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Richard Wender, MD, is Alumni Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Wender, directed the Family Medicine residency program at Thomas Jefferson for 10 years and became Vice Chairman of the Department in 1995. He was appointed Chair of the Department in August of 2002. In addition to being a practicing family doctor, his major area of academic focus has been cancer prevention and screening. He was the editor of the American Cancer Society Primary Care Physicians Newsletter for 10 years and is now on the Editorial Advisory Board of CA – A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Dr. Wender has served in leadership positions of professional societies at the state and national level including co-chair of the Professional Education and Practice Task Group and the Steering Committee of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. Dr. Wender worked with the CDC to develop a national training program for clinicians about colorectal cancer prevention and screening. He is the recipient of the St. George Medal from the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Prevention Laurel for National Leadership from the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation. | 