# Howard Scher

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{{Short description|American professor}}
'''Howard I. Scher''' is the Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology at [Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center](/source/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center) and Professor of Medicine at the [Weill Cornell Medical College](/source/Weill_Cornell_Medical_College). He has a depth of experience in [clinical trials](/source/clinical_trials) for novel types of cancer treatment.<ref>{{cite interview|url=https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/524950|first=Howard I.|last=Scher|title=Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Howard I. Scher|website=[Medscape](/source/Medscape)|date=2006|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Scher earned his BS from [Bates College](/source/Bates_College) and his MD from [New York University School of Medicine](/source/New_York_University_School_of_Medicine) before doing his residency at [Bellevue Hospital](/source/Bellevue_Hospital).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=23065775&privcapId=3533888|title=Howard I. Scher M.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News) |publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>
He married Deborah Ann Lafer in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/01/style/deborah-lafer-to-wed-dr-howard-i-scher.html|title=Deborah Lafer to Wed Dr. Howard I. Scher|date=1 January 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>

== Career ==
Scher has been an investigator at [Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center](/source/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center) since 1992 and Professor of Medicine at the [Weill Cornell Medical College](/source/Weill_Cornell_Medical_College).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/howard-scher|title=Howard I. Scher - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref> His areas of research include [PI3K](/source/PI3K), the [androgen receptor](/source/androgen_receptor), [HSP90](/source/HSP90), and [immunotherapy](/source/immunotherapy). 

Scher is on the board of directors at Asterias, a biotechnology company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asteriasbiotherapeutics.com/howard-i-scher-m-d-leading-clinical-oncology-expert-joins-the-board-of-directors-of-asterias-biotherapeutics/|title=Howard I. Scher M.D., Leading Clinical Oncology Expert, Joins the Board of Directors of Asterias Biotherapeutics|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2016|archive-date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203064852/http://asteriasbiotherapeutics.com/howard-i-scher-m-d-leading-clinical-oncology-expert-joins-the-board-of-directors-of-asterias-biotherapeutics/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Scher was awarded [American Association for Cancer Research](/source/American_Association_for_Cancer_Research)'s 2015 [Team Science Award](/source/AACR_Awards) along with [Michael E. Jung](/source/Michael_E._Jung) and [Charles Sawyers](/source/Charles_Sawyers) for their work in the development of [enzalutamide](/source/enzalutamide).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascopost.com/issues/april-25-2015/michael-e-jung-phd-charles-sawyers-md-and-howard-i-scher-md-receive-team-science-award-from-american-association-for-cancer-research/|title=Michael E. Jung, PhD, Charles Sawyers, MD, and Howard I. Scher, MD, Receive Team Science Award From American Association for Cancer Research - The ASCO Post|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref> He has also collaborated with [Brett Carver](/source/Brett_Carver) and [Neal Rosen](/source/Neal_Rosen), both also at MSKCC, on experimental cancer therapeutics for androgen-resistance prostate cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcf.org/researcher/howard-scher/|title=Howard Scher, MD - Prostate Cancer Foundation|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2016}}</ref>

Scher has published over 500 scholarly works.

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