Keith I. Block

Is the Medical Director of the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Skokie, Illinois and is the Scientific Director Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Education. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for the peer-reviewed journal Integrative Cancer Therapies (SAGE Publications). In 2005, Dr. Block was appointed to the National Cancer Institute’s Physician Data Query (PDQ) Cancer CAM Editorial Board, on which he continues to serve today. Dr. Block has more than 150 publications in scientific journals and books relevant to nutritional and integrative oncology. He is also the author of Life Over Cancer, published by Bantam in April 2009. His academic roles have included instruction in integrative medicine for medical and pharmacy students at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Block’s research areas include chronotherapy and circadian rhythms in cancer patients, multi-targeted approaches to cancer therapy, outcomes of integrative cancer treatment, drug-supplement interactions, and antioxidant effects on chemotherapy. He is a pioneer in the development of comprehensive integrative programs for cancer patients that coordinate counseling on diet, exercise, biobehavioral medicine and supplementation with conventional medical treatments and molecular profiling.