Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO, is the Chief of the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute, overseeing cancer programs across Cleveland Clinic locations in Ohio, Florida, Abu Dhabi, and London. He is also the Director of the Taussig Cancer Center and holds a distinguished chair in Translational Cancer Research. Dr. Adjei has served on several US National Cancer Institute committees and is a member of the NCI Board of Scientific Counselors. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology and President-Elect of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. His research focuses on experimental therapeutics and clinical drug development, with over 320 publications to his name.