Aleksandar Sekulic
Associate Professor
Integrated Cancer Genomics Division
Translational Genomics Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Aleksandar Sekulic is a physician-scientist with a joint appointment as Associate Professor at TGen and the Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is a board certified in dermatology. Dr. Sekulic joined TGen to focus on translational research related to cutaneous oncology, melanoma, genetics of skin disease, and cancer biology. Dr. Sekulic received his medical degree from the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia and completed dermatology residency and fellowship training at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition, he completed his graduate work in the Department of Immunology at the Mayo Graduate School in Rochester, MN.
Research Interest
dermatology, cutaneous oncology, melanoma, genetics of skin disease, cancer biology.
Publications
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Factors influencing time between biopsy and definitive surgery for malignant melanoma: do they impact clinical outcome? Am J Surg 196(6):834-42;discussion 842-3 2008
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Identification of growth-promoting networks differentially activated in CDKN2A wild-type melanoma tumors J Invest Dermatol 128(Suppl 1):S226. 2008
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Activating BRAF Mutations in Eruptive Melanocytic Nevi. Br J Dermatol Epub ahead of print 2010
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Loss of Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatase Is an Early Event in Development of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Prev Res 3(10); 1277-83 2010
