Dr. Kupferman is senior vice president of Clinical and Academic Network Development at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In this role, he leads the development, management and growth of clinical oncology and research programs across MD Anderson Cancer Network®, inclusive of domestic and international partnerships.

He also is professor of Head and Neck Surgery with expertise in the surgical management of pediatric head and neck cancers and skull base tumors. An internationally recognized expert in head and neck oncology, Dr. Kupferman’s clinical practice focuses on upper aerodigestive tract cancers, melanoma, salivary gland and skull base tumors, as well as robotic surgery of the head and neck. He has dual appointments as professor of Neurosurgery at MD Anderson and adjunct professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.

He obtained his medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He then completed a fellowship in advanced head and neck surgical oncology at MD Anderson and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Dr. Kupferman has published more than 125 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and his laboratory research on the mechanisms of metastasis has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, American Head and Neck Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and numerous private foundations. He also is an esteemed physician and has been consistently recognized on Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors list.

Bio current as of October 2018