I am a Tenured Professor of Medicine and hold the Robert R. Herring Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research. I also serve as the Medical Director of the Sarcoma Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I graduated from Baroda Medical College in Baroda, India and did my Medical Oncology training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I have authored or co- authored more than 250 articles in various journals and have been section editor for the Sarcoma Section of Current Oncology Reports since 2000. I have also authored or co-authored more than 35 book chapters, including last 7 editions of Harrison’s Textbook of Internal Medicine since 1997. My clinical research interests include systemic therapy for sarcomas, GISTs and other tumors originating in bone and soft tissues. I am a past President of CTOS, a member the Executive Committee and Chair of the Clinical Research Committee of SARC, Chair of the Medical Advisory Board and member of the BOD of the Chordoma Foundation. I have served as the past Program Chair for CTOS and the Sarcoma Track for ASCO.