Lori J. Wirth MD

Lori J. Wirth, MD is the Elizabeth and Michael Ruane Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology, Medical Director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Head and Neck Cancers, and Associate Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wirth received her BA from Brown University and MD from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. She trained at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

Dr. Wirth is an internationally recognized expert in advanced thyroid cancer and head and neck oncology, with expertise in new therapies for head neck, and thyroid cancers. Her research focuses on clinical trials and leveraging translational data to maximize the impact of trial outcomes.

In addition to overseeing the Center for Head and Neck Cancers, Dr. Wirth co-directs Mass General/Mass Eye and Ear’s Advanced Thyroid Cancer Clinic. Dr. Wirth is the Past Chairperson of the International Thyroid Oncology Group and sits on a number of national and international oncology committees, including the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s Thyroid Committee, the American Thyroid Association Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Committee and the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Medical Oncology Exam Committee.