Melanie Palomares, MD, MS in

Melanie Palomares, MD, MS

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Senior Medical Director at Exact Sciences
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Melanie Palomares is a physician-scientist and Senior Medical Director at Exact Sciences, leading the development of precision oncology tests. With an M. D. from Emory University and an M. S. from the University of Washington, her career spans academia and biopharma, focusing on therapeutics and diagnostics.

She is the founder of the Cancer Prevention Movement, an organization dedicated to public education and research, a mission inspired by personal family losses to cancer. As an author and podcast guest, she advocates for proactive wellness and environmental health to reduce cancer risk globally.

Unique fact: While at City of Hope, she led research into using grape seed extract and mushrooms as potential chemopreventive tools against breast cancer.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Senior Medical Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
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Cancer Prevention
Founded the Cancer Prevention Movement to decrease the global burden of cancer through public education, research, and personalized risk assessment.
Precision Oncology
Leads medical development for a portfolio of precision oncology tests at Exact Sciences, focusing on therapy guidance and molecular residual disease.
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Career

Work history

11-2020
Senior Medical Director
Exact Sciences
2-2018
Physician Founder
Cancer Prevention Movement
11-2015 - 4-2021
Medical Director / Senior Medical Director
Covance
8-2014 - 8-2015
Physician Advisor / Senior Physician Advisor
AIM Specialty Health
10-2003 - 6-2014
Director, High Risk Breast Clinic and Assistant Professor, Population Sciences and Medical Oncology
City of Hope
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Education
1989 - 1993
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Emory University School of Medicine
2000 - 2002
Master of Science (M.S.)
University of Washington
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