Richard Pazdur is an American oncologist serving as the founding director of the Oncology Center of Excellence within the Food and Drug Administration.
He was previously the director of the FDA's Office of Hematology Oncology Products from 1999 to 2005.
[2][1] Pazdur is best known for growing the FDA oncology center from a small generalized division to over hundreds of oncologists across a number of specialties.
He was credited with achieving faster approval times for cancer drugs.
[4] Pazdur met his wife Mary, an oncology nurse practitioner, while training at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.