Hillard M Lazarus, MD, FACP is Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve

University (CWRU) with five (5) decades of experience in clinical and translational

research. For nearly 40 years he has been a national and international leader in the

field of hematologic malignancies and blood and marrow transplantation as well as

a mentor to countless junior colleagues influencing many to pursue academic medicine

careers. He was first chair of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Committee of the

National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), a

position he held for 17 years; he was Co-Chair of the Lymphoma Committee of the

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation Research (CIBMTR) for 19

years. As Principal Investigator of the Case Consortium for 17 years, he led one of the

original Core Centers of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network

(BMT CTN), an organization funded by the NCI and the National Heart, Lung and Blood

Institute (NHLBI). Dr. Lazarus has been recognized for research in mesenchymal stem

cell transplantation, autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for lymphoma, and

allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for malignancies. He helped develop many

new anti-cancer therapies and sophisticated supportive care technologies including

several antimicrobial therapies. He was inducted into the American Cancer Society

Cancer Care Hall of Fame and he received their Lifetime Achievement Research Award

(2007). Dr. Lazarus was awarded the Alumni Lifetime (Distinguished) Achievement

Award by Carnegie Mellon University (2011); Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 2011

Man of the Year (Northern Ohio); and Honorary Alumnus of the Year Award (2013) at

CWRU School of Medicine. He also held the George & Edith Richman Professor &

Distinguished Scientist in Cancer Research endowed chair. His research has been

published in over 800 original, peer-reviewed manuscripts and he is the editor of ten

(10) textbooks. He is Editor-in-Chief of Blood Reviews. He previously was Editor-in-

Chief of two (2) high-impact journals, Bone Marrow Transplantation as well as

Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology. Currently, Dr. Lazarus’ research generates

a D-Index score of 121 in the discipline of Medicine, based on 62,936 citations,

with a national ranking of 1,483 and world ranking of 2,589 (https://research.com/u/hillard-m-lazarus).