Dr. Matthew Gubens, MD, MS, FASCO is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, where he practices as a thoracic medical oncologist and serves as Medical Director of Thoracic Medical Oncology. He is also Chair of the UCSF Cancer Center Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee which oversees scientific review of clinical cancer research at the institution. Dr. Gubens is Immediate Past Chair of the ASCO Evidence Based Medicine Committee which oversees the ASCO Guidelines program, and he also co-chairs the ASCO Thoracic Guideline Advisory Group. Dr. Gubens serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network panels for non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, and thymic malignancies. He is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Northern California Oncologists. Dr Gubens completed his BA at Yale, his MS at the Harvard School of Public Health, and his MD at Stanford, and trained in internal medicine residency at UCSF and then medical oncology at Stanford.