Patient & Survivor Stories
The stories of patients and survivors are important reminders of why MRA is committed to ending death and suffering due to melanoma. These stories highlight the human impact of the research we support.

Debra Black
Health Scare to Transformative Change

Jamie Troil Goldfarb
I’m Alive Today Because of Clinical Trials

Keith Tolley
The Power of Family and Faith

Melody Burchett
From Anger to Hope – One Uveal Melanoma Patient’s Journey

Libby Kistler
Statistics Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Eric Martin
Melanoma is Determined, So is Eric

Dylan Slattery
Overcoming Depression & Melanoma

Ian Schuman
To the Twilight Zone & Back

Stefani Schuetz
Embrace Your Skin

Jackie Labrecque
How Early Detection Saved My Life

Ken Billett
Living Life with Melanoma

Jim Kearney
I Thought I Knew Myself, but I Missed It

Bill Sandillo
The Hidden Costs of Cancer

Jonathan Gullery
Right Place, Right Time, Right Clinical Trial

Colleen Wittoesch
Fighting for Her Life with a Clinical Trial

Kimberly Albertson
Clinical Trials and a Leap of Faith

Jacqueline Smith
Promise and Persistence Paid Off

Dan Engel
Committed to Paying it Forward

T.J. Sharpe
Seeing his Family Grow-Up

Ali Young
Invincible, Until You’re Not

Robert Hill
NeoAdjuvant Therapy in a Clinical Trial

David Marx
Acral Melanoma & Adjuvant Therapy

Chris Eyrich
Police Lieutenant Tackles Melanoma

Trena Brown
An African-American Retiree's Journey

Tara Miller
Supporting Research in Tara's Memory

Robert “Bob” Hill
Bob Enrolls in Clinical Trial Testing NeoAdjuvant Therapy for Melanoma

Patrick Rebholtz
From Dermatology to Treatment: Second Opinions, Clinical Trials & becoming Your Own Best Advocate