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David H. Ilson, MD, PhD

Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr Ilson is a medical oncologist on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Gastrointestinal Oncology Service. He is an attending physician and member at Memorial Hospital and a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Memorial Sloan Kettering after receiving master’s and PhD degrees in basic science and an MD degree from New York University. He is a member of the GI committees of the national clinical research groups Allliance/CALGB and NRG/RTOG and is co-chair of the NRG Upper GI Cancer Committee. He is also a member of the Upper GI Cancer Guidelines Committee of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and former chairman of the Intergroup Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Task Force Committee. Dr Ilson’s clinical interest is in colorectal, esophageal, pancreatic, gastric, and other gastrointestinal cancers as well as unknown primary tumors. He is an internationally recognized investigator and thought leader in the treatment of esophagogastric cancer.

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