Amit Mahipal is a Professor of Hematology and Oncology, at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and a Member of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. He completed his Ph.D. at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, and his M.S. at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. His primary area of research focus has been pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers. He has been part of the ALLIANCE cooperative group and is on the GI subcommittee of the ACCRUE trial group. Additionally, he serves on several committees at NRG.