Dr Morton Coleman has been an Attending Physician at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He was the Director of the Center for Lymphoma and Myeloma, the chairman of the Medical Affiliates Board of the Lymphoma Research Foundation, President of the New York Cancer Society, the chairman of Clinical Research Alliance, among many prestigious appointments. He has served on numerous scientific boards. Dr Coleman has received numerous awards including those from the Cure for Lymphoma Foundation, the Lymphoma Research Foundation, The Waldenstrom's Foundation, Cornell University and Old Dominion University among others. He has authored hundreds of publications primarily in myeloma, lymphoma, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Among his many seminal observations were the development of the standard of care for Hodgkin disease for over 40 years, the first use of effective novel agents in myeloma, metronomic therapy for hematologic diseases, and the use of combination monoclonal antibody therapy, among others. He founded the Lymphoma, Leukemia, and Myeloma Conference a quarter of a century ago.