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Physician–scientist joins cancer center
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Edward M. “Ted” Schaeffer, MD, PhD, has joined Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.
Schaeffer will serve as chair of the department of urology at Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Schaeffer — who has expertise in open, laparoscopic and robotic treatment of urologic malignancies — previously served as director of the prostate cancer program, director of international urology and co-director of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
His discoveries have advanced the basic scientific understanding of prostate cancer and clinical care pathways. His research emphasizes at-risk populations, diagnosis, treatment outcomes and the molecular biology of lethal prostate cancer.
“Ted is an outstanding clinician, investigator, and leader in the field of urologic oncology,” Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, director of Lurie Cancer Center, said in a press release. “His extensive experience and multidisciplinary approach to research will intensify our efforts to apply scientific discoveries to personalized treatment for prostate cancer. I am excited that he is joining the Lurie Cancer Center and look forward to working with him.”
Schaeffer’s lab specifically focuses on the molecular biology of locally aggressive prostate cancers and the impact of race on the biology of prostate cancer.
“It is an honor to be named the next chair of urology at Northwestern,” Schaeffer said in the release. “I am really looking forward to working with Dr. Platanias and the great team of scientists and clinicians at the Lurie Cancer Center.”