| John S. Macdonald, MD, is the Medical Director and Chief of Gastrointestinal Oncology at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City. Board certified in internal medicine and oncology, Dr. Macdonald has been at
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center since 1997. In addition to his responsibilities at the Center, Dr. Macdonald is Chief of Medical Oncology at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, and is Professor of Medicine at the New York Medical College.
Dr. Macdonald was named to an endowed professorship, the Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Professor of Gastrointestinal Oncology, in 1999. He is recognized as a leading educator in Medical Oncology and has received numerous forms of recognition for his skills in medical education including being honored as Outstanding Clinical Attending Physician by the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University in 1977 and serving as a member of the Medical Oncology Section of the American Board of Internal Medicine from 1987 to 1993.
A leader in his field and a specialist in gastrointestinal cancer, Dr. Macdonald has authored numerous articles and has been published in many medical journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer; Recent Results in Cancer Research; Advances in Medical Oncology, Research, and Education; and Medscape Hematology-Oncology. In addition to his writing he has served as editor of multiple journals including Cancer Treatment Reports, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Manual of Oncologic Therapeutics.
Dr. Macdonald is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American College of Physicians, American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Oncology. He currently serves as a board member for Your Patient and Cancer; and Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology.
Dr. Macdonald received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He then went on to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and was awarded a fellowship in oncology at the National Cancer Institute. He was awarded an American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Fellowship.
Dr. Macdonald has received numerous awards and distinctions including being named in the Best Doctors in America listing in Good Housekeeping's "Best 300 Doctors in America." He has been named one of New York Magazine's "Best Doctors in New York" over the last seven years.
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