Norman Wolmark, MD, FACS, FRCSC, is Chairman of the NSABP Foundation, a not-for-profit academic research organization with a nearly 60-year history of conducting ground-breaking research studies in breast and colorectal cancer.
Dr. Wolmark is also a Group Chair and Contact Principal Investigator of the NCI-funded NRG Oncology research organization, which combined the legacy National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), and Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). He also serves as Professor and Chairman of Human Oncology at Drexel University School of Medicine and is Professor, Department of Surgery,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center.
Dr. Wolmark has spent decades conducting groundbreaking research and early clinical trials in the treatment of breast and bowel cancers. Many of his early studies were conducted at the University of Pittsburgh alongside the late Dr. Bernard Fisher.
Dr. Wolmark specializes in general surgery, is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, received his medical degree from McGill University of Montreal, and completed his residencies at the University of Pittsburgh and McGill. He served a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and later became a cancer expert at the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Wolmark belongs to numerous prestigious organizations including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research, and the American Surgical Association.
During his near 45-year tenure as a cancer researcher, Dr. Wolmark’s research has been extensively published, with more than 400 scientific journal articles and book chapters in print.
He is a widely sought-after speaker and lecturer in his field and serves on editorial boards including publications such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, and Clinical Breast Cancer, as well as having served as a reviewer for journals such as the Annals of Internal Medicine, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Cancer Research, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Wolmark has been honored with awards such as the William L. McGuire Memorial Award, the Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award, and the Susan G. Komen® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research.
Dr. Wolmark is on numerous advisory boards, and is an advisor to oncology programs, societies, and institutes throughout the United States and abroad.
Dr. Wolmark lectures internationally and has been recognized for his invaluable contributions to practice-changing research.
