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Dr. Scott Wadler Named to Silver Professorship
February 2002
Dr. Scott Wadler, a leader in the development of new
therapies for colorectal and gynecologic cancers and
other malignancies, has been appointed the first
incumbent of the Richard T. Silver Distinguished
Professorship of Hematology and Medical Oncology at
Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
The new professorship was established last year
through the support of the Cancer Research & Treatment
Fund in honor of Dr. Silver, a clinical professor of
medicine at the medical college. The Cancer Research &
Treatment Fund is dedicated to the support of clinical
cancer research at Weill-Cornell.
ìIt is a great honor to have Dr. Wadler join us,î
commented Dr. Silver. ìThere has never been a more
exciting time for clinical cancer research, and Dr.
Wadler will help assure that this medical college
continues to be in the forefront of progress.î
Dr. Wadler comes to his new position from the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, where he was a professor
of medicine and of obstetrics and gynecology and where
he directed the gastrointestinal oncology program. He
was an attending physician at Montefiore Hospital as
well as at Bronx Municipal Hospital and North Central
Bronx Hospital.
A versatile clinical investigator whose name regularly
appears on lists of best doctors in New York and the
Northeast, Dr. Wadler is currently a principal
investigator or study chairman in nine different
therapeutic trials for cancer of the cervix,
colorectal cancer, head and neck carcinoma, ovarian
cancer, pancreatic cancer, and adenocarcinoma of the
liver.
Dr. Wadler is the author or a co-author of more than
150 articles in professional journals and books. He
serves on the editorial boards of The Cancer Journal
from Scientific American and of Clinical Colorectal
Cancer. He is a fellow of the American College of
Physicians and a diplomate in both internal medicine
and medical oncology of the American Board of Internal
Medicine.
Dr. Wadler has been a prominent participant in several
leading organizations in clinical cancer research.
Since 1991 he has been a core member of the
gastrointestinal and biologics committees of the
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and from 1992 to
1999 he served as chairman of ECOGís gynecologic
oncology committee.
Dr. Wadler received his bachelorís degree from
Dartmouth College and his M.D. from New York
University, where he was a member of Alpha Omega
Alpha. He trained in internal medicine at Bellevue
Hospital, in Manhattan, from 1980 to 1983, then
participated in successive fellowships in oncology at
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and NYU before joining
the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
in 1985.
For additional information, please contact:
Cancer Research & Treatment Fund
Phone: 212-288-6604
Fax: 212-288-7704 or 212-746-8246
e-mail: director@crt.org
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