![Peter Pisters tapped to lead MD Anderson](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2017/09/Pisters-websmall.png)
![Peter Pisters tapped to lead MD Anderson](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2017/09/Pisters-websmall.png)
Cover Story
Peter Pisters, a sarcoma and pancreatic cancer surgeon and an MD Anderson expat who serves as president and CEO of University Health Network of Toronto, is set to become the fifth president of the Houston-based cancer center.
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
In Brief
![In Brief](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03155624/in-brief-3.jpg)
![In Brief](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03155624/in-brief-3.jpg)
Drugs & Targets
![Drugs & Targets](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161633/targets2.jpg)
![Drugs & Targets](https://cdn.cancerletter.com/media/2019/05/03161633/targets2.jpg)
Trending Stories
- How a Georgetown med school student found her calling in surgery, law, and health equity
- Jeffrey S. Weber, pioneering immunologist and melanoma expert at NYU, dies at 72
- Laurie Glimcher to step down as Dana-Farber president and CEO, Benjamin Levine Ebert named successor
- Lei Zheng got his PhD in San Antonio; now he returns as cancer center director at Mays
- As NCI’s appropriations stay flat, Rathmell keeps the FY26 bypass budget steady at just under $11.5B
Rathmell: “We understand that there are real economic constraints facing our country and the world. But our gap just can’t keep widening.” - UChicago Cancer Luminaries Podcast: Todd Golub discusses mentorship, interdisciplinary research