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Marc K Wallack, MD '66

Marc K. Wallack, M.D. ’66
Chair, Department of Surgery, New York Medical College
Chair/Program Director, Department of Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan New York, N.Y.
Major: Biochemistry
Mark is married to CNN anchor Jaime Colby. He has three children.
2003 recipient of the Albright College Distinguished Alumnus Award

Marc has co-authored more than 100 articles and book chapters including, “A test of preparedness and spirit,” an article detailing Saint Vincent Hospital’s disaster operations, in which he oversaw, following the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

Specializing in melanoma and breast cancer, he served as the principal investigator of a phase three randomized trial of a melanoma vaccine that he developed under the direction of the National Cancer Institute from 1989 to 1994, as well as for many other clinical trials including his most recent work with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project to determine the efficacy of tamoxifen vs. raloxofene for preventing breast cancer.

Marc completed an immunology/oncology fellowship at The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology in 1977 and continued his work there as a scientist for several years. He also served as a consultant in cancer therapy for the Institute Merieux and Centre Leon-Berand in Lyon, France; chair of the Department of Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami; and associate professor of clinical surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, N.Y.

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