Frederick F. Lang

Dr. Lang is Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of the Brain Tumor Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also serves as co-leader of the institution’s Glioblastoma Moon Shot®. Dr. Lang holds the Beau Biden Chair for Brain Cancer Research.

Dr. Lang received his medical degree from Yale School of Medicine in 1988. He completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurosurgery at New York University Medical Center. In 1995, he joined MD Anderson as a fellow in neurosurgical oncology and became a member of the faculty in 1996.

Dr. Lang is a past president of the Society for Neuro-Oncology and past chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors. He has served as an associate editor of Neurosurgery and on the editorial board of Neuro-Oncology and Translational Oncology. Dr. Lang’s internationally recognized work has been published widely in more than 200 peer-reviewed journals, almost two dozen book chapters, and numerous other publications.