Elizabeth Gates Berry, MD, FAAD

Dr. Berry has dedicated her career to treating patients with melanoma and those who are at high risk for the disease. She chose the field of dermatology because she believes that early detection of skin cancer is the best chance for a cure. Dr. Berry completed her medical degree and internship at Vanderbilt University and her dermatology residency at Emory University. She currently serves as OHSU Pigmented Lesion Clinic Director, Melanoma Multidisciplinary Clinic Co-Director, and Co-Director of the GenoMEL consortium, an international group of dermatologists, medical oncologists, basic scientists and clinical geneticists dedicated to pursuing the germline and somatic genetic underpinnings of melanoma. Her clinical and research interests include UV protection (clothing and sunscreen), management of histologically atypical nevi, melanoma education for primary care clinicians, dermoscopy education, guidelines for germline genetic testing for melanoma predisposition syndromes, and treatmen