoma Institute Australia

Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) is at the forefront of global advances in melanoma research and treatment. We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to preventing and curing melanoma through innovative world-class research, treatment and education programs. Our mission is zero deaths from melanoma this decade.

Melanoma Institute Australia is a national affiliated network of melanoma researchers and clinicians. The majority are based at The Poche Centre in Wollstonecraft near North Sydney – the world’s largest melanoma research and treatment facility. It is from here that our specialists pioneer new research, conduct clinical trials, and develop new treatments. MIA also has its world-class research laboratory housed within the Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney. This is a translational research group headed by MIA’s Co-Medical Directors, Professors Georgina Long AO and Richard Scolyer AO.

MIA is a multi-disciplinary team – including surgeons, medical oncologists, dermatologists, pathologists, researchers, nurses, biobank specialists and psychologists – works collaboratively under the one roof, enhancing the exchange of ideas, fast tracking research and providing patients with ground-breaking melanoma treatment and support.

Approximately 2,000new melanoma and complex skin cancer patients are referred into MIA each year, and MIA has approximately 20,000 patient visits per annum.

MIA also has sites in Wagga Wagga providing treatment and support for melanoma patients and their families throughout the NSW Riverina, and in Perth and Hobart to support patients and their families throughout Western Australia and Tasmania.