H. Phillip Koeffler, MD is Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and holder of the Mark Goodson Chair in Oncology Research at Cedars-Sinai. In addition, he is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Dr. Koeffler has been published in more than 400 peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Blood, Cancer Research, Journal of Cell Biochemistry, Oncogene, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Leukemia, Leukemia Research, British Journal of Hæmatology, European Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and AIDS. Dr. Koeffler has also published more than 70 book chapters on his research. He has received numerous federal and state research grants.

Dr. Koeffler is a chair of the California State Legislative Committee (Central Region) of the American Association for Cancer Research, Inc., and he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Leukemia Society of America, Inc.

Dr. Koeffler is a member of editorial boards for numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Oncology, Journal of Molecular Medicine, Cytokines and Molecular Biology, Leukemia, Cancer Molecular Biology, Leukemia Research and Hematologic Pathology.

Dr. Koeffler received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and his medical degree from Baylor College+University of Southern California Medical Center, and a fellowship within the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He advanced from Assistant to Full Professor of Medicine at UCLA in only eight years.