John H Stewart IV is currently the Chair of Surgery and Associate Dean for Oncology Programs at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He holds the position of Professor with tenure in the Department of Surgery. He received his medical degree from Howard University and completed his general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He completed fellowships in surgical oncology, tumor immunology, and molecular oncology at the National Cancer Institute. His current clinical interests are in general surgical oncology with a focus on melanoma, as well as gastrointestinal, and peritoneal surface malignancies. He has been recognized by both the National Cancer Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with funded awards for his research efforts on cancer-killing viruses. He has served as Chief of Surgery at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital. He also served as a member of the Division of Advanced Oncologic and Gastrointestinal Surgery at Duke University. Before Duke University, he served as the Vice Chair of the Wake Forest School of Medicine at the Wake Forest University of Medicine. He has served on numerous health advisory committees and was recently elected as a director for the American Board of Surgery. His research has been published in countless peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the Journal of Immunotherapy, Annals of Surgical Oncology, etc.