Meet Richard Gorlick, M.D.
Richard Gorlick, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Division Head, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Department Chair, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Mosbacher Pediatrics Chair, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Director, Department of Pediatric Sarcoma Research Laboratory, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1990 | SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1987 | Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA, BS, Chemistry |
Board Certifications
| 1996 | American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology |
| 1993 | American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2010
Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1998 - 2004
Clinical Instructor, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1996 - 1998
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Executive Vice Chairman, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2014 - 2016
Medical Staff, Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, 2006 - 2016
Medical Staff, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY, 2006 - 2016
Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2005 - 2014
Division Chief, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2016
Director, Department of Sarcoma Research Laboratory, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2016
Member, Department of Albert Einstein Cancer Center, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2016
Assistant Attending Pediatrician, Memorial Hospital, New York, NY, 1998 - 2004
Director, Department of Pediatric Sarcoma Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1998 - 2004
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Medical Director, Happiness is Camping, Hardwick, NJ, 1998 - 2016
Institutional Committee Activities
Co-chair, Division Heads, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Member, APOLLO IAB, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - Present
Member, Shared Governance Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2016 - Present
Member, Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present
Member, Physician Referral Service Executive Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present
Member, Patent Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2015 - 2016
Member, Professors Committee on Appointments and Promotions, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2011 - 2013
Chair, Scientific and Advisory Review Council, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2011 - 2016
Member, Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2010 - 2016
Chair, Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2009 - 2016
Member, Steering Committee for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Annual Pediatric Research Day, Bronx, NY, 2009 - 2016
Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2009 - 2016
Member, Conflict of Interest Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2008 - 2014
Member, Stem Cell Institute Director Search Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2007 - 2008
Member, Associate Professors Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2007 - 2008
Member, Governance Council, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2007 - 2008
Chair, Governance Council, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2007 - 2008
Member, Scientific and Advisory Review Council, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2007 - 2009
Member, Pediatric Cardiology Division Chief Search Committee, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2006 - 2006
Chair, Pediatric Protocol Review Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2006 - 2016
Chair, AECC Clinical Research Advisory Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 2006 - 2016
Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2006 - 2016
Member, General Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2005 - 2008
Vice Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2005 - 2006
Member, Cancer Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2005 - 2016
Chair, Committee on Pediatric Academic Society Involvement, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2005 - 2016
Member, Oncology Protocol Review Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2006
Member, Cancer Center Steering Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 2004 - 2016
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Top Doctors in Texas |
| 2017 | Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor |
| 2016 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Saul R. Korey Award for Translational Research |
| 2016 | America's Most Honored Professionals Top 1% |
| 2015 | Sarcoma Foundation of America, Nobility in Science Award |
| 2014 | New York Magazine Top Doctor |
| 2013 | NY Metro Area Top Doctor |
| 2012 | Castle Connolly Top Doctor |
| 2010 | NY Metro Area Top Doctor |
| 1998 | The Society of MSKCC Award |
| 1998 | American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar Award |
| 1998 | American Society of Clinical Oncology Career Development Award |
| 1996 | American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award |
| 1996 | The Charles A. Dana Foundation Clinical Scholars Research Training Award |
| 1996 | Children’s Cancer Study Group Young Investigator Award |
| 1995 | The Laura Rosenberg Foundation Fellow |
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Osteosarcoma: Patient Derived Xenograft Preclinical Testing |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Circulating tumor DNA in patients with osteosarcoma |
| Funding Source: | New York Community Trust |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Characterizing Osteosarcoma from the Cell of Origin and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation |
| Funding Source: | Hyundai Hope on Wheels Foundation |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, Bone Tumor Resource Laboratory |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, Bone Tumor Disease Committee Chair |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | The Effect of Surgical Margins on Local Recurrence in Osteosarcoma |
| Funding Source: | New York Community Trust |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Osteosarcoma Laboratory Research Fellowship |
| Funding Source: | Swim Across America Foundation/FOSTER Foundation |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Scientific and Advisory Review Committee of the ICTR |
| Funding Source: | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences |
| Role: | Co-investigator, Chair, Scientific and Advisory Review Committee of the ICTR |
| Title: | American Society of Clinical Oncology Career Development Award |
| Funding Source: | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
| Role: | Project Leader |
| Title: | Subcontract, Bone Tumor Resource Laboratory |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI - Children's Cancer Group Chairman's Award |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Title: | Pediatric Solid Tumors Comprehensive Data Resource Core |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Awward |
| Funding Source: | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | The Charles A. Dana Foundation Clinical Scholars Research Training Award |
| Funding Source: | The Charles A. Dana Foundation |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Circulating tumor cells as a prognostic indicator in osteosarcoma, Society of MSKCC Translational Research Grant |
| Funding Source: | MSKCC |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Strategies to overcome antifolate resistance in leukemia |
| Funding Source: | Leukemia Society of America |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, Bone Tumor Resource Laboratory |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI - Children's Cancer Group Chairman's Award |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, HER2 Expression in Osteosarcoma - Children's Oncology Group Chairman's Award. Subcontract, Translational Research Award |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Defining the Therapeutic Target(s) of Antimetabolites in the Treatment of Mesothelioma |
| Funding Source: | Baker Street Foundation |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Preclinical drug testing, Molecular Targeting of Developmental Cancers in Children |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, Osteossarcoma PDX models, Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Developing Target Therapy for Osteosarcoma - Investigator Award |
| Funding Source: | Swim Across America |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | IGF, VEGF and MET pathways in Osteosarcoma - Investigator Award |
| Funding Source: | FOSTER Foundation |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Pre-clinical Studies of 1GF-1 Receptor Antibody Combination Therapy for Osteosarcoma - Developmental Therapeutics Award |
| Funding Source: | Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Subcontract, Preclinical Study of Anti-PD-I Antibody in Combination with 5-Azacytidine in Mouse Models of Osteosarcoma |
| Funding Source: | The Sunshine Project |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Efficacy of lenvatinib and everolimus in osteosarcoma PDX models, Sponsored Research |
| Funding Source: | Eisai Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified March 19, 2024