Wafik El-Deiry: Thankful for the hospitality in the Experimental Radiation Oncology Department at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Wafik El-Deiry, Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, shared a post on X:

“I’m thankful for the hospitality of my host Khandan Keyomarsi in the Experimental Radiation Oncology Department at MD Anderson Cancer Center enjoyed meetings with faculty, seeing friends and new colleagues and speaking with graduate students and post-docs.”

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals.

He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget. Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.