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RR Herring Distinguished Prof and Medical Director, Sarcoma Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
I am a Tenured Professor of Medicine and hold the Robert R. Herring Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research. I also serve as the Medical Director of the Sarcoma Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I did my Medical Oncology training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I have authored or co-authored more than 250 articles in various journals and have been section editor for the Sarcoma Section of Current Oncology Reports since 2000. I have also authored or co-authored more than 30 book chapters, including Harrison’s Textbook of Internal Medicine since 1997. My clinical research interests include systemic therapy for sarcomas, GISTs and other tumors originating in bone and soft tissues. I am a past President of CTOS, a member the Scientific Steering Committee of SARC, Chair of the Medical Advisory Board and member of the BOD of the Chordoma Foundation. I have served as the past Program Chair for CTOS and the Sarcoma Track for ASCO.
