Wafik S. El-Deiry
Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP

American Cancer Society Research Professor; Director, Cancer Center at Brown University; Director, Joint Program in Cancer Biology, Brown University and Lifespan Cancer Institute; Attending physician, hematology/oncology, LCI, Mencoff Family University Professor, Brown University;

Associate dean, Oncologic Sciences, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

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