Dr. Howard L. Kaufman is founder and Co-Director of the Columbia University Melanoma Center, attending physician at The New York Presbyterian- Columbia University Medical Center, chief of surgical oncology, and associate professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has conducted numerous clinical research trials on vaccines for cancer, lectures widely on cancer treatment and has published more than 100 articles in the field of tumor immunology and immunotherapy. He lives in New York City.