Fadlo R. Khuri

​​​​​Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, the 16th president of the university, was elected in March 2015 and assumed office in September 2015. He was professor and chairman of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, and held the Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research. He also served as deputy director for the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Dr. Khuri was also the executive associate dean for research of the Emory University School of Medicine.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Dr. Khuri was born in Boston, MA and brought up in Beirut, where he attended the American University of Beirut from 1981-82. He moved to the US in 1982, and earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University, in New Haven, CT, and his MD from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York, NY. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, and his fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the Tufts-New England Medical Center. He was on faculty at the Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1995-2002 prior to joining Emory University and the Winship Cancer Institute (Winship) in 2003.​