Peter Marks received his graduate degree in cell and molecular biology and his medical degree at New York University and completed Internal Medicine residency and Hematology/Medical Oncology training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He has worked in academic settings teaching and caring for patients and in industry on drug development and is an author or co-author of over 125 publications. He joined the FDA in 2012 as Deputy Center Director for CBER and became Center Director in 2016, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.