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Master of Advanced Studies in Precision Medicine Therapeutics in Oncology MAS in PMTO
  1. Precision Medicine Therapeutics in Oncology
  2. Faculty
  3. Kenneth A. Kern, MD, MPH, MS, MBEE, FACS, FSSO

Kenneth A. Kern, MD, MPH, MS, MBEE, FACS, FSSO

Executive Medical Director, Early Development Head, and Global Clinical Lead, Pfizer Inc.

Kenneth A. Kern, MD, MPH, MS, MBEE, FACS, FSSO

Dr. Kenneth Kern is an Executive Medical Director, Early Development Head, and Global Clinical Lead at Pfizer Inc. (La Jolla, CA) in the Division of Early Oncology Drug Development and Clinical Research. Dr. Kern has 18 years of experience in the development of new oncology drugs, involving nearly 15 small molecules and immunologic agents, throughout all phases of clinical trials.

Dr. Kern is an alumnus of the following institutions: University of California, Berkeley (Department of Biochemistry); Harvard Medical School; Johns Hopkins Hospital (Department of Surgery); National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health (Surgery Branch).

He holds three Master's Degrees in the following fields: Public Health (MPH), Regulatory Affairs-Drug Development (MS), and Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (MBEE), in addition to Regulatory Affairs Certificate (RAC) for the United States. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and the Society for Surgical Oncology (SSO).

Dr. Kern holds the Certificate of Management Excellence, Harvard Business School, Executive Education; the Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Strategy, and Innovation from the MIT Sloan School for Executive Education; and a certificate from the Program for Leadership Development (Executive MBA), Harvard Business School, Executive Education. Dr. Kern teaches a course each year on pharmaceutical drug development at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Kern is on the Board of Directors of the Devil Pups Youth Program for America, which takes place each summer in conjunction with the US Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California. Since 2015 he has served as a Role Model and Motivational Speaker for over 5,000 teenagers, largely from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is the author of the book on Amazon, "Underdog Leadership: How to Succeed When Outmanned, Outresourced, and Outgunned". He has also written a book on better study habits for teenagers called, "Cracking the Study Code: 101 Ways to Raise Your Grades, Now!". As a science fiction fan, he has also written a novella involving artificial life called "The Remortal and Me".