New MD Anderson president officially named
HOUSTON
The regents on Thursday announced Dr. Ronald A. DePinho was
named president. He had been named sole finalist last month. He
begins his duties on Sept. 1.
DePinho is the director of the Belfer Institute for Applied
Cancer Science at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research
focuses on the genetic aspects of cancer.
DePinho will succeed Dr. John Mendelsohn, who announced in
December that he planned to step down as president.
Mendelsohn, who has served as president for the past 15 years,
will remain on the faculty as co-director of MD Anderson's new
Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy.
