Lawrence Fong, MD Genitourinary Cancer Specialist and Professor of Medicine Biography Lawrence Fong, MD, is the Bezos Distinguished Scholar at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where he directs the Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center since 2024. Previously, he was a distinguished professor at the University of California, San Francisco, where he founded and led the Cancer Immunotherapy Program. He also was the Co-Director of the Parker Institute of Cancer Immunotherapy at UCSF and co-led the Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy Program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is a physician-scientist in the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division directing a translational research program, a research lab, and the Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic. Dr. Fong has been involved in both pre-clinical and clinical studies of multiple immunotherapies including sipuleucel-T and immune checkpoint inhibitors that are now FDA-approved. This work includes first-in-human trials with cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors. His research examines the mechanisms that underlie clinical response and resistance to immunotherapies. Dr. Fong holds a BA in economics from Columbia University and a medical degree from Stanford University. He completed internal medicine and oncology subspecialty training at University of Washington and Stanford University, respectively. He is the recipient of an NIH Outstanding Investigator Award and an elected member of the Board for the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Education & Training 1988: Columbia University, New York, NY, BA, Pre-Med., Economics 1992: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, MD 1994: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Internal Medicine Residency 1997: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, Oncology Fellowship Awards & Honors 2003: V Foundation Scholar 2002: American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Training Award 1997: American Association for Cancer Research AFLAC Award; American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award; American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award 1993: Alpha Omega Alpha 1990: Stanford Alumni Medical Scholar