Biography

Michael K. Gibson MD PhD FACP is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center.  After obtaining his MD from Johns Hopkins, he completed an Osler Medical Residency and Medical Oncology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital while concurrently earning a PhD in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.   He is Medical Director of the Multi-disciplinary Head and Neck Malignancies Program and Medical Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center.

He is a translational investigator in aero-digestive malignancies, with a primary focus on cancers of the head and neck.  Along with his colleagues in radiation oncology and head and neck surgery, his goal is to integrate the multi-disciplinary pre-clinical research and clinical trials programs in head and neck cancer at the Seidman Cancer Center.  In this role, he leads or co-leads all clinical trials within this domain, manages the clinical trials mechanism through the Cancer Center’s Clinical Research Offices and treats patients at Seidman Cancer Center.

The Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award will provide support for Dr. Gibson to accomplish the following.  1) Continued improvement in clinical trials oversight that will optimize clinical trial success and impact. Dr. Gibson will guide efforts to ensure appropriate prioritization of clinical trials resources, and processes for evaluation of clinical trials progress. 2) Support and development of regional network clinical trials across the Comprehensive Cancer Center member hospital systems. 3) Continued support clinical trial efforts within his head and neck cancer group by facilitating the development of investigator-initiated clinical trials, and expanding his involvement in cooperative group activities (ECOG/ACRIN, NRG/RTOG).  4) Support of Research Culture. Dr. Gibson has extensive didactic training and applied experience in ethical issues associated with clinical research.  In particular, he is strongly interested in supporting a culture of ethics and fairness in the CCC clinical research environment.  In the first year of this award, Dr. Gibson will develop an educational program for a Case CCC Clinical Research Retreat.