Dr. Everett E. Vokes, MD is an internationally renowned expert with over 40 years of experience in the treatment of head and neck and lung cancers. Currently, he serves as the John E. Ultmann Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Chair for the Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief at the University of Chicago, where he leads the Department of Medicine’s focus on the discovery and delivery of personalized medicine. From 2021-2022, he served as the President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Dr. Vokes is a widely published author with over 450 papers and 80 book chapters, has served on numerous advisory committees and editorial boards, and has received many awards, including the ASCO Translational Research Professorship and recognition as a “Giant of Cancer Care”. Dr. Vokes completed his medical degree at the University of Bonn Medical School and residency in internal medicine at Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center in Chicago and at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.