John Mendelsohn (doctor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American doctor
Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1936
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jan-2019
Profession: pharmacologist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Mendelsohn (doctor)
- John Mendelsohn (August 31, 1936 – January 7, 2019) was a president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
- He was an internationally recognized leader in cancer research. Mendelsohn served as MD Anderson president from 1996 to 2011.
- When Ronald DePinho became president, he stepped down September 1, 2011.
- Mendelsohn remained on the faculty as co-director of the new Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy.
- Also, he was a senior fellow in health and technology at the Baker Institute.Mendelsohn was only the third full-time president of MD Anderson.
- When he arrived, Mendelsohn's focus shifted from his expertise in laboratory research and clinical trials to leading an institution that employs about 18,000 people and serves 100,000 patients yearly, with a budget of more than $3.3 billion.
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