Peter Voorhees, MD, is Director of Outreach and Clinical Operations for Hematologic Malignancies and a Member of the Plasma Cells Disorder Program at the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Voorhees is an internationally recognized thought leader in multiple myeloma whose research focuses on the clinical development of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. He is board certified in Hematology and a member of the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology and International Myeloma Working Group. He is also a member of the Multiple Myeloma Committee of the Alliance Cooperative Group. He has published numerous original articles, reviews and book chapters in multiple myeloma. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan, continued his postgraduate studies with an internal medicine residency/chief residency at the University of Wisconsin, and completed a hematology-oncology fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining the Levine Cancer Institute, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he led their Multiple Myeloma Program.

Myeloma survivor, patient advocate, wife, mom of 6. Believer that patients can help accelerate a cure by weighing in and participating in clinical research. Founder of the HealthTree Foundation.