Soyer H. Peter, MD, FACD

Scientific profile

Inaugural Professor of Dermatology at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane/Australia. He has come to Queensland from the Medical University of Graz, in Austria, where he was Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Research Unit for Teledermatology. Special research areas are clinical dermatology, dermatopathology and dermato-oncology. His main teaching interest is dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions with special emphasis on the clinico-pathologic correlation. Dr. Soyer has been working more than 20 years in this field and has published numerous articles and a few books on dermoscopy. In 2000 he coordinated the International Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy.

Dr. Soyer is President of the International Dermoscopy Society (www.dermoscopy-ids.org) and President of the International Society of Teledermatology (www.teledermatology-society.org).

Recent publications

• Soyer HP, Hofmann-Wellenhof R, Massone C, et al. telederm.org: Freely Available Online Consultations in Dermatology. PLoS Med 2005 Apr;2(4):e87. Epub 2005 Apr 26
• Soyer HP, Massone C, Ferrara G, Argenziano G. Limitations of histopathologic analysis in the recognition of melanoma: a plea for a combined diagnostic approach of histopathologic and dermoscopic evaluation. Arch Dermatol 2005; 141: 209-211 (Editorial).
• Piccolo D, Soyer HP, Chimenti S, et al. Diagnosis and categorization of acral melanocytic lesions using teledermoscopy. J Telemed Telecare 2004; 10: 346-350.
• Pizzichetta MA, Talamini R, Stanganelli I, et al. Amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma: clinical and dermoscopic features. Br J Dermatol 2004; 150: 1117-1124.
• Soyer HP, Argenziano G, Zalaudek I, et al. Three-point checklist of dermoscopy. A new screening method for early detection of melanoma. Dermatology 2004; 208: 27-31.
• Pagnanelli G, Soyer HP, Argenziano G et al. Diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions by dermoscopy: web-based training improves diagnostic performance of non-experts. Br J Dermatol 2003; 148: 698-702.
• Pizzichetta MA, Argenziano G, Grandi G, et al. Morphologic changes of a pigmented Spitz nevus assessed by dermoscopy. J Am Acad Dermatol 2002; 47:137-139.
• Soyer HP, Argenziano G, Chimenti S, et al. Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions. An atlas based on the Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy 2000. Milan: Edra Medical Publishing and New Media, 2001.
• Soyer HP, Argenziano G, Chimenti S, Ruocco V. Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions. Eur J Dermatol 2001; 11: 270-277.
• Soyer HP, Argenziano G, Ruocco V, Chimenti S. Dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions (Part II). Eur J Dermatol 2001; 11: 483-498.
• Soyer HP, Argenziano G, Talamini R, Chimenti S. Is dermoscopy useful for the diagnosis of melanoma? Arch Dermatol 2001; 137: 1361-1363.
• Soyer HP, Kenet RO, Wolf IH, Kenet BJ, Cerroni L. Clinicopathological correlation of pigmented skin lesions using dermoscopy. Eur J Dermatol 2000; 10: 22-28.
• Soyer HP, Smolle J, Leitinger G, Rieger E, Kerl H. Diagnostic reliability of dermoscopic criteria for detecting malignant melanoma. Dermatology 1995; 190: 25-30.
• Soyer HP, Smolle J, Hoedl S, Pachernegg H, Kerl H. Surface microscopy. A new approach to the diagnosis of cutaneous pigmented tumors. Am J Dermatopathol 1989; 11: 1-10.