Dr. Stephen Nimer - The Future of Cancer Care

Dr. Nimer is the Director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, Florida.  He is also a world renowned hematologist, molecular biologist, and bone marrow transplant physician. Dr. Nimer was at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York for nearly 20 years, where he held the Alfred P. Sloan Chair and served as Head of the Division of Hematologic Oncology, Vice Chairman for Faculty Development, and Chief of the Hematology Service. He also served as a member of Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, an Attending Physician at Memorial Hospital, and a Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Cornell University.Dr. Nimer has conducted extensive clinical and basic science research into the treatment and genetic basis of adult leukemia and bone marrow failure states. He has authored over 200 scientific publications and has received numerous awards for his research, including the prestigious Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award. Dr. Nimer graduated from MIT and received his MD from the University of Chicago. He completed training in Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology at UCLA, and joined the faculty there before moving to Memorial Sloan-Kettering in 1993.

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