EP43: Dr. H. Peter Soyer on overdiagnosis, Fitzpatrick skin type, and emotional intelligence

Dr. H. Peter Soyer is a thoughtful voice in dermatology and dermatopathology who has been studying many different important issues like overdiagnosis and the utility of Fitzpatrick skin typing as a cancer risk factor. He also relates that emotional intelligence has been key throughout his career. Dr. H. Peter Soyer has over 30 years of experience in dermatology. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Graz. He has been the inaugural Chair in Dermatology at The University of Queensland since 2007. He has also been the Director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Dermatology Department since 2008. His research areas include translational skin cancer research. He is internationally recognized and has particular expertise in dermoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy. He has over 600 publications and an h-index of 70 (Google Scholar). He has been awarded numerous grants, including the Medical Research Future Fund Next Generation Clinical Researchers Program Practitioner Fellowship, the NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship, and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis. Here are links to some of his recent work: the Fitzpatrick scale and a call for diversity and inclusion, patient-led self-screening after a melanoma diagnosis, second opinions to reduce under- and over- calling of melanoma, and rethinking melanoma in situ and severely dysplastic nevi.