The Keystone Program in Epigenetics and Progenitor Cells

Jonathan Chernoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Leader, Keystone Program in Epigenetics and Progenitor Cells

Jonathan Chernoff, MD, PhD is a Professor and Chief Scientific Officer for Fox Chase Cancer Center. In recognition of his national reputation in molecular oncology and biochemistry, Dr. Chernoff also holds the Stanley P. Reimann Chair in Oncology. Chernoff joined the staff in 1991 as an associate member and was promoted to member with tenure in 1996. In 2002 he was promoted to be a senior member (professor) in Fox Chase Cancer Center's Basic Science division. A molecular oncologist as well as a board-certified medical oncologist, Chernoff has a special interest in factors that control cell growth and movement, including oncogenes and anticancer or tumor-suppressor genes, and has made fundamental contributions in this research. Chernoff earned his MD and his PhD in biochemistry in 1984 at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, a clinical fellowship in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center and a clinical fellowship in hematology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He then held a postdoctoral fellowship in cellular and developmental biology at Harvard University before coming to Fox Chase.