Professor of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology at Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, NRG Oncology Deputy Director for Communications and Publications. Training & Education: B.A. Yale University – 1971; M.D. VCU – 1975; Ph.D. VCU – 1978. General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Western Infirmary (Glasgow) 1978-1983; Fellowship in Surgical Oncology VCU 1983-1984. Dr. Bear is an expert in the treatment of breast cancer. His research interests include immuno-oncology, immunotherapy, translational research and breast cancer clinical trials. He has played a key role in NSABP and NRG Oncology studies of neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer. He was honored by the NSABP in 2009 with the Distinguished Investigator Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Bear has a long record of NIH/NCI funding and has been co-principal investigator on an NCI Community Oncology Research Program grant since 2014. With over 200 peer reviewed articles and over 100 abstracts, his work has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and other prestigious journals.