Dr. Bruce David Minsky, MD

Dr. Bruce Minsky is internationally respected for his knowledge and experience in treating gastrointestinal cancers, including rectal, pancreatic, colon, stomach, esophageal, and anal cancers. He has more than 20 years of clinical experience in helping adults with these cancers. In collaboration with other University of Chicago physician scientists, Dr. Minsky has developed clinical protocols, including new combined modality programs for rectal cancer and radiation therapy for liver metastasis.Dr. Minsky is a distinguished researcher and teacher. He has been appointed to many national oncology groups, including committees of the National Cancer Institute and the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. He is an editorial board member of several journals, and has served on the boards of directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. In 2004, Dr. Minsky received a medical degree honoris causa from Friedrich Alexander …University, Erlangen, Germany. He has been awarded numerous grants and published many research studies on treating rectal cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Minsky has authored or co-authored more than 240 journal articles, 50 book chapters, and 20 editorials in the field of gastrointestinal oncology. He is a requested speaker at many national and international symposiums.Prior to joining the University of Chicago faculty, Dr. Minsky spent 20 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he served as vice chairman of radiation oncology.