Peter WT Pisters

Peter WT Pisters, MD, MHCM, has served as president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas since December 2017. A renowned cancer surgeon, researcher, professor and administrator, Dr. Pisters established his career at MD Anderson, serving over 20 years in faculty and senior leadership positions. He left MD Anderson to serve as president and CEO of the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada’s largest research hospital, before returning to MD Anderson. Dr. Pisters earned his medical degree at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario in Canada before completing his postgraduate work at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. In 2014, he received a master’s degree in health care administration at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

Dr. Pisters is on the Board of Directors for the Greater Houston Partnership and the CEO Roundtable on Cancer. He was recently named a Top CEO by Glassdoor and ranked third nationally out of 100 leaders on the Employees’ Choice Awards for the Top CEOs in 2021. The Houston Business Journal named him one of Houston’s Most Admired CEOs. He was also honored as CEO Communicator of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America’s Houston Chapter. In addition to being elected as a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas, he is also part of the Telluride Science Depot Advisory Board. In 2022, he received the Luminary Award from Texas Healthcare and Biosciences Institute for his work supporting the growth of the life and bioscience industry in Texas.