Ronald DePinho

Who is this?

Ronald A. DePinho (born 1955) is an American physician and research scientist. He served as president of MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2011 to 2017. DePinho states that his concern for reducing the burden of cancer suffering became his life goal in 1998, when his father died of colon cancer.

Career

1. 1955
   Born
2. 2002
   Won Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
3. 2003
   Won AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research
4. 2014
   Won Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
5. 2015
   Won Fellow of the AACR Academy
6. Member of National Academy of Sciences
7. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: The Bronx
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: physician, oncologist, researcher
• •Spouse: Lynda Chin