Dr. Margaret Tempero
Dr. Margaret Tempero is Deputy Director
of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Comprehensive
Cancer Center and Professor and Chief of the Division of Medical
Oncology. Upon her arrival at UCSF in January 2000, she was named
the Doris and Don Fisher Distinguished Professor in Clinical
Research. Prior to her appointment at UCSF, she was Professor
of Medicine and held the Distinguished Cancer Research Professorship
at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She was the Deputy
Director of the NCI designated Cancer Center at the University
of Nebraska and served as the interim Cancer Center Director
for 3 years.
Dr. Tempero is an accomplished clinical
and translational scientist. She served as the principal investigator
of a Special Program of Research Excellence for pancreatic cancer
and is considered to be among the national leaders in gastrointestinal
oncology. She has been a pioneer in the application of radioactivity
tagged antibodies for cancer therapy. In recognition of her clinical
science expertise, she co-directs the Methods in Clinical Cancer
Research Workshop co-sponsored by the American Association for
Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
She was also chosen to lead a Special Emphasis Panel for NIH
funding for clinical science and recently chaired a special NIH
initiative to establish research priorities in pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Tempero is vice chairman of the Board
of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. She also serves
on the Board of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and
on the Board of Scientific Counselors which is advisory to the
intramural programs of the NCI. She holds or has held editorial
positions on numerous prestigious journals such as Cancer Research,
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research and the
American Journal of Medicine. She is credited with over 100 original
articles and book chapters.
In addition to establishing and coordinating
a new research program in gastrointestinal cancers at UCSF, Dr.
Tempero also assists Dr. Frank McCormick in the overall direction,
administration and strategic planning for the Cancer Center.
She represents the clinical components of the Cancer Center on
all major UCSF committees and Task Forces. She also interacts
with all Cancer Center programs to foster and develop clinical
and translational science.
Dr. Tempero is the President of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology for year 2003-2004. |
