Bio

Biographical Sketch:  
Dr. Howard I. Scher is Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service and first incumbent of the D. Wayne Calloway Chair in Urologic Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Scher is also Professor of Medicine at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University. 

Dr. Scher’s work focuses on the development of mechanism-based treatments for prostate cancer, including novel drugs targeting the androgen receptor and other signaling pathways that contribute to prostate cancer growth. He has a particular interest in noninvasive methods to assess the pharmacodynamic effects of these agents, the identification and validation of biomarkers, and clinical trial design.

Dr. Scher has been the lead investigator for various prostate cancer studies. Currently, he is the principal investigator of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Consortium sponsored by the US Department of Defense. Dr. Scher has published articles in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, The Journal of Urology, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He serves on the editorial boards of Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, The Oncologist, and The Prostate. Dr. Scher has received numerous honors and awards, including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Teaching Excellence Award, the Donald S. Coffey-Prostate Cancer Foundation Physician-Scientist Award, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Positions: 
Chief, Genitourinary Oncology Service, and D. Wayne Calloway Chair in Urologic Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University

Degrees: 
Bates  College , BA 
New York  University School of Medicine, MD 

Postgraduate Training:  
Intern, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York 
Resident, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York 
Chief Resident, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York
Fellow, medical oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 

Board Certifications:  
Internal medicine 
Medical oncology 

Clinical Interests:  
Mechanism-based treatments for prostate cancer
Clinical trial design 
Biomarker credentialing and validation