Hosted by Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) and Melanoma Patients Australia (MPA), the Melanoma Community Webinar Series includes three webinars held over three weeks. Each webinar provides the rare opportunity to hear from MIA medical experts and a MPA community member as they focus on a different topic of interest each week. Each webinar concludes with a Q&A panel discussion.

Webinar One – ‘Your melanoma nurse: What they do and how they help’

Held on Tuesday 14 July 2026

Presentations were delivered by:

  • Peta Holly, Specialist Melanoma Telehealth Nurse
  • Rebecca Johnson, National Melanoma Nurses Program Manager
  • Ted Mlynarz, Patient Speaker

Watch recording of webinar below:

During the webinar, our speakers talked about resources available. Please see details below:

You can also explore more patient resources at:

Webinar Two: ‘Understanding endocrine side effects of immunotherapy’

Held on Tuesday 21 July

Speakers:

  • Dr Stephanie Zunder – Medical Oncologist
  • Dr Annabelle Hayes – Endocrinologist
  • Aled Gaynor – Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant
  • Carmel Finnegan – Community member

Watch recording of webinar below:

During the webinar, our speakers shared a range of resources and organisations offering information and support for people experiencing endocrine side effects from immunotherapy. You can access these using the links below.

Webinar Three: ‘Understanding sentinel lymph node biopsies: Helping you decide’

Held on Tuesday 28 July

Speakers:

  • A/Prof Alexander van Akkooi – Surgical Oncologist
  • Shahn Coburn – Nurse Practitioner
  • Ella Ania – Community member

Watch recording of webinar below:

During the webinar, our speakers talked about resources available. Please see details below:

You can also explore more patient resources on the For Patients section of this website.