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Mark G. Kris

Mark G. Kris MD, FASCO

Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
New York, New York, United States of America

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Dr. Kris, a medical oncologist, currently serves as William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, where he has been on the staff since 1983. He also is a Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He specializes in thoracic malignancies including lung cancer, thymoma, and cancer of unknown primary site. His research interests include targeted therapies for lung cancer, multimodality therapy, the development of new anticancer drugs, and symptom management with a focus on preventing emesis, the most dreaded side effect of cancer and cancer treatment. He will be making a presentation in the Lung Cancer Oral Session at the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting on behalf of the Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium that is trying to make personalized care a reality for all Americans with lung adenocarcinoma.

Dr. Kris received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, completed residencies at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center/Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center program, and performed his fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. An ASCO member since 1983, Dr. Kris has served on and led numerous committees. He received an ASCO Statesman Award in 2010 in recognition of his service to Society.
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