ROBERT ORLOWSKI, MD, PhD

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Professor, Department Of Myeloma/ Lymphoma, At The University Of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, is Director of Myeloma, and Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Lymphoma/Myeloma and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. Dr. Orlowski earned his doctoral degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr. Orlowski has published numerous book chapters, articles, and abstracts on cancer therapy, with a focus on the molecular pathogenesis of oncologic disease processes and the mechanisms of action of chemotherapeutics. His clinical research efforts focus on the translation of promising laboratory based findings into novel clinical trials for patients with hematologic malignancies. He has published in, and is a reviewer for, several journals, including Blood, Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He has received several awards, including The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar in Clinical Research and the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine.