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PRESIDENT AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR


Jon Michnovicz, M.D., Ph.D. has dedicated his career as both a physician and biomedical researcher to preventive and developmental medicine. As the president of The Foundation for Preventive Oncology, Inc., Dr. Michnovicz supervises and conducts research into the interactions of diet, lifestyle, hormones and cancer. In the field of developmental disabilities, Dr. Michnovicz serves as Medical Director of the Center for Specialty Therapy of Young Adult Institute/National Institute for People with Disabilities. He also serves as Assistant Medical Director at United Cerebral Palsy of NYC, and Medical Director at HeartShare Human Services of New York.

In  April, 2002, Dr. Michnovicz was awarded a grant from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for a project entitled, "UCP/NYC's Breast Health Project for Women with Disabilities."

Dr. Michnovicz is a member of the American Society for Preventive Oncology, the American Institute of Nutrition, and the American Society for Clinical Nutrition. He has authored more than 50 scientific articles and abstracts in the field of nutritional chemoprevention. The results of his research have twice been published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, and have won international recognition.
Dr. Michnovicz has served on numerous governmental medical research committees. He was Chairman of the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Section of the US Army Breast Cancer Research Project, and Chairman of the Clinical Health Studies Section of the Army's Prostate Cancer Research Program. Dr. Michnovicz has been a Member of the Special Review Committee of the Diet and Cancer Branch of the National Cancer Institute. In 2000, Dr. Michnovicz was called upon to help determine the recipients of the National Cancer Institute's "Insight Awards to Stamp Out Breast Cancer."
Dr. Michnovicz is Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at New York University Medical Center and Attending Physician at Cabrini Medical Center.

 

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