Christine Kannler

Christine Kannler is a dermatologist and Mohs micrographic surgeon who has been practicing for more than 15 years. She received a dual MD/MPH degree at Boston University and completed an internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center prior to her dermatology training. Kannler has board certification in internal medicine, dermatology and Mohs micrographic surgery. Since 2018, she has donated time to promote free skin cancer screenings to firefighters across the state of Massachusetts as part of the American Academy of Dermatology’s (AAD) SPOT Skin Cancer program. To date, Kannler conducted more than 4,000 skin exams. In 2023, she started to screen firefighters nationally. Kannler was awarded the Friends of the Boston Fire Department award in 2018, the 2020 AAD Presidential Citation Award, the 2022 Stephen D. Coan Fire Marshal’s Award and the 2023 Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award. She is a member of the Health and Wellness Advisory Committee of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, the AAD, the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and  the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.