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Prior to his appointment at Mount Sinai Cancer Institute, Steven Burakoff was the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor, New York University School of Medicine, Director, New York University Cancer Institute, and Director, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Burakoff, a native New Yorker, graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science degree, received his Master’s degree from Queens College, and his M.D. from Albany Medical College. Dr. Burakoff, who prior to his appointment in 2000 to the New York University School of Medicine was Chair of Pediatric Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Margaret M. Dyson Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, also received an Honorary Master’s of Science Degree from Harvard University. He was the recipient of the first Harvard Medical School Excellence in Mentoring Award. He was also the Ted Williams Senior Investigator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and he also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Burakoff serves as a member of the External Advisory Committee at: the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute in Seattle, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center, the Baylor Medical School Cancer Center and the Cancer Center of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Burakoff holds memberships in many professional societies and organizations, including: Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the Association of American Physicians, and the American Association of Immunologist where he serves as Secretary-Treasurer.
He has been an Editor and Associate Editor for numerous journals and author of more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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