Martine Extermann, MD, PhD
Dr. Extermann is Associate Professor of Oncology and Medicine at the University of South Florida. She is an Attending Physician in the Senior Adult Oncology Program at Moffitt Cancer Center. She earned her medical diploma and her medical PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Extermann has a Swiss Board Certification in Internal Medicine, specialty Oncology-Hematology. In 2006 she was also certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She has worked at Moffitt since 1994 and has been a Faculty member since 1997. Her research focuses on cancer in the elderly. Her main areas of investigation are comorbidity, comprehensive assessment, and prediction/prevention of treatment toxicity in older cancer patients.
She served as Chair of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group’s Subcommittee on Aging (presently as co-Chair). She was also chair of the CGA task force of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), of which she is also a founding board member. Dr. Extermann was elected President of SIOG for the fall term (2008 to 2010). She served on the ASCO Education and Scientific Program Committees, and presently serves on the Committee on Special Populations Advisory Board of the South West Oncology Group (SWOG).
Dr. Extermann was presented at ASCO 2009 with the B.J. Kennedy Award for Scientific Excellence in Geriatric Oncology.
