Keith I. Block, MDMedical & Scientific Director
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Residency – Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
MD – University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL
BS – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
AUTHOR
- Life Over Cancer, a book outlining the Block program and setting the standard in integrative cancer treatment
- Numerous book chapters on cancer, integrative cancer treatment, nutrition and more
- Numerous articles and studies in healthcare publications and peer-reviewed journals
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
Member – Physician Data Query (PDQ) Cancer Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Editorial Board, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (2005-present)
Member – Advisory Panel for Unconventional Cancer Treatments (Alternative and Adjunctive Cancer Therapies), Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington, DC (1987-90)
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Assistant Professor – Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL (2005-2012)
Medical Preceptor – Family Practice Curriculum Preceptorship Program, Rush Medical College/Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL (2000)
Clinical Assistant Professor – Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (1998-2005)
Medical Preceptor – Extern Program, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL (1998-2012)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy – Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (1997-present)
Medical Preceptor – Longitudinal Primary Care Program, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL (1992-2012)
Medical Preceptor – Summer Program: Physicians for the 21st Century; Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL (1990)
Clinical Instructor – Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL (1988-98)
Medical Preceptor – University of Illinois College of Medicine residents and students through Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, IL (1987, 88)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Guest Editor – A Broad-Spectrum Integrative Design for Cancer Prevention and Therapy. Seminars in Cancer Biology Volume 35 Supplement. (Dec. 2015)
Co-Chair and Guest Editor – The Halifax Project Workshop 2 – A Broad-Spectrum Integrative Design for Cancer Prevention and Therapy (2013)
Chair – Scientific Program Committee, Society for Integrative Oncology Eighth International Conference (2011)
Member – Scientific Advisory Board, The Israel Society for Integrative and Complementary Medicine (2011)
Reviewer – Community Clinical Oncology Program, National Cancer Institute (2011)
Member – Clinical Practice Committee, Society for Integrative Oncology (2010-present)
Board Member – Society for Integrative Oncology (2010-12)
Member – Steering Committee, Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, representative for the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. (The Consortium Steering Committee is comprised of one representative from each of the 39 member institutions.) (2009-2011)
Director of Integrative Medical Education – Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL (2008-10)
Editor-in-Chief – Integrative Cancer Therapies, a peer-reviewed journal published by Sage Science Press; available in Medline since 2003 (2000-present)
Member – Editorial Review Board, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Santa Fe, NM (1999-2002)
Member – Editorial Review Board, Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health. Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI. (1998-2005)
Member – Chicago Committee on Continuing Medical Education, Department of Continuing Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL (1998-2008)
Faculty Member – Functional Foods for Health Program; a Joint Program of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign (1994-2004)
Member – Editorial Advisory Board. Vegetarian Times, Oak Park, IL and Stamford, CT (1994-2004)
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Presence Saint Hospital and Medical Center, Evanston, IL
Staff Physician – with Associate Status, Integrative Medicine (2003-present)
Member – Cancer Committee (2005-present)
Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Staff Physician with Associate Status in the Department of Family Practice (2000-present)
Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL
Staff Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine (1994-present)
