Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS Dr. Pollock is Head of the Division of Surgery, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgical Oncology, and Professor of Cancer Biology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, where he is also the incumbent to the Senator A. M. Aiken, Jr. Distinguished Chair. His clinical and research interests involve the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. Dr. Pollock received his medical degree from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, and completed residency training in surgery at the University of Chicago and Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, followed by a fellowship in surgical oncology at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Pollock is board certified in surgery and received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biological Sciences.