Susanne M. Arnold, MD

Dr. Arnold is a Professor in Medical Oncology at the Markey Cancer Center with major research interests in experimental therapeutics and clinical and translational studies of lung and head and neck cancers, as well as population-based cancer research in environmental carcinogens and precision medicine. She has over 16 years of experience as a medical oncologist and clinical researcher, having written and conducted over 14 investigator-initiated clinical trials in lung and head and neck cancer. She serves on the Lung Cancer Committee for the Southwest Oncology Group, and was the national PI of S0618, and is the national PI of SWOG S1400 LUNG MAP Substudy K and of CTC 11-001. She has authored 62 original manuscripts, trained over 30 fellows and countless residents in medical oncology, and has over 19 years of experience collaborating with other clinicians, epidemiologists, behavior and basic scientists, utilizing cancer registry data and accumulated field research in rural Appalachia to study populations at high risk of developing lung cancer. She holds the position of the Markey Cancer Center’s Associate Director of Clinical Translation, and serves on the Executive Committee of the MCC Molecular Tumor Board, and is the Co-leader of the Lung, Head and Neck and Early Therapeutics Clinical Care and Research Teams.