Dr. Adel K. El-Naggar, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. El-Naggar is a head and neck pathologist with established interest in head and neck diagnostic and translational research aspects of these tumors. He is a tenured professor of Pathology and Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and holds the Kenneth D. Muller endowed professionship in research. He is also the Director of the Head and Neck Pathology Section and the Head and Neck Fellowship Program. Dr. El-Naggar is a member of the Executive Committee for the RTOG, Head and Neck Section and the Chair of the Head and Neck Correlative Science of the Southwest Oncology cooperative group and the National Cancer Institute Intergroup. He is a member of several editorial review boards and national professional society. He has served on the editorial board of several national and international journals and a member of the WHO Classification of Head and Neck Cancer Panel. He is also the recipient of the 1997 Philip Rothschild Senior Scientist scholarship to Curie Institute, Paris, France. Dr. El-Naggar’s current research efforts focus on the molecular genetic characterization of salivary glands, mucosal and thyroid tumors and the identification and validation of biomarkers in head and neck tumorigenesis.