Max S. Wicha
Max S. Wicha
Madeline and Sidney Forbes Professor of Oncology
Director, Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery
Founding Director Emeritus, Rogel Cancer Center
Biography
Dr. Wicha received his M.D. degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1974, trained in Internal medicine at the University of Chicago and in Medical Oncology at the NIH. His scientific career has focused on the biology and treatment of breast cancer. He has been a major leader in the science of cancer stem cells. His group was part of the team that first identified breast cancer stem cells, the first such cells identified in solid tumors.