David S. Ettinger, MD, is the Alex Grass Professor of Oncology and Professor of Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ettinger has served as a consultant for dozens of organizations. He is widely published and has authored or co-authored more than 200 articles for journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Cancer.
Dr. Ettinger is a member of the NCCN Lung Cancer Screening Panel and Chair of the NCCN Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Panel, Thymic Carcinomas Panel, Occult Primary Cancers Panel, and Antiemesis Panel. He is a member of the editorial board for JNCCN and serves as a member of several committees and advisory boards for the NCCN Oncology Research Program. Dr. Ettinger also serves as the Chair of the NCCN Guidelines Steering Committee. He also serves on the NCCN International Program Steering Committee, the NCCN Educational Programs Advisory Committee, and the NCCN Board of Directors.
The ideas and viewpoints expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily represent any policy, position, or program of NCCN.