MCC Multi-center Interest Group

Who we are

We are a group of 198 physicians, surgeons, pathologists, virologists, scientists and medical students based in medical institutions across the world who are committed to:

• Promoting communication and collaborative studies on MCC.
• Enhancing access to patient data and specimens.
• Expanding evidence-based care for MCC.

Featured here are some of the current MMIG members. Click here to view more photos of MMIG members.

MMIG Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

Please save the date for the Annual Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group (MMIG) Meeting at the American Academy of Dermatology meeting in Washington, D.C. in March 2019.

When: Friday March 1, 2019 from 5-7 pm (EST)
Where: Marriott Marquis Washington DC; Room: Chinatown (no meeting registration required to attend; light refreshments included)
Topics Covered:

• Steve Lu (Johns Hopkins):  “Which biomarker approach best predicts response to PD-(L)1 blockade: PD-L1 IHC, tumor mutation burden, gene expression profiling, or multiplex IHC/IF?”
• David Miller (MGH) & Mike Wong (MD Anderson): “Project Data Sphere & collecting MCC patient outcomes data: Getting a noble goal to actually work”
• Isaac Brownell (NIH): “How the paranuclear cytokeratin dot may be blocking apoptosis in MCC”
• Michael Tetzlaff (MD Anderson): “T-cells and survival in Merkel cell carcinoma: Quantity and quality matter”
• Chrysalyne Schmults (BWH) & Vishal Patel (George Washington University): “SCOUT (Skin Cancer OUTcomes) Consortium: Connecting physician experts in skin cancer with clinical trials”
• Coley Doolittle-Amieva & Song Park (University of Washington): “The Merkel virus antibody test: Update on outcomes/performance and a practical guide for clinicians”

The meeting will be webcast via Zoom, details to follow.

Past Meetings

The MMIG meets yearly in various cities around the world. Click on a meeting year to access the summary of that year’s minutes.

• MMIG 2018 in San Diego, CA
• MMIG 2017 in Orlando, FL
• MMIG 2016 in Washington, DC
• MMIG 2015 in San Francisco, CA
• MMIG 2014 in Denver, CO
• MMIG 2013 IID in Edinburgh, Scotland
• MMIG 2013 in Miami, FL
• MMIG 2012 in San Diego, CA
• MMIG 2011 in New Orleans, LA
• MMIG 2010 in Miami, FL
• MMIG 2009 in San Francisco, CA
• MMIG 2008 in San Antonio, TX
• MMIG 2007 in Washington, DC

Current MMIG Members

Click here to view photos of MMIG members.

Centers with established, multi-disciplinary MCC treatment programs are in BOLD. 

United States

• Auburndale, MA, Private Practice
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
• Boston University Medical Center, Boston MA
• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
• Charleston, SC, Private Practice
• Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland CA
• Columbia University Medical Center, New York NY
• Cornell/Weill Medical Center, New York NY
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA
• Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC
• Emory University, Atlanta GA
• Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA
• Group Health Cooperative, Seattle WA
• Harvard Medical School/Massachussetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston MA
• Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia PA
• Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore MD
• Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland CA
• Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Lahey Medical Center, Burlington MA
• Lynn Regional Cancer Center, Delray Beach, FL
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
• MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY
• Mercy Medical Center, Institute for Cancer Care, Baltimore, MD
• Moffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida, Tampa FL
• National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago IL
• Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland OR
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY
• Salina, KS, Private Practice
• Sarah Cannon Research Inst/Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN
• Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle WA
• Scripps Clinic, La Jolla CA
• St. Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis MO
• Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto CA
• University of Alabama, Birmingham AL
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR
• University of California San Francisco Med Center, San Francisco CA
• University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City IA
• University of Massachusettes, Worchester MA
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
• University of Minnesota, Minnesota MN
• University of Rochester/Wilmot Cancer Center, Rochester NY
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
• University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX
• University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN

International

• Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
• Julius Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany
• Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
• Saga University Medical School, Saga, Japan
• Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Sydney Melanoma Unit, Sydney, Australia
• Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
• Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia, S America
• University Hospital of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
• University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• University of Turin, Turin, Italy
• University of Versailles, Paris, France
• Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia