Carlos Cordon-Cardo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Carlos Cordon-Cardo
Occupation	Oncologist
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1957(1957-02-25)
Age	67
Birthplace	Calella
Country	Spain
Birth City	Catalonia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Carlos Cordon-Cardo Biography

Carlos Cordon-Cardo is one of the most popular and richest Oncologist who was born on February 25, 1957 in Calella, Catalonia, Spain. Carlos Cordon-Cardo, a Spanish-born American scientist and physician, was born in 1957. He is the Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s “Irene Heinz Given” and “John LaPorte Given” Chair in Pathology.

Cordon-Cardo married Alicia Bouzan in 1990. Alicia Bouzan Cordon, a breast cancer survivor who was active in a variety of cancer charities, died in 2009 after succumbing to a rare lung disease. They had two children together. Cordon-Cardo was himself a colon cancer survivor, which was a result of a genetic predisposition. He wrote an article in 2006 about his experiences in an attempt to erase the stigma surrounding cancer in Spain. He won an award from Spanish Society of Oncology for the article. It highlighted the resources available to cancer patients.

Considered one of the pioneers in oncologic molecular pathology and the mechanisms of tumor suppression, Cordon-Cardo has authored or co-authored over 500 academic papers and numerous book chapters. He is on the Thomson ISI list of the top 250 researchers in Clinical Medicine and in 2013 was named to the list compiled by Stanford University and SciTech Strategies of the world’s 400 most influential bio-medical scientists.

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Many of the findings from CordonCardo’s research at Sloan Kettering had implications for the treatment or experimental of cancer. They have also led to personalized treatments for cancers of genitourinary systems. Cordon- Cardo’s 1989 research showed that P-glycoprotein is not only present in cancer cells. Instead, it was believed that the protein is found in normal cells. Cancer cells can exploit this to survive chemotherapy. He was one of the first to demonstrate that the mutated gene (RB), which causes childhood cancer retinoblastoma, is also present in adults with sarcomas and no history. The poor clinical outcome was also associated with the adult cancers containing the mutated gene. In 1994, he collaborated with Arnold J. Levine to show how mutations in the gene that regulates the tumor suppressor protein p53 can cause cancer. This is because it inactivates all of the normal p53 and allows cancer cells to grow uncontrollably. Cordon-Cardo’s 1997 study found that tumors with mutated RB and p53 become very aggressive and resistant.

Carlos Cordon-Cardo Net Worth

Carlos Cordon-Cardo is one of the richest Oncologist from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlos Cordon-Cardo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cordon-Cardo was raised in Calella, a coastal town in the Province. He was determined from a young age to study pathology and medicine. In 1975, he enrolled at the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s medical school and was awarded his MD in 1980. He was encouraged by his mentor at the university, and received a fellowship from Spain’s Government. He then attended Cornell University Medical College to study genetics, cell biology, and pathology.

Cordon-Cardo received his PhD in 1985 from Cornell with his dissertation Immunoanatomic dissection of the Normal Human Adult Kidney. In 1995, Cordon–Cardo was appointed a research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in immunopathology. Cordon-Cardo worked at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for more than 20 years. He created the division of molecular pathology and was its first director. He joined Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2006 as Chernow Professor of Clinical Urological Sciences and Professor of Cell Biology in the Institute for Cancer Genetics. He remained at Columbia University until 2011, when he transferred to Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the “Irene Heinz Given” and John LaPorte Given Professor of Pathology.

In 2006 Cordon-Cardo was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in 2012 received the Cornell Medical College Distinguished Alumni Award “in recognition of distinguished, lifelong contributions to biomedical research and education.”

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Carlos Ranked on the list of most popular Oncologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Carlos Cordon-Cardo celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.