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Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P. has been a member of our Board since January 2000. He also serves as Executive Vice President of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, Arizona and Director of TGen's Translational Drug Development Division. Dr. Von Hoff is also Chief Scientific Officer for U.S. Oncology. From 1985 through 1999, he was a professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In 1999 he became Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Molecular Biology and Director of the Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona. He recently stepped down from that position to join TGen to translate new discoveries from the research bench into the clinic. Dr. Von Hoff has published more than 513 papers, 127 book chapters and more than 854 abstracts. Dr. Von Hoff is the former President of the American Association for Cancer Research, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member and past board member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He was a founder and board member of ILEX Oncology, Inc., which was acquired by Genzyme, Inc., in 2004. Dr. Von Hoff has also served as a consultant to a number of biopharmaceutical companies engaged in oncology drug development. He is founder and the Editor Emeritus of Investigational New Drugs - The Journal of New Anticancer Agents and Editor of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. He has played a significant role in the development of several anticancer agents, e.g., gemcitabine, CPT-11, docetaxel and many others now used routinely in the practice of oncology. | 