Appointments & Memberships

Current Titles/Affiliations

Primary Appointments

• President, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Professor of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dual/Joint Appointment

• Member, graduate faculty, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston

Academic Appointments

• Assistant professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1970-74
• Associate professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1974-79
• Consultant lecturer, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, 1974-85
• Consultant lecturer, Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1974-85
• Professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1979-85
• Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 1985-96
• Member, Program of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 1985-96
• Attending physician, New York Hospital, New York, 1985-96
• Visiting physician, Rockefeller University Hospital, New York, 1985-96
• Consulting staff, Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., 1985-96
• Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1996-present
• Member, graduate faculty, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, 1998-present

Academic Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

• Co-head, Division of Hematology/Oncology (Oncology), University of California, San Diego, 1976-85
• Founding director of cancer center, University of California, San Diego, 1976-85
• Co-chairman, Program of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, 1985-1990
• Professor and cice-chairman, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, 1985-96
• Attending physician and chairman, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital, New York, 1985-96
• President, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1996-present

MD Anderson Committee Activities

Current

• Member, Audit Committee
• Member, Clinical Council
• Chair, Compensation Leadership Committee
• Chair, Facilities Steering Committee
• Member, Information Systems Steering Committee
• Chair, Institutional Compliance Committee
• Ex-officio, Institutional Review Board (Surveillance Committee)
• Member, Leadership Forum
• Chair, Management Committee
• Chair, President’s Advisory Board
• Ex-officio, Research Council
• Chair, University Cancer Foundation Administrative Board
• Member, DOD Prostate Cancer Consortium Advisory Board

Prior

• Member, External Advisory Committee for Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1995-96

