Robert L. Coleman, MD
Professor & Vice-Chair, Clinical Research
Ann Rife Cox Chair in Gynecology
Department of Gynecologic Oncology
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Robert L. Coleman, MD is professor of gynecologic oncology and vice-chair of clinical research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr Coleman received his doctor of medicine degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and completed his obstetrics/gynecology residency at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr Coleman completed his fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr Coleman’s research interests include novel therapeutics for ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancer, clinical trial development and statistical design, surgical innovations, and graduate education. He is the institution’s Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) principal investigator (PI) and is PI or co-PI for several GOG prospective clinical trials including a national, multicenter, randomized trial evaluating chemotherapy and surgery for recurrent ovarian cancer, several trials of novel chemotherapeutics and biologics in cancers of the ovary, cervix, and uterus, and 2 trials evaluating lymphatic mapping for gynecologic malignancies. He currently is a co-project leader for the MDACC Ovarian SPORE, the MDACC Uterine SPORE, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, and the Marcus Foundation, each of which is sponsoring novel therapeutics trials in gynecologic cancers.

Dr Coleman has authored and coauthored over 400 scientific publications, including over 130 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, monographs, invited articles and textbooks including, The Handbook of Gynecologic Oncology, Clinical Lymphatic Mapping in Gynecologic Cancers, and Prognostic and Predictive Factors in Gynecological Cancers. Dr Coleman serves as the chairman of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology Research Administration Committee and is a member of the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program Executive Committee. Dr Coleman is also a member of the board for the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation. In June 2010 he was appointed to the Ann Rife Cox Chair in Gynecology and is a member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center's Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA.