Dr Richard Anthony Scolyer AO was born on 16 December 1966 and is an Australian pathologist.
12 Facts About Richard Scolyer
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Richard Scolyer is a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology and diagnostic oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, co-medical director alongside Georgina Long at the Melanoma Institute Australia, and Conjoint Professor, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.
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Richard Scolyer was honoured along with Georgina Long as 2024 Australians of the Year.
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Richard Scolyer has co-authored more than 700 publications and book-chapters on the subject, and was an editor of the 4th Edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours.
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In June 2023, Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma IDH wild-type brain tumour.
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Richard Scolyer underwent experimental combination immunotherapy before and after surgical excision of the tumour; delaying his surgery to do so.
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Richard Scolyer was administered a cancer vaccine personalised to the tumour genetic markers, in order to help the immunotherapy detect the cancer cells.
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Richard Scolyer's treatment was documented in the journal Nature Medicine, paving the way for future clinical trials.
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On 10 March 2025, Richard Scolyer announced the cancer had returned, and he was given a prognosis of 3 months.
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Richard Scolyer received the New South Wales Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Research in 2009,2012,2013,2014,2016,2017,2018 and 2020.
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Richard Scolyer was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to medicine, particularly in the field of melanoma and skin cancer, and to national and international professional organisations" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Richard Scolyer was named 2024 Australian of the Year alongside Dr Georgina Long by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Government-owned social enterprise.