Marc E. Lippman, MD
Marc E. Lippman, MD, aged 79, is a professor of Oncology and Internal Medicine at Georgetown University. Previously, Dr. Lippman was named the Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, and was named Chairman of the Department of Medicine in May 2007. Previously, Dr. Lippman was the John G. Searle Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr Lippman has served as Head of the Medical Breast Cancer Section, Medicine Branch, at the National Institutes of Health and was a Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Lippman received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Cornell University, magna cum laude, in June 1964 and medical school degree at Yale Medical School in June 1968. He completed his residency at the Osler Medical Service, John Hopkins Hospital and a Fellowship in Endocrinology at Yale Medical School. Dr. Lippman is widely known for his research in breast cancer. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards, including the First American Cancer Society Lectureship and Prize at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting in Orlando, Florida in May 1993; the American Association for Cancer Research Rosenthal Award; and the Brinker Award for Basic Science of the Komen Foundation. Dr. Lippman also owns several patents.
Dr. Lippman is a member of the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Society of Biological Chemists, the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Lippman previously served on the board of directors of Seagen Inc., a public company which was acquired by Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). He is currently on the board of directors of Radiance Biopharma, Inc., a biotech start-up. As a researcher, Dr. Lippman has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles. In addition, he has authored many books and contributed many chapters based on his breast cancer research, including a textbook on breast disease. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous publications, including Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, for which he serves as editor-in-chief. He has previously been editor-in-chief of Endocrine-Related Cancer.