The DEN Fellows
Dr.
Mark Israel
Director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center mark.a.israel@dartmouth.edu
Mark Israel is the Director of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, which is one of the nation's premier facilities for cancer treatment and research. Trained as a pediatric oncologist, Dr. Israel has gained promising knowledge from his laboratory studies on nervous system tumors to benefit children and young adults with cancer. His ground-breaking research on how tumor cells develop has identified targets and strategies for the development of innovative approaches to combat and cure brain tumors and other childhood cancers that once defied treatment. Author of more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, Israel received the Farber Award in 1998 for outstanding contributions to neurooncology. His record of professional recognition and service is extensive and includes membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the preeminent organization for physician-researchers, and on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Israel is a research fellow of the DEN, focusing on commercialization issues in translating basic medical research into business opportunities that make these research advances available to society.