Paul A. Bunn, Jr.

Dr. Bunn is a former Executive Director of IASLC, the former President of ASCO, IASLC, and AACI, and former Chairman of the FDA Oncology Drug Advisory Committee. Dr. Bunn received his medical degree from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York. Dr. Bunn completed his internship and residency at the University Of California. His post-graduate training includes a fellowship at the National Capital Consortium. Dr. Bunn’s research interests are on novel therapies for lung cancer. He has published more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 122 reviews and 90 book chapters on lung cancer. Dr. Bunn’s studies have set standards for the treatment of lung cancer, have identified issues of natural history of the disease and have identified biomarkers of prognosis and therapy selection. Dr. Bunn is the principal investigator on numerous national and local therapeutic trials and is also the principal investigator for the SPORE grant in lung cancer that is designed to conduct translational research.