Riccardo Dalla-favera MD

Dr. Riccardo Dalla-Favera is the Uris Professor of Clinical Medicine, Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Professor of Genetics and Development, Professor Microbiology and Immunology, and Director of the Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University.

Dr. Dalla-Favera received his medical degree and completed his residency in Hematology at the University of Milan. During a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, he initiated pioneering studies on the cloning of human oncogenes and their role in initiating cancer. In 1982, he discovered the involvement of the MYC oncogene in chromosomal translocations associated with Burkitt Lymphoma, and subsequently, identified several mutated genes involved in lymphomagenesis.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Dalla-Favera has provided key leadership to the cancer research community at Columbia University Medical Center, particularly in his roles as founding Director of the Institute for Cancer Genetics, and from 2005-2011, Director of Columbia University’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.