Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, MD, is the Chief of the Gynecology Service and Founder’s Chair in Gynecologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He also serves Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Abu-Rustum received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Maryland and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Abu-Rustum’s clinical research focuses on innovative surgical approaches, precision surgery including sentinel node mapping, improved localization and visualization of tumors, fertility-sparing surgery, surgery for recurrent malignancy, and laparoscopy. He also has numerous contributions to the field of gynecologic cancer surgery for which in 2017 he received the Society of Gynecologic Oncology SGO Innovation Award for his work on sentinel node mapping of uterine cancer. In his current role at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he is actively involved in the development and improvement of surgical techniques and oversees surgical research programs. Over the years he built collaborations with numerous gynecologic oncology teams worldwide and in 2019 he was awarded the AGO Austria Wertheim award, and in 2021 the IGCS Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Abu-Rustum is Chair of the NCCN Cervical/Uterine/Vulva/GTD Cancers Panels and has served as a member of the Gynecologic Oncology Group Cervix Committee and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education. He is president-elect for the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS). He has authored or co-authored more than 450 publications and is co-author to numerous book chapters and three textbooks in gynecologic oncology. He has worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for more than 26 years and is in full-time practice of gynecologic oncology in New York.