Marc J. Straus, MD, FACP grew up in Long Island and Brooklyn, New York. He attended Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa, which he graduated from in three years. He then attended SUNY Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn, NY followed by a residency in medicine at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and two fellowships in cancer research and clinical oncology at The National Cancer Institute, in Bethesda, Md.

He was academic chairman of oncology at major university programs and then the head of a major multi-specialty medical practice in New York.

He has published voluminously in many fields: science, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, and art and is the recipient of awards as a poet, scientist, clinician and humanist.

Marc is married with two children.



Marc Straus is available for poetry readings and interviews. Contact Marc at marcstraus@hotmail.com.