Gerold Bepler is the president and chief executive officer of the

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, headquartered in Detroit, is the largest cancer research and provider network in Michigan and has 16 treatment locations. It is one of 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer treatme ...

in Detroit, Michigan.http://www.karmanos.or

Retrieved 2017-03-23

Biography

Bepler received his medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Marburg, Philipps University School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany. His postdoctoral fellowships were at the

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...

Philipps University The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the worl ...

and at Duke University Medical Center. He held positions at Duke University Hospital and Durham VA Medical Center, and then as director of the Lung Cancer Program at

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. The ...

in Buffalo, N.Y. He was then director of the Comprehensive Lung Cancer Research Center, department chair of Thoracic Oncology, and program leader of the Lung Cancer Program at the

Moffitt Cancer Center Houston Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute is a nonprofit cancer treatment and research center located in Tampa, Florida. Established in 1981 by the Florida Legislature, the hospital opened in October 1986 on the University of South ...

in Tampa, Florida. He came to the Karmanos Cancer Institute in 2010.

Professional work

As a thoracic oncologist, Bepler's research focuses on studying risks, progression, treatments and outcomes related to lung cancer, with an emphasis on non-small cell lung cancer. He has secured more than $65 million in cancer-related research funding since the mid-1980s. He has had articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research.home.med.wayne.edu.or

Retrieved 2010-08-11 Bepler also serves as principal investigator of the National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Grant.

References

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