Professor of Oncology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Dr. Lei Zheng is currently the executive director of Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, at The University of Texas San Antonio Health Science Center and also serve as Vice President for Oncology for the University of Texas San Antonio Health Science Center, the Mays Family Foundation Distinguished University Presidential Chair of Oncology for Director of CTRC, and Professor with Tenure in the Department of Medicine and Department of Molecular Medicine in the Long School of Medicine (LSOM).
In the last 15 years, he has been Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Oncology and Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He served as Associate Cancer Center Director for Precision Medicine and Assistant Cancer Center Director for Translational Research and overseed the precision medicine research and practice in cancer diseases for the Cancer Center. He was also Director for the Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Cancer Laboratories Program and Director of the Pancreatic Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence. His primary laboratory research focus is on the identification of new targets and strategy for pancreatic cancer immunotherapies by dissecting tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer. He remain as adjunct professor of oncology and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
9:42 AM - 9:49 AM MST