Richard L. Schilsky

Dr. Schilsky is former President, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of ASCO and former Chief of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine and Deputy Director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Schilsky has spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he joined the faculty in 1984, subsequently rising to Professor of Medicine and serving in many roles, including Associate Dean for Clinical Research in the Biological Sciences Division and Director of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. He brings extensive experience working with both the National Cancer Institute (NCI), as chair of the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors and as a member of the NCI Clinical and Translational Research Committee, and the Food and Drug Administration as a member and chair of the Agency’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Schilsky has served on the editorial boards of many cancer journals, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology and he currently serves on the editorial board of The New England Journal of Medicine.