Dedicated to optimizing cancer treatment outcomes and bringing the patient voice into product development, Steve Shak, MD, has served as the Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Genomic Health since 2012 and was the Chief Medical Officer from 2000–2013. Under Steve’s leadership, Genomic Health used innovative molecular diagnostic methods and rigorous clinical studies to develop the Oncotype DX® breast cancer and colon cancer assays and has maintained an 80% product development success rate. Steve has been a leader in personalized medicine for more than two decades.
Prior to co-founding Genomic Health in 2000, Steve served for 14 years in various roles in Discovery Research and Medical Affairs at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to using human genetic information to discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. Steve led the clinical team that gained approval for Herceptin®, a targeted biologic treatment for breast cancer. He also initiated the cancer clinical trials of the anti-angiogenesis agent, Avastin®.
In addition, Steve discovered Pulmozyme® (dornase alfa), a mucus-dissolving enzyme that is approved worldwide for the treatment of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis.
Prior to joining Genentech, Steve was an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at New York University School of Medicine.
Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Amherst College and an MD from New York University School of Medicine and completed his post-doctoral training at University of California, San Francisco.
