Affiliations: Caris Life Sciences, Irving TX

Areas of specialization: breast cancer, medical oncology, biologic treatments for breast cancer

Dr. Sledge is executive vice president and chief medical officer of Caris Life Sciences. Before joining Caris, he was professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine where he served as a member of the Division of Oncology and co-director of the Stanford Cancer Institute's Cancer Therapeutics Program. From 2013 to 2020, he served as chief of the Division of Oncology. Trained in internal medicine and medical oncology, Dr. Sledge has devoted his professional career to understanding the biology and improving the treatment of breast cancer. He is active as both a laboratory and clinical researcher, with more than 390 scientific publications.