Howard Scher

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Howard I. Scher is the Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College. He has a depth of experience in clinical trials for novel types of cancer treatment. [1]

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Early life and education

Scher earned his BS from Bates College and his MD from New York University School of Medicine before doing his residency at Bellevue Hospital. [2] He married Deborah Ann Lafer in 1989. [3]

Career

Scher has been an investigator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 1992 and Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College. [4] His areas of research include PI3K, the androgen receptor, HSP90, and immunotherapy.

Scher is on the board of directors at Asterias, a biotechnology company. [5]

Scher was awarded American Association for Cancer Research's 2015 Team Science Award along with Michael E. Jung and Charles Sawyers for their work in the development of enzalutamide. [6] He has also collaborated with Brett Carver and Neal Rosen, both also at MSKCC, on experimental cancer therapeutics for androgen-resistance prostate cancer. [7]

Scher has published over 500 scholarly works.

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References

  1. Scher, Howard I. (2006). "Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Howard I. Scher". Medscape (Interview). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. "Howard I. Scher M.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg" . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. "Deborah Lafer to Wed Dr. Howard I. Scher". The New York Times. 1 January 1989. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. "Howard I. Scher - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center" . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "Howard I. Scher M.D., Leading Clinical Oncology Expert, Joins the Board of Directors of Asterias Biotherapeutics". Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Michael E. Jung, PhD, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Howard I. Scher, MD, Receive Team Science Award From American Association for Cancer Research - The ASCO Post" . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. "Howard Scher, MD - Prostate Cancer Foundation" . Retrieved 3 December 2016.