Bob Pinedo

Biography

Herbert M Pinedo, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Oncology, Chairman of the Board at the Cancer Center Amsterdam, Free University of Amsterdam. He is a member of the British Royal Society of Medicine and The Royal Dutch Academy of Science and Arts, where he is Chairman of the Board of the Medical Division. He has served on the boards of a number of pharmaceutical companies. He founded the New Drug Development Office - Oncology, which coordinates early clinical trials with anticancer agents internationally. He was the first President of the Federation of European Cancer Societies, and Past President to the European Society of Medical Oncology. He co-founded the Annals of Oncology and The Oncologist and is the Co-Editor of Current Opinion in Anticancer Drugs. He serves on numerous editorial boards including Clinical Cancer Research, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. He has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed international publications and more than 120 chapters, invited papers or proceedings. He has received many international awards including the prestigious Josef Steiner award and has been decorated by H.M. Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands with the prestigious Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Dr. Pinedo serves on the scientific board of PamGene International B.V. since November 2008. Dr. Pinedo’s work focuses on translational research, in particular, drug resistance, angiogenesis and immunology. “The trick is to see the big picture. I have always found research and patient care to be a great combination.

Research Interest

medicine