Merrill MD

Merrill S. Kies, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. His past positions include Professor of Medicine and Clinical Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery of the Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He is also the Director of Clinical Programs for the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology; M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Kies received his medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. His postgraduate training included an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dr. Kies is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and holds subspecialty certification in medical oncology. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.