Best Skin cancer screening with dermoscopy (melanoma and non-melanoma) doctors: TOP 4 doctors

Professor Dov Zippel is a general surgeon and surgical oncologist. He specializes in breast disease and melanoma. He leads the Meirav Breast Center at Sheba Medical Center. He also serves at the Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology. In 2025, Forbes Israel named him to its Best Doctors list.

Expertise: advanced care for benign and malignant breast tumors. Minimally invasive and breast-conserving surgery. Surgical treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers.

Accreditations: MD, Tel Aviv University. Residency in general surgery, Sheba Medical Center. Fellowship in surgical oncology, University of Calgary. Board-certified in general surgery and surgical oncology. Research includes intact breast lesion excision and perioperative BRAF inhibitors for stage III melanoma.

The doctor is a leading plastic surgeon with over 35 years of experience, specializing in post-cancer, burn, and skin tumor surgeries, as well as hand and maxillofacial surgery for both adults and children.

He has worked at prestigious institutions including Anadolu Medical Center, Mevki Military Hospital, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Brooke Army Medical Center, and Çorlu Military Hospital.

He holds a general medical degree from Istanbul University Medical Faculty and specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Ankara GATA Medical School, with a fellowship from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The doctor has published over 60 papers and participated in over 100 conferences, and is a member of several international surgical societies.

Dr. Christiane Thallinger is an Austrian dermatologist and venereologist. She focuses on skin cancer and oncologic dermatology. She began her medical career in 1999. She completed dermatology training at the Medical University of Vienna. She later served as a senior physician in its Department of Dermatology.

Her expertise includes diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. She performs dermatosurgery, cryotherapy, and photodynamic therapy. She also manages skin side effects caused by cancer treatment.

She is active in patient care and academic research. She is recognized for her patient-centered approach and for advancing dermatologic oncology in Austria.

Education

Sep 2009 – Jun 2014      Medical Degree - Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MD)

                                                University of Malta

Sep 2006 – Jun 2009      Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSc Honours)

                                                University of East Anglia (United Kingdom)

Work Experience and Training

Aug 2021 – Aug 2022   Senior Skin Cancer Fellow

                                               St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals

                                               King’s College London, UK

Sep 2017 – Sep 2020    Dermatology and Venerology Specialty Trainee

                                               Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer

                                               Tel-Aviv, Israel

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017   Senior House Officer in Ortho-Geriatrics

                                               Colchester University Hospital, NHS Foundation trust

Aug 2015 – Aug 2016   Year 2 Doctor

                                               NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

                                               Rotations in the following specialties: 

                                               General Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Trauma & Orthopaedics

Aug 2014 – Aug 2015   Year 1 Doctor

                                               NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

                                               Rotations in the following specialties:

                                               General Medicine, General Surgery (skin cancer clinics and minor ops)

Other activity

• Clinical Tutor: 

1. Demonstrator - skin biopsy course
   St John’s Derm-academy London (June 2022)
2. Lecturer for the topic: Non-melanoma skin cancer for the MSc Dermatology, King’s College London (Aug 2021)
3. Instructor and tutor responsible for the St. George’s, University of London (Cyprus campus) and Tel-Aviv University medical students on rotation at the Dermatology department, Sheba medical centre (Sep 2018 – present) 
    
4. Delivering weekly tutorials to 5th year medical students of the University of Glasgow. Topic:  Skin cancers and melanoma (Jan 2015 – Aug 2016)

• Medical Student – Scholarship: University of Oxford, fully funded Clinical Elective at the department of Plastic Surgery – John Radcliffe University Hospital (Sep – Nov 2013)
  
   
• Medical Student – Elective: International Medical students Association funded elective, Plastic surgery – Ljubljana University Hospital (Sep 2012)
  
   
• Conferences and Courses

May 2022                      British Society of Skin Care in Immunosuppressed Individuals

                                          Update on skin diseases in immunosuppressed - London

Oct 2021                        British society of dermatological surgery course – London 

Sep 2021                        St John’s Academy dermoscopy course - London

Dec 2019                        International nail disorders conference – Tel-Aviv

Sep 2019                        Annual Dermoscopy course – Tel-Aviv

Sep 2018                       27th  EADV congress - Paris

Feb 2016                        Basic Surgical Skills course

                                           Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)

Aug 2015                       Training the Clinical Teacher Diploma 

                                           University College London (UCL)

Sep 2013                        Head and neck flap course - NHS Oxford Deanery

Memberships and Registration

• Cyprus Medical Council
• Dermatology and Venereology specialist register
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• General Medical Council, UK
• Full registration 
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• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)