Alexander M.M. Eggermont, MD,PhD           

Chief Scientific Officer Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, the Netherlands                                                         Full Professor of Oncology Classe Exceptionnelle, Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France Coordinator Comprehensive Cancer Center Program Deutsche KrebsHilfe, Germany                        Strategic Advisor @ DKFZ-NCT for the Multisite NCT program, Germany                         

(Past) Professional Positions: Director General of Gustave Roussy Comprehensive Cancer Center, Villejuif, France, (2010-2019). Full Professor of Surgical Oncology (2003-2016), Endowed Professor of International Networking in Cancer Research (2011-2018) at Erasmus University MC Rotterdam.. PhD in tumor immunology at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1987) and Fellow of the NIH-NCI (Surgery Branch, Steve Rosenberg) (1985-86).

Professional awards (selection): Joseph Maisin Chair in Oncology at Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium (2001); ASCO Statemans Award (2010); Michiel Van Vloten Award of the Dutch Surgical Society (2016); John Wayne Award of Clinical Research of SSO (2018); Doctorate Honoris Causa (University Essen, Germany) (2018); Honorary Chair KAZIOR (Kazakh Institute of Oncology and Radiotherapy)(2019);  Deutsche Krebshilfe Cancer Award (2020)

Specialties & Scientific Output: Clinical: immunotherapy, melanoma, sarcoma, general drug development, regional Tx. Basic/Translational: tumor immunology, animal models and tumor patho-physiology. Scientific Output: >900 publications; 36 PhD theses from research programs @ ErasmusMC: H-index/citations: 100, >46000 citations (Web of Science), HI:102, >48000 (Scopus); HI:110, >56000 (Research Gate);  HI:121, >70000 citations (Google Scholar)

International (current & past) scientific societal positions

• Past President European Academy of Cancer Sciences (2010-2019)
• Past President Cancer Core Europe (2014-2019) (Gustave Roussy – Cambridge Cancer Center – NKI Amsterdam- Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology- Istituto Nazionale Tumori de Milano- Karolinska Institutet – DKFZ / NCT)
• ECCO: Past President of ECCO (the European CanCer Organization)
• EORTC: Past President of EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) past Chairman of the Melanoma Group
• ASCO: Past Member Board of Directors of ASCO (Surgery Chair) and JCO Editorial Board
• AACR: Past Deputy Editor of Clinical Cancer Research (2001-2009)
• Deutsche Krebshilfe: President International Jury for Comprehensive Cancer Centres Program
• ESMO: Executive Board:  2014-2018
• CRUK: Board of Trustees/Strategic Research Committee (2016-2020)
• DFG Wissenschaftsrat, Germany: since 2017
• European Journal of Cancer: Editor-in-Chief since 01-01-2011

Societal Awards

• Légion d’Honneur, France (2015)
• Presidential Medal, Kazakhstan (2014)