Tom Beer, M.D.
Biography
Dr. Tomasz (Tom) Beer serves as Chief Medical Officer for Multi-Cancer Early Detection at Exact Sciences Corporation since August 2022. Dr. Beer also serves as Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, where he sees men with prostate cancer. Until August 2022, Dr. Beer was the Grover C. Bagby Endowed Chair for Prostate Cancer Research at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, where he led the Prostate Cancer Research Program, encompassing basic research, translational research, clinical trials of novel therapeutic strategies in prostate cancer, and studies aimed at enhancing cancer survivorship. He has authored or co-authored more than 280 peer reviewed articles, including investigations of targeted therapies and immunotherapies in prostate cancer, among them vitamin D receptor agonists, androgen receptor antagonists, PSMA targeted radiopharmaceuticals, clustering targeting agents as well as cancer vaccines, CTLA-4 and PD-1 inhibitors, and others. He led the global randomized trial of enzalutamide vs. placebo that demonstrated substantial improvements in overall and progression-free survival as well as quality of life and served as the basis for a global change in the standard of care for advanced prostate cancer. Dr. Beer also served as Deputy Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer institute, and NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and Chief Medical Officer for the Center for Early Detection Advanced Research (CEDAR) within the Knight where he worked closely with a diverse leadership team to speed advances in the early detection of lethal cancers. At CEDAR, Dr. Beer fostered collaborations between clinicians, engineers, and cancer biologists to advance discoveries in early detection of cancer and lead clinical trials of multi-omic blood-based cancer early detection tests.