Mark Adler, M.D.

Dr. Adler received his B.A. at Yale University (1978) where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, where he later completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine. This was followed by subspecialty training in both Hematology and Oncology at UCSD. Dr. Adler is Board Certified both in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. In 1985, he received a National Research Service Award and served as a Fellow in Tumor Immunology at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.

In 1987, he was a recipient of the NIH Physician-Scientist Award. From 1987 to 1992, he served as Physician-Scientist Fellow at the University of California-San Diego Medical Center. During this time, he was a member of the UCSD Cancer Center.

His research interests and publications have focused on the molecular biology and genes underlying cancer.

Dr. Adler is co-founder and CEO of the San Diego Cancer Center, formerly known as the Oncology Medical Center of San Diego (1992), and also serves as President of the Medical Group of North County, Inc. Dr. Adler is also co-founder with Dr. Vicario of the San Diego Cancer Research Institute (2000).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

In 2000 Dr. Adler joined the Board of Directors of WebMD (Nasdaq: HLTH), a Corporation that provides a full suite of on-line services to the healthcare industry aiming to improve administrative efficiencies and high quality patient care. Prior to this he was a director of CareInsite (Nasdaq: CARI).

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Place of birth: Philadelphia, PA (1956).
In his leisure time Dr. Adler enjoys spending time with his wife Yanina and their four children.