6th COGNO Annual Scientific Meeting
’Neuro-oncology in the Younger Adult’
Friday 25th - Saturday 26th October 2013
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia
Professor Jan C. Buckner, MD
Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Chair, Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Deputy Director for Practice, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Jan Buckner, MD is Professor of Oncology at Mayo Medical School, with particular expertise in treatment and clinical research for patients with brain tumors.
Dr. Buckner has distinguished himself in academics, research, clinical treatment and administration. As a neuro-oncologist, Dr. Buckner specializes in the research and treatment of cancers affecting the brain and nervous system. A prolific researcher, Dr. Buckner has authored or co-authored more than 400 articles and abstracts and has given more than 150 scientific lectures and presentations. In 2001, Dr. Buckner received the Society for Neuro-Oncology Award for Excellence in Clinical Research.
In addition to treating patients, Dr. Buckner currently holds several positions at Mayo Clinic, including Chair of the Department of Oncology. For the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Dr. Buckner has served as the Chair of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Mayo Clinic Cancer Research Consortium, Clinical Research Core Director of the Brain Tumor Special Project of Research Excellence, member of the Internal Scientific Advisory Committee and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Systems Management Office. He currently is the Director of the Cancer Control Program for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. Additional current professional activities include member of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Group Board of Directors, Scientific Advisory Council of the American Brain Tumor Association, member of the Editorial Board of Neuro-Oncology, and consultant to the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in the Division of Oncology Drug Products and Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee. He has served as an external advisor to brain tumor research programs of UCSF, MD Anderson, Cleveland Clinic, Adult Brain Tumor Consortium, Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, and Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative. He also has served as Co-Chair of the NCI Clinical Trials Management System Steering Committee and member of the NCI Operations Efficiency Working Group.
Dr. Buckner graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill in 1980. He served an internship and residency in internal medicine at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Buckner completed his fellowship in medical oncology at Mayo Clinic in 1985 and has since then been associated with Mayo Clinic. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Medical Oncology Subspecialty Board.