Ivan Litvinov

Dr Litvinov is an Associate Professor in the Division of Dermatology of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University. He earned his Ph.D. degree in cellular and molecular medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and his medical degree at McGill, completing dermatology residency training at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Prior to joining the faculty at McGill, Dr Litvinov practiced as an Assistant Professor and dermatology clinician-scientist at the University of Ottawa between 2015-2017.

During 2019-2021, Dr Litvinov served as regional director (Quebec) of the Canadian Dermatology Association and during 2021-2023 as the president of the Skin Research Group of Canada. He currently serves as the treasurer of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas and as the treasurer of the Canadian Dermatology Foundation.

He is active in cutaneous research, particularly studying cutaneous lymphomas, keratinocyte carcinomas and melanoma, and his research is supported by various grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr Litvinov directs a translational research laboratory within the Cancer Research Program of the MUHC-Research Institute and a complex medical dermatology clinic at the Glen Site of the MUHC. He also directs a skin cancer diagnosis and treatment clinic for solid organ transplant recipients. In 2020, Dr Litvinov received the Early Career Award in Cancer from CIHR and the 2019 President Cup Award for his contributions to dermatology and research.