Deb Schrag has been selected to serve as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for the 2027-2028 academic year. She will begin a one-year term as president-elect on June 1, 2026.
Currently, Dr. Schrag serves as the George J. Bosl Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and as a professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Prior to her current role, she was chief of the division of population sciences at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a medical oncologist, Dr. Schrag specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers with a particular emphasis on lower GI tract tumors, which include rectal, colon, and anal cancer.
“ASCO is at the forefront of cancer care and empowers the global oncology community by bringing us together to share knowledge, drive innovation and discovery, and join forces to improve outcomes for people with cancer everywhere,” said Dr. Schrag. “I thank ASCO’s members for trusting me with this important responsibility and look forward to partnering with them to advance the society’s strategic plan and championing our shared values to accelerate progress.”
Dr. Schrag received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s of public health degree from Harvard University. She earned her medical degree at Columbia University in New York City. She completed training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as a fellowship at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.