Stephen B. Howell, M.D.

Stephen B. Howell, M.D., (specialty, Cancer Pharmacology) is a medical oncologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is Director of the Clinical Investigations and Development Therapeutics and Cancer Pharmacology programs of the UCSD Cancer Center, and is an expert in cancer drug development and drug delivery. He is the author of more than 280 publications in the field of cancer chemotherapy.

Dr. Howell received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and then served in the U.S. Public Health Service as a research associate at the National Cancer Institute. Following a senior residency at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Howell completed training in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. He joined the UCSD faculty in 1977.