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William C. Wood, M.D.
William C. Wood, M.D., is the Distinguished Joseph Brown Whitehead Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Wood is an internationally recognized cancer surgeon and is known for his influence on the design and meta-analysis of conceptually driven national clinical trials.
Dr. Wood is past President of the Society of Surgical Oncology, an Editor-in-Chief of Oncology, until recently, he served on the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute for eight years, is co-chair of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group, and is also Chairman of the Intergroup Committee of the NIH Cooperative Group Breast Cancer Chairs. He has chaired the breast committees of both CALGB and ECOG. He is a former Governor of the American College of Surgeons.
A native of Illinois, Dr. Wood graduated from Wheaton College with Honors in 1962 and received his Doctor of Medicine degree with Honors from Harvard Medical School. After internship and residency training in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, he completed a Fellowship in the Surgery Branch at the NCI.
He has been a member of ASCO since 1977 and has served on the Program and Education Committees, the Board of Directors from 1995-1998, and the Foundation Board of Directors from 1999-2002.