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The Executive Committee provides leadership and direction for the strategic planning efforts that support MD Anderson's mission and vision.


Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
President

 

DePinho, internationally recognized for basic and translational research in cancer, aging and age-associated degenerative disorders, became
MD Anderson’s fourth full-time president on Sept. 1, 2011. In this role, he oversees all areas of MD Anderson. He joined the institution after 14 years at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he was founding director of the Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science. There, he guided major basic-translational research programs focused on brain, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. 

His scientific program made fundamental discoveries underlying cancer in the aged and factors governing acquired and inherited degenerative disorders. He established the concept of tumor maintenance, discovered a core pathway of aging and demonstrated that aging is a reversible process. Also, he has constructed and used refined mouse models of cancer to identify many new cancer targets and diagnostics. Learn more.

Thomas Burke, M.D.
Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief
Burke provides leadership for Clinical Operations and Programs. He's responsible for oversight and strategic planning of patient care delivery throughout MD Anderson's hospital, clinics and outreach programs. He ensures that all clinical operations are efficient, effective and appropriately support the research-driven, multidisciplinary, patient-centered clinical mission of the institution. Burke is a practicing physician in gynecologic oncology, with research emphasis in vulvar and endometrial cancers.
Thomas A. Buchholz, M.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President ad interim
Buchholz provides executive leadership for the development of research programs and policies and the allocation of institutional resources such as space and funding. He oversees faculty evaluations, promotions and the tenure review process. He's directly responsible for performance evaluations and leadership development of all institutional faculty leaders. Additionally, he's responsible for the recruitment of all department chairs and divisions heads, and oversight of all educational programs.
Leon J. Leach, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer
Leach provides executive leadership for the institution's financial, business, administrative and infrastructure activities. He's responsible for MD Anderson's financial planning and represents the institution as chief business officer to The University of Texas System. Areas that Leach oversees include business development, facilities management, finance, human resources, information services, marketing, patient financial services, research finance and technology commercialization. He also serves as chair of the board of directors of MD Anderson Services Corporation, an MD Anderson subsidiary.
Adrienne Lang
Vice President for Executive Operations
Lang serves as chief of staff to MD Anderson's president, managing and analyzing all information provided to him and serving as a liaison and an interface between him and the institution at large, its committees, faculty and staff. She helps coordinate the president's activities in governmental relations, public affairs and the MD Anderson Board of Visitors. She also organizes and serves on the Executive Committee. 

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