Dr. James L. Abbruzzese

Dr. James L. Abbruzzese is the Chairman of the Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Abbruzzese holds the Annie Laurie Howard Research Distinguished Professorship.

Actively involved in the development of novel therapeutic agents for pancreatic and other gastrointestinal cancers, Dr. Abbruzzese is principal investigator of a phase I drug development grant from the National Cancer Institute. He has recently been awarded another grant to develop techniques to assess the impact of novel targeted therapeutic agents in cancer patients.

Author of over 150 original articles and book chapters, Dr. Abbruzzese acted as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Pancreatology. He has servee on the editorial board of a number of prestigious journals, including the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Cancer Research, and also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.

Dr. Abbruzzese is actively involved with both the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.