Harold Freeman

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About Harold Freeman

PRESENT POSITIONSPresident and Founder of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention in New York CitySenior Advisor to the Director of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MDChief Architect of the American Cancer Society initiative on Cancer in the PoorDirector of Howard UniversityDiplomat of the American Board of SurgeryProfessor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsFellow of the American College of SurgeonsMedical Director of the Breast Examination Center of Harlem, a program of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, since 1979Trustee of Howard University Hospital since 1993Elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997PAST POSITIONSChief of Surgery and President of the Cancer Center at North General HospitalFounding Director of the National Cancer Institute Center (NCI) to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities also Associate Director of NCI during that timeServed as President and Chief Executive Officer of North General Hospital in New York CityServed as National President of the American Cancer Society, 1988-1989Served as Chairman of the President's Cancer Panel, having been appointed for four terms, first by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, and by President Clinton in 1994, 1997, and as Director of Surgery at Harlem Hospital Center for 25 years