Jonathan Samuel Berek MD MMSc

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• Jonathan S, Berek, MD, MMSc is the Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, specializing in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Berek served as the Chair of the Stanford Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2005 to 2017. He is the Founding Director of the Stanford Women's Cancer Center and Senior Advisor at the Stanford Cancer Institute. He is the Co-Director of the Senior Academy of Stanford Medicine, and the President of the Stanford University Phi Beta Kappa.
  Dr. Berek completed his residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital, now Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, and his fellowship in gynecologic oncology at UCLA after obtaining his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Berek has expertise in gynecologic oncology and immunology research, which includes more than 380 peer-reviewed publications and more than a dozen books. He conducts clinical trials focused on ovarian and endometrial cancer treatments. He has received numerous honors including Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Cancer Society and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society. He is a Fellow in the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Society of Clinical Oncologists.

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Jonathan Samuel Berek, MD, MMSc (born April 21, 1948) is the Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Founding Director of the Stanford Women's Cancer Center, and Senior Advisor for the Stanford Cancer Institute.^[1][2] He is also the former Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford (2005-2012). Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford in 2005, he was Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Additionally, Berek is a documentary film director and producer, Director of MedArts Films, and founder of the Under One Umbrella annual fundraising gala.^[3] He has received numerous honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society. In 2017, Dr. Berek was selected as a Fellow in the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute.^[1][2][4][5]
Jonathan S. Berek was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in St. Monica’s Home, then adopted by Samual I. and Janet Graetz Berek and raised in a family with his adopted sister Joyce in Fremont, Nebraska.^[1][2]
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Jonathan Samuel Berek, MD, MMSc (born April 21, 1948) is the Laurie Kraus Lacob Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Founding Director of th