Background
Schilsky, Richard Lewis was born on June 6, 1950 in New York City. Son of Murray and Shirley (Cohen) Schilsky.
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Richard Lewis Schilsky
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Bachelor cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971; Doctor of Medicine with honors, University of Chicago, 1975.
Career
Intern, resident medicine, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1975-1977;
clinical associate medicine branch and clinical pharmacology branch, Division Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1980;
cancer expert clinical pharmacology branch, Division Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1981;
assistant professor department internal medicine, U. Missouri School Medicine, Columbia, 1981-1984;
assistant professor department medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School Medicine and Michael Reese Medical Centers, 1984-1986;
associate professor department medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School Medicine and Michael Reese Medical Centers, 1986-1989;
associate director joint section hematology and medical oncology, University of Chicago and Michael Reese Medical Centers, 1986-1989;
associate professor department medicine, associate director section, University of Chicago Pritzker School Medicine, 1989-1991;
professor department medicine section hematology-oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School Medicine, since 1991;
director, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, since 1991;
chairman, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Chicago, since 1995. Vivian Saykaly visiting professor oncology McGill University, 1992. Member science committee 8th International Congress on Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy, 1998.
Member of advisory panel on hematologic and neoplastic disease United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 1991-1995. Board directors Association American Cancer Institutions, since 1995. Member cancer center support grant review committee National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1992-1995.
Member expert panel on advances in cancer treatment, 1992-1993. Member Cancer Centers Working Group, 1996-1997. Member Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Food and Drug Administration, since 1996.
Member NCIClin. Trials Implementation committee, 1997-1998.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Public Health Service, 1977-1980. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Clinical Oncology (chairman public relations com.1994-1996), American Association Cancer Research (chairman Illinois state legislation committee since 1992), American Federation Clinical Research (senator Midwest section 1983-1984, councilor 1983-1986, chairman-elect 1987-1988, chairman 1988-1989), American Cancer Society (board directors Illinois division since 1997), American Association Cancer Education, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Control Society Clinical Research, New York Academy Sciences, Assn.Am.
Cancer Institutions (board directors since 1995), Chicago Society Internal Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Cynthia Schum, September 24, 1977. Children: Allison, Meredith.
