Paul
A. Marks, M.D.
Paul A. Marks, M.D. is president emeritus of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1980 until 1999. He received his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Columbia University and postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Pasteur Institute. Prior to his tenure at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, he was Professor of Human Genetics and Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences at Columbia University.
Dr. Marks has published over 350 scientific articles in various scholarly journals. His early research focused on genetically determined hematological diseases, elucidating the genetic basis of glucose-6-phosphate defiance and the thalassemia syndromes. His most recent research is the area of cell proliferation and differentiation and his development of potent inducers of differentiation of cancer cells have opened new approaches to cancer therapy. Dr. Marks is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the America Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has been the recipient of a number of honors including the Distinguished Achievement Medal of Columbia University; Medal of the Japan Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research; Centenary Medal of the Pasteur Institute, honorary degrees from several universities and the Presidentīs National Medal of Science (USA).
Paul Marks, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
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