Director, CCR Office of Surgeon-Scientist Career Development
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Dr. Martha Zeiger is the Director of the Center for Cancer Research's Office of Surgeon-Scientist Career
Development. As Director, she leads a team studying and designing future pathways for the professional
development of surgeon-scientists in the United States. Dr. Zeiger is an internationally renowned leader
in endocrine surgery, an expert in the molecular aspects of thyroid cancer and an experienced academic
leader. She received her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her medical degree from the
University of Vermont College of Medicine. After serving in the United States Navy, she completed her
general surgical residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Thereafter she worked as a
Commander and attending surgeon at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She
then completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship, focusing on endocrine surgery at the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine.
At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Zeiger was Chief of Endocrine Surgery, established an endocrine surgery fellowship
program, and directed an NIH-funded molecular biology laboratory for over 20 years. She also served as
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs. Dr. Zeiger has also held numerous national leadership positions.
She has served as Presidents of both The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and The American
Thyroid Association. She was The S. Hurt Watts Professor and Chair of Surgery at the University of
Virginia School of Medicine prior to joining The Surgical Oncology Program at NCI, NIH.
The State of the Surgeon-Scientist
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
10:00am – 10:45am ET
Surgeons Leading Outside of the OR: Creating Your Leadership Path in Cancer Research
Thursday, March 21, 2024
2:00pm – 3:00pm ET