H. Peter Soyer, MD, FACD, is the professor and chair of the Dermatology Research Centre at the University of Queensland School of Medicine in Brisbane, Australia. He is also the director of the Department of Dermatology at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Dr. Soyer is the co-author of Dermoscopy, 2nd Edition.

An international authority on mole and melanoma screening, Dr. Soyer focuses his research on dermatooncology and dermatopathology. Within the dermatology field he is considered among the pioneers of the dermoscopy of pigmented skin lesions, a non-invasive diagnostic method. He also led the development of the morphologic classification system currently used worldwide. Another of Dr. Soyer’s contributions to the field was his foundation of a Web platform for freely available teleconsultations in dermatology.

Dr. Soyer was the co-founder and past president of the International Dermoscopy Society and also of the International Society of Teledermatology, organizing the First World Congress of Teledermatology in Graz in 2006. In 2012, Dr. Soyer served as the congress president for the World Congress of Dermoscopy. He is a member of the Faculty of 1000 for Dermatopathology, and serves on the editorial board of several leading journals.

Dr. Soyer is regularly invited to chair discussions and speak on dermoscopy and teledermatology at the American and European Academy of Dermatology meetings. Over the past ten years he has been a speaker at over a hundred international conferences. Dr. Soyer has authored over 450 articles in the field of dermatology in addition to five books and several book chapters.