Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and Associate Director for Special Projects at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. In this role, Dr. Shulman helps lead the Cancer Quality Program and the strategic development of cancer services across 6 Penn hospitals and their associated ambulatory cancer centers. He is Director of the Center for Global Cancer Medicine at the Abramson Cancer Center and serves as Senior Oncology Advisor to the non-profit organization Partners In Health (PIH). The PIH mission includes the establishment of national cancer treatment programs with the Ministries of Health in Rwanda and Haiti, programs for which he plays a seminal leadership role. He also sits on the Vice Chancellor's Advisory Council for Rwanda's University for Global Health Equity. Through the Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Dr. Shulman helps lead the development of the national oncology program in Botswana. Dr Shulman is a member of the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and former Chair of the Commission on Cancer.