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

• Member, Cancer Advisory Council of the State of California, 1979-85
• Member, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, San Diego Branch, 1981-85
• Member, Advisory Committee, National Flow Cytometry Resource at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1982-85
• Chairman, Cancer Therapeutics Program Projects Study Section, NCI-NIH Grants Review Branch, 1982-85
• Member, Oncology Advisory Board, Schering Corporation, 1985-86
• Member, Biological Response Modifiers Program Decision Network Committee, 1986-87
• Member, Division of Cancer Treatment Board of Scientific Counselors, 1986-90
• Member, Leukemia Society of America’s Grant Review Subcommittee, 1987-90
• Member, Oncology Advisory Board, Genentech Inc., 1987
• Member, Oncology Advisory Board, Hoffmann-LaRoche, 1987-89
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, 1987-89
• Member, The Century Association, 1987
  • Member, Membership Committee, 1996
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Vienna, 1988-91
• Member, External Review Committee, Division of Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, 1988-91
• Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, 1989-92
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Immunex, 1990-92
• Member, Board of Directors, American Association for Cancer Research (elected), 1990-93
• Member, Advisory Committee, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1990-93
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1990-2002
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, ImClone Systems Inc., New York, 1992-2002
• Member, Task Force for an NIH Strategic Plan, 1992
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, NCI-EORTC Symposia on New Drugs in Cancer Therapy, 1992-present
• Member, International Congress on Anticancer Chemotherapy Advisory Board, 1992-present
• Chairman, Johns Hopkins Oncology Center External Advisory Board, 1993-present
• Member, Advisory Board, Selective Genetics Inc. (formerly Prizm Inc.), 1993-present
• Member, Advisory Board, Abbott Biotech, Inc., 1994-95
• Member, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Scientific Advisory Committee, 1994-present
• Scientific Advisor for Cancer Research, Pfizer, 1995
• Member, Board of Directors, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, 1995-2000
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc., 1995-present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Merck Institute, 1995-2000
• Member, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Awards Assembly, 1995-97
• Chairman, External Advisory Committee, Washington University Cancer Center, 1996-98
• Member, Advisory Committee for the Rotary Lombardi Award, 1996
• Member, Houston Grand Opera Board of Trustees, 1996
• Member, Rotary Club of Houston, 1996-present
• Member, Board of Scientific Counselors for Intramural Research Programs, National Cancer Institute, 1997-2001
• Member, Board of Governors, The Houston Forum, 1997-99
• Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1996-present
• Member, National Cancer Policy Board-1999-2002
• Member, Institute of Medicine and Division of Earth and Life Sciences’ Committee on Large-Scale Science and Cancer Research, 2002-2003
• Member, Executive Committee, Greater Houston Partnership, 1997
  • Member, Business Issues Advisory Committee, 2000-2002
  • Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2003
  • Member, Health Services Steering Committee, 2000-present
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee, 2005
• Member, Board of Directors, Houston Technology Center, 1998-present
• Member, Board of Directors, ImClone Systems Incorporated, 1998-2003
• Member, Executive Committee, The Houston Forum, 1998-present
• Member, Science Division of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998-present
• Member, Scientific Committee and International Advisory Board, 9th International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatment, 1999-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Enron Corporation, 1999-2002
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Thyreos Corporation, 1999-2003
• Member, U.S. House of Representatives Taskforce to Reevaluate Medicare Reimbursements for Training Doctors at Teaching Hospitals (Headed by Congressman Nick Lampson), 1999-2000
• Member, Board of Directors, Center for Houston’s Future, 2000-2007
• Member, National Dialogue on Cancer, 1996-present
• Member, Team on Cancer Research, 2001
• Member, External Advisory Committee, University of California San Diego Cancer Center, 1999-present
• Member, Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on Medical Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-2004
• Member, Advisory Board, Harvard Medical School, 2001-present
• Member, Medical Advisory Task Force, The Baker Institute
• Member, Board of Directors and Vice Chairman, BioHouston, 2001-present
• Member, Governor’s Council on Science and Biotechnology Development, 2002-present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Biotherapy Development Association, Cancer Research UK, 2003-present
• Member, Singapore’s Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council, September 2003-present
• Member, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas(CNIO) Scientific Advisory Board, Madrid, Spain, 2003-present
• Co-Chairperson, AACR 2004 Clinical Research Awards Committee (Selection Committee), 2004
• Member, AACR 2004-2005 Nominating Committee for the Clinical Research and Experimental Therapeutics Awards, 2004-present
• Honorary Trustee, Board of Trustees for the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, 1997-present
• Member, ASCO Roster of Cancer Experts, Cancer Communication Committee, 2005-present
• President, Institut Gustave-Roussy Scientific Council, 2005-present
• Consultant, Texas Medical Association, 2004-present
• Vice Chair, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Advisory Committee, 2005-present
• Member, Advisory Committee for the Holocaust Museum Houston’s 2007 exhibit, 2006-present
• Member, The Leadership Council of the President’s Circle, AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer, 2006-present
• Chair, Cancer Center Directors — Working Group, 2006-present
• Honorary Committee Member, American Hospital of Paris 100th Anniversary Gala, 2006
• Member, Board of Directors, Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), 2006-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, 2006-present
• Member, Finance Committee, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, 2007-present
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Targeted Molecular Diagnostics, 2007-2011
• Member, National Cancer Policy Forum, Institute of Medicine, Improving the Quality of Cancer Clinical Trials Workshop, 2007
• Chair, Planning Committee for Cooperative Groups (subcommittee of the forum), 2007
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, American-Italian Cancer Foundation, 2008-
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, National Center for Tumor-Disease, Germany, 2008-
• Member, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Forum, 2008-2011
• Member, International Advisory Board of King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology and Cancer, 2008
• Member, Board of Advisors of the Bilateral US Arab Chamber of Commerce, 2008
• Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, 2008-
• Member, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc., 2009
• Member, Founding Board of the iHealth Trust, 2010
• Chair, Worldwide Innovative Networking in Personalized Cancer Medicine Association, 2010-

Consultantships

• Texas Medical Association, Council on Medical Education, 1996-present

Editorial/Review Activities

• Founding Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Cancer Research, 1994-2004
• Editor/Service on Editorial Boards
• Editorial Board, Journal of Immunology, 1979-83
• Editorial Board, Blood, 1983-87
• Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1985-89
• Associate Editor, Cancer Research, 1986-95
• Editorial Board, Growth Factors, 1988-98
• Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Response Modifiers, 1990-98
• Founding Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Cancer Research, 1994-2005
• Editorial Board, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 2000-present
• Editorial Board, Molecular Oncology, 2006-present

Professional Memberships/Activities

Local/State

• Texas Medical Association, Texas
• Harris County Medical Society, Texas

National/International

• American College of Physicians
• American Society of Hematology
  • Chairman, Scientific Subcommittee on Neoplasia, 1997
• American Association of Immunologists
• American Association for Cancer Research
  • Chairman, Nominating Committee, 1987-89
  • Public Affairs Committee, 1988-89
  • Board of Directors, 1990-93
  • Chairman, Publications Committee, 1991-94
  • Finance Committee, 1991-94
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Cancer Research, 1994-present
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Chairman, Program Committee, 1987
  • Chair, Molecular Oncology Committee, 2000-2001
• Association of American Physicians
• Harvey Society
• American Clinical and Climatological Association
• The Practitioners Society of New York
• New York Academy of Medicine
• American Medical Association
• The Century Association
  • Membership Committee