Steven Libutti - Biography

Biography

Libutti grew up in Long Beach, New York and is the eldest child of Dennis and Phyllis Libutti. Libutti attended Long Beach High School and graduated in 1982. He then attended Harvard College and received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1986. Following college he attended the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha and received his M.D. degree in 1990. In 1990, he married Mary Douros (a physical therapist) the eldest child of Michael and Helen Douros. Libutti completed his surgical residency at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1995 and was selected to serve as the Chief Resident from 1994-1995. Following residency, he moved to the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and in 1996, he completed a fellowship in surgical oncology and endocrine surgery in the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute. He then joined the staff of the Surgery Branch in 1996 and became a tenured senior investigator and the section chief of the Tumor Angiogenesis Section in 2006. In 2007, Libutti was promoted to Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2009 Libutti was named the Director of the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Associate Director of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a tenured Professor of Surgery and Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York and a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Libutti is also The Marvin L. Gliedman, M.D. Distinguished Surgeon, an endowed position in the Department of Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. Libutti is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, and the Society of University Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Libutti and his wife Mary have 3 children, Christina, Melissa, and Michael. His sister, Eileen Libutti, is an accomplished attorney in New York.