Eric Small

Dr. Small is Professor of Medicine at UCSF (University of California, San Francisco). He holds a number of leadership roles, serving as Leader of the UCSF Prostate Cancer Program, and as Deputy Director of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has served as Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology for 10 years, and most recently he has assumed the position of Chief Scientific Officer in the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Nationally, he serves on the ASCO Board of Directors, and chairs a number of External Advisory Boards for other Cancer Centers.

Dr. Small’s research interests lie in clinical and translational research in advanced prostate cancer, including trial design, and development of novel agents. He piloted the early trials targeting the androgen receptor in advanced prostate cancer, developing ketoconazole and contributing to an understanding of its mechanisms of activity and resistance. Subsequently Eric was centrally involved with the development of two novel androgen signaling inhibitors, abiraterone acetate and apalutamide, from first in human studies to FDA approval.

Dr. Small has also been involved in the early application of immunotherapy to prostate cancer, developing sipuleucel T from first in human studies through FDA approval, and undertaking the first in human testing of ipilimumab, the first immune check point inhibitor to be clinically developed.