Christopher E. Desch, MD, is the National Medical Director of the NCCN and Co-Editor in Chief of JNCCN. As National Medical Director, Dr. Desch serves as the clinical leader for the broad spectrum of NCCN programs, including the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™. Dr. Desch previously served as hematologist/oncologist and Research Director for Virginia Cancer Institute. He is Chair of the Health Services Committee at the American Society of Clinical Oncology and has been a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Hematology, and the Virginia Society of Hematology/Oncology.