Deborah Schrag is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Schrag received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University where she studied the history of science.
[3] Schrag is noted for her work in comparing the efficacy of treatments for different forms of cancer.
She has examined how the timing of surgery impacts patient outcomes for women with a mutation in a BRCA gene.
[4][5] She led a research trial that examined the necessity of radiation therapy for rectal cancer patients.