Boris Bastian Australasian Society for Dermatology Research 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting

Boris Bastian

Dr. Boris Bastian received his MD degree and Dr. med degree from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. After completing a residency in dermatology at the University of Wurzburg, he received additional training in dermatopathology and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco before joining the institution's faculty. From 2010 to 2011 he served as Chairman of the Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and was an investigator at the Sloan-Kettering Institute. In 2011 he returned to UCSF, as Professor of Dermatology and Pathology and Gerson and Barbara Baker Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology and Leader of the Cutaneous Oncology Program and investigator at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California. He is a member of the Dermatopathology Section of the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, where he directs the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory of the Section. Dr. Bastian has lectured around the world and currently serves as the President of the Society for Melanoma Research. Dr. Bastian’s research focuses on the molecular genetics of cutaneous neoplasms, with a particular emphasis on the discovery of genetic alterations useful for diagnosis, classification, and therapy. His laboratory has contributed to the discovery of mutations in KIT, GNAQ, GNA11, HRAS, BAP1 and other alterations in specific subtypes of melanocytic neoplasia and to the development of genetic tests to improve diagnostic accuracy and therapy stratification.