Scott M. Lippman is the former director of

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at the

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and current professor of medicine at

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. His clinical and translational research addresses head and neck and lung cancer, cancer genetics, predictive cancer biomarkers, and molecular targeting for cancer treatment.

Education and career

A graduate of Grossmont High School, he completed his bachelor's degree at

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in biological science in 1977. He received his MD from

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in 1981, followed by a residency in internal medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He did fellowships at

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in hematology and at University of Arizona Cancer Center in medical oncology and cancer prevention. He is board certified in hematology, internal medicine, and medical oncology. Following his fellowship at

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, he was recruited to MD Anderson's head and neck and lung cancer prevention and therapy program. Prior to joining the Moores Cancer Center, he was the chair of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at the

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. He led the Lung Cancer Program of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and is co-investigator on the

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project involving molecular studies of pancreatic cancer interception. He is the editor-in-chief of '' Cancer Prevention Research''. Lippman has received many awards including the 2007

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Award, AACR Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award, and the ASCO Statesman Award, and was elected to the

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Personal

He is married to Mary Lippman and has a daughter and two sons. His elder son Kyle was diagnosed with melanoma in 2015.

References

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