Victor Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Victor Lin is the Research Medical Director at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. He is a medical oncologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and provides physician leadership for the Cancer Center's clinical research and genetics programs. Dr. Lin completed his Sc.B. in Biochemistry with honors at Brown University before training in the NIH-supported Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), receiving both an MD and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology. After completing his training, he joined the Department of Medicine at UAB as an Instructor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology with a clinical focus on lung cancer and sarcoma and a research focus in precision oncology. He also served as the associate director of the UAB Molecular Tumor Board and was a member of the UAB MSTP Advisory Committee.