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Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Dr. Mesa recently began his tenure at Atrium Health and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist as President, Atrium Health Levine Cancer and Director of the NCI Comprehensive Cancer based at Wake Forest Baptist but now integrated with Levine Cancer Institute as a single integrated cancer center. Mesa is an international expert in hematologic cancers, who has dedicated his life's work to research and drug development for myeloproliferative neoplasms, has led or co-led over 100 clinical trials and led/co-led the development of six drugs that have been FDA approved for myeloproliferative neoplasms and was the inaugural panel chair of the NCCN guideline panel for the first USA guidelines for MPNS. Mesa is passionate about advancing cancer health equity and increasing minority patients' participation in cancer clinical trials, implement a mandate that each new trial at the Mays Cancer Center had a minority accrual plan, and in March 2022, he testified on the importance of clinical trial diversity before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Mesa also co-led the Mays Cancer Center's biennial Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference held in San Antonio.

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