Bruce David Cheson MD, FACP, FAAS, FASCO

Bruce D. Cheson, M.D., FACP, FAAS, FASCO attended the University of Virginia and then Tufts University Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Hospitals and then a clinical and research fellowship in Hematology at New England Medical Center Hospital. From 1977-1984 he was Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Utah. From 1986-2002, he was Head, Medicine Section, CTEP at the National Cancer Institute.
Currently, Dr. Cheson is Professor of Medicine, Head of Hematology and Deputy Chief, Hematology-Oncology at Georgetown University Hospital, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Cheson has authored over 500 medical publications and abstracts and has contributed to over 60 texts. He is former Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Advances in Hematology, Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Lymphoma, Leukemia and Myeloma. He is also on the editorial board of numerous journals. He has also been the editor of the American College of Physician’s Medical Knowledge Assessment Program in Oncology and the ASCO SEP.