# Gerold Bepler

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{{Short description|German physician}}
'''Gerold Bepler''' is the former president and chief executive officer of the [Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute](/source/Barbara_Ann_Karmanos_Cancer_Institute) in Detroit, Michigan.<ref name=appointment>http://www.karmanos.org [http://www.karmanos.org/about/advantage/president-ceo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084458/http://www.karmanos.org/about/advantage/president-ceo |date=2017-03-24 }} Retrieved 2017-03-23</ref>

==Biography==
Bepler received his medical and doctoral degrees from the [Philipps University School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Marburg](/source/University_of_Marburg) in Marburg, Germany.<ref>http://www.uni-marburg.de [http://www.uni-marburg.de/index_html-en?set_language=en] Retrieved 2010-80-11</ref> His postdoctoral fellowships were at the [National Cancer Institute](/source/National_Cancer_Institute), [Philipps University](/source/Philipps_University) and at [Duke University Medical Center](/source/Duke_University_Medical_Center).<ref name="appointment"/>

He held positions at Duke University Hospital and Durham VA Medical Center,<ref>http://www.jimmyv.org [http://www.jimmyv.org/component/content/article/51-scientific-advisory-board/110-gerold-bepler-md-phd.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230212237/http://www.jimmyv.org/component/content/article/51-scientific-advisory-board/110-gerold-bepler-md-phd.html |date=2010-12-30 }} Retrieved 2010-08-11</ref> and then as director of the Lung Cancer Program at [Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center](/source/Roswell_Park_Comprehensive_Cancer_Center) in Buffalo, N.Y. He was then director of the Comprehensive Lung Cancer Research Center,  department chair of Thoracic Oncology,  and program leader of the Lung Cancer Program at the [Moffitt Cancer Center](/source/Moffitt_Cancer_Center) in Tampa, Florida.<ref>http://www.moffitt.org [http://www.moffitt.org/Site.aspx?spid=2201C678B0314C1D9C3EE72EEDF376A5&SearchType=Physician] Retrieved 2010-8-11</ref>

He came to the Karmanos Cancer Institute in 2010.<ref name=appointment />

==Professional work==
As a thoracic oncologist, Bepler's research focuses on studying risks, progression, treatments and outcomes related to lung cancer, with an emphasis on non-small cell lung cancer.<ref name="appointment"/> He has secured more than $65 million in cancer-related research funding since the mid-1980s.<ref name="appointment"/> He has had articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research.<ref>home.med.wayne.edu.org [http://prognosis.med.wayne.edu/article/karmanos-names-dr-gerold-bepler-new-president-and-ceo] Retrieved 2010-08-11</ref>

Bepler also serves as principal investigator of the National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Grant.<ref name="appointment"/>

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