Philip T. Cagle

received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, USA, in 1981. He subsequently specialized in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Baylor College of Medicine (1981-1985). After completing his fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in 1987, he returned to the Baylor College of Medicine where he has been a professor in the Department of Pathology since 2000. In 2004, Dr. Cagle became the director of Pulmonary Pathology at Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas. He is a general surgical pathologist with a special interest in pulmonary pathology - his research focuses on predictive and prognostic biomarkers in lung cancer. Dr. Cagle has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, is the editor of 15 textbooks and the series editor for 3 book series.