Peter Pisters, MDEnriched profile
President, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Peter WT Pisters, MD, is President, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The public record shows 393 publications with 40,412 citations (h-index 109), centered on Pancreatic Cancer, Sarcoma. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2017–2025).
- Top research focus: Pancreatic Cancer
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
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Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- PP-Gemcitabine & External Beam Radiation-Sarcomas
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
InvestigatorPhase 1CompletedNCT02046304 - Gemcitabine and Erlotinib Before and After Surgery in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery
Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00733746 - Post-Operative Chemoradiation for Extremity & Trunk Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
InvestigatorPhase 1CompletedNCT00502411
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2024–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20241 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2017–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →mdanderson.org ↗
- M.D.
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario (Canada)
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Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Chief Administrative Fellow)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Former President and CEO
University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Canada (affiliated with University of Toronto)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →oncodaily.com ↗
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Board of Directors
Greater Houston Partnership
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CEO Roundtable on Cancer
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Telluride Science Depot
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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- Keynote interview at Becker's Hospital Review CEO + CFO Roundtable
Chicago (2019), on future of medicine and MD Anderson Moon Shots program
2019provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →beckershospitalreview.com ↗ - verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →beckershospitalreview.com ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/peter-pisters-md
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linkedin.com/in/peterpisters
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mdanderson.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/peter-w-pisters
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- Instagram
instagram.com/mdandersoncancercenter/p/C9QYfahs7IJ
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