Maria Wei

Biography

Dr. Maria L. Wei is a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma and disorders of pigmentation (acquired and inherited). She is Director of the UCSF Melanoma Surveillance clinic that sees individuals with melanoma, or those at high risk for developing melanoma such as those with a family history of melanoma, positive genetic testing showing a risk of melanoma, or those with many moles or large congenital moles. Wei leads a research laboratory that studies melanoma and melanocyte biology and how melanomas become resistant to treatment. The laboratory also studies why there is a gender disparity in melanoma outcomes, men having worse outcomes, and in addition is investigating novel biomarkers for melanoma. Dr. Maria L. Wei is a dermatologist who specializes in melanoma and disorders of pigmentation (acquired and inherited). She is Director of the UCSF Melanoma Surveillance clinic that sees individuals with melanoma, or those at high risk for developing melanoma such as those with a family history of melanoma, positive genetic testing showing a risk of melanoma, or those with many moles or large congenital moles. Wei leads a research laboratory that studies melanoma and melanocyte biology and how melanomas become resistant to treatment. The laboratory also studies why there is a gender disparity in melanoma outcomes, men having worse outcomes, and in addition is investigating novel biomarkers for melanoma.

Research Interest

Dermatology