Steven Rosen, MD, is the Provost and Chief Scientific Officer for the City of Hope. He is also the Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Beckman Research Institute and holds the Irell & Manella Cancer Center Director's Distinguished Chair and the Morgan & Helen Chu Director's Chair of the Beckman Research Institute. Following his graduation with distinction from Northwestern University's Medical School's six-year honors program in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Rosen completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern and his fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland. Prior to joining the City of Hope, Dr. Rosen was the Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine at Feinberg and Director of Cancer Programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He served for 25 years as Director of Northwestern's Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Rosen has published more than 400 original reports, editorials, books, and book chapters. His research has been funded by the NCI, American Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Recognized as one of the best doctors in America, Dr. Rosen is a recipient of the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Man of Distinction Award from the Israel Cancer Research Fund. He is also a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society.

Pearls of Wisdom:

• "If you're going to take on the responsibility of caring for an individual who's dealing with a very serious illness; you should feel obligated to have open dialogue with them whenever they need to."
• In large part what makes people successful is the curiosity, healthy ambition and a drive to try and achieve something meaningful."
• "Enjoy everything you're doing and relish the experiences you have. Try and connect with the people you're dealing with and just be genuinely caring."
• "I think more about the journey and the constant contributions and being very proud of the people I trained."
• "We don't think of borders, we think of diseases that affect everybody and we want to make an impact."
• "Empathy means that you're willing to listen carefully to what your patient and their family needs are, that you don't put yourself above them."
• "I'm not a structured mentor in the sense that I say, "you have to do this and that." I'm much more involved in a dialogue about "this is what I think is exciting, what do you think?"
• "I also connect my mentees with other experts in the field, who may be much more knowledgeable about an issue than I am."