Leonard Saltz

Leonard Saltz is a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering who became a prominent advocate for cancer drug pricing reform after his landmark 2015 ASCO plenary presentation highlighting the unsustainable trajectory of oncology drug costs. His research comparing clinical benefit with drug prices has demonstrated wide variability in the value proposition of cancer treatments. His advocacy has been credited with catalyzing the oncology community to engage with drug pricing as a professional responsibility and has influenced ASCO value framework development.