Dr. Pisters oversees patient care, research, prevention and education operations as president of MD Anderson Cancer Center. As president, he also manages educational and academic partnerships such as the joint venture with UTHealth to create the MD Anderson Cancer Center-UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. In addition to his role with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Pisters also serves as the cancer center director and principal investigator for the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Support Grant. Prior to assuming the role of president in 2017, Dr. Pisters was the president and CEO of the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada. In 2022, he received the Luminary Award from the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute.
