Dr. Stephen J. Forman, F.A.C.P., is the Francis and Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation at City of Hope and an international expert in leukemia, lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation. He joined City of Hope’s hematology and bone marrow transplantation program in 1978, becoming the chair in 1987. Forman is the program co-leader for City of Hope’s NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Hematologic Malignancies Program and is the director of the T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory, which is focused on developing immunotherapy treatments for both hematologic malignancy and solid tumors. An international leader in the field of hematologic cancer and bone marrow transplantation, Forman is co-editor of Thomas’ Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, the definitive textbook for scientists and health care professionals.