About Us
Honors & Awards
- Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College, 1958
- United States Fulbright Scholar in Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1958-59
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Harvard Medical School, 1962
- First Prize, Boylston Society Essay Contest, Harvard Medical School, 1963
- Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health, 1973-78
- Visiting Professor, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam (sabbatical), 1978
- American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, 1982-85
- “Headliner of the Year” in Medicine, Press Association, San Diego, 1985
- Winthrop Rockefeller Chair in Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1985-96
- Merit Award, National Cancer Institute Grant, 1990-97
- Raymond Bourgine Award for Excellence in Cancer Research, 1997
- Bristol-Myers-Squibb Cancer Research Award, 1997
- Gold Medal of Paris, 1997
- Phi Beta Kappa Outstanding Alumnus Award, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of Greater Houston, 1997
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Jill Rose Award for Outstanding Breast Cancer Research, 1997
- 4th Joseph H. Burchenal American Association for Cancer Research Clinical Research Award, 1999
- Elected Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999-present
- Simon M. Shubitz Award, University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation, 2002
- David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2002
- 27th Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research, 2004
- Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, 2005
- Honorary Doctorate Degree from Naples University, Italy, Medicine and Surgery, 2005
- Dan David Prize in Cancer Therapy-Future Time Dimension Award, 2006
- Honorary Doctorate Degree from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Philosophy, 2006
- Honorary Doctorate Degree from China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Philosophy, 2006
- Guidepost Magazine Humanitarian of the Year Award (jointly with his wife), 2007
- AICF Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine (jointly with Jose Baselga, M.D.), 2007
- Dorothy P. Landon – AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research, 2008
- Lila Gruber Memorial Cancer Research Award, 2009
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the 10th International Workshop on Molecular Targeted Therapy of Cancer, 2009
- L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, 2011
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Through his visionary leadership of
MD Anderson since 1996, John Mendelsohn, M.D., has made significant impacts in cancer research, patient care, education and prevention.
As he prepares to step down as president and return to clinical and translational research as co-director of the new Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, we encourage you to leave a message for him.
Mendelsohn Tributes
Anne and John Mendelsohn, M.D., have had a tremendous impact on MD Anderson over the past 15 years.