Robert C Young, MD

Chancellor, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Professor

Robert C. Young, M.D., is chancellor of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, which includes one of the nation’s largest hospitals dedicated solely to cancer and the first such hospital in the country.  He is internationally known for his work in the treatment of lymphoma and ovarian cancer.  He is a past-president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Cancer Society and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society.

Young received ASCO’s Distinguished Service Award for Scientific Leadership in 2004 and was co-recipient of the 2002 Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research for his research in ovarian cancer.

A medical oncologist, Young is the author of more than 400 peer-reviewed publications.  Based on the number of medical literature citations, he was one of the top 400 scientist-authors in the United States for 1980-1990, according to the Institute for Scientific Information.

Young serves as chairman of the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute. He is a former member of the National Cancer Policy Board at the Institute of Medicine and is past chairman of the board of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a nationwide alliance of 20 leading academic cancer centers dedicated to insuring the highest-quality, cost-effective cancer care.

A fellow of the American College of Physicians, Young is also a member of the prestigious American Society of Clinical Investigation.  He has served on the subspecialty board on medical oncology for the American Board of Internal Medicine, on the experimental therapeutics study section of the National Cancer Institute and on the ovarian cancer implementation committee for the Department of Defense.

Young was an associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Oncology from 1987 to 2001 and currently chairs the editorial board of Oncology Times.  In 1995, he served as chairman of the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation’s Charles F. Kettering Selections Committee.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Young received his B.Sc. degree in zoology in 1960 from Ohio State University and his M.D. in 1965 from Cornell University Medical College.  Following his internship at New York Hospital, he completed his residency at NCI and Yale-New Haven Medical Center.  He is board-certified in internal medicine, hematology and oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.