Professor Richard Scolyer AO, is Senior Staff Specialist, Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Co-Medical Director, Melanoma Institute Australia; and Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.  He effectively integrates his clinical practice with leading an award-winning translational melanoma research laboratory. His record includes co-authoring more than 950 peer reviewed publications and/or book-chapters with >92,386 citations and a h-index of 134 (as at 10 September 2024).  Professor Scolyer was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2021, the 2024 Joint NSW Australian of the Year and 2024 Joint Australian of the Year, with his colleague Professor Georgina Long, as well as many other distinguished awards.

Prof. Scolyer is an expert member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Blue Books Editorial Board for 5th edition of WHO Classification of Skin Tumours series He is also Vice Chair of the Melanoma Expert Panel of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) for the 8th and 9th editions of AJCC Cancer Staging System.

Prof. Scolyer is going through his own cancer journey after being diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM) in May 2023.

When he is not spending time with family and friends or reviewing pathology slides, doing research or presenting at national or international conferences, he is an avid age group triathlete and has competed on numerous occasions in the Australian Age Group Team and competed at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Townsville in August and is a regular ParkRun participant and triathlete.

Prof. Scolyer’s has also found time to work with Garry Maddox to have his memoir published in late 2024.