Keynote Speaker

Derek Raghavan, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FRACP

Dr. Raghavan is an internationally-renowned cancer researcher and medical oncologist and President of Levine Cancer Institute. Dr. Raghavan’s vision for the Institute is to bring cancer research and clinical innovations closer to home for patients across Carolinas HealthCare System by redefining the role of a traditional cancer center Dr. Raghavan’s clinical and research interests are focused on genitourinary cancer, cancer in the elderly, anti-cancer drug discovery and development, and comparative human oncology. He currently serves on the external advisory boards of four cancer centers and on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals; has been a principal investigator for more than a dozen major research grants; has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed professional journals; and edited nine textbooks.

Prior to coming to the Levine Cancer Institute, Dr. Raghavan served concurrent appointments as Chairman and Director of the Taussig Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic and as the M. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Institute (Distinguished) Chair in Transitional Cancer Research. He also previously led cancer programs and research efforts in New York, California, and Australia. Trained in Medicine and Oncology at the University of Sydney, Australia, Dr. Raghavan received a Ph.D. in experimental pathology from the University of London/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota.

Since he began work in April 2011, Dr. Raghavan has led the charge to eliminate natural barriers to top-quality care, such as distance to clinical and research sites, cultural challenges, access and more.