Dr. Ettinger is The Alex Grass Professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also Professor of Medicine, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics and Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences. He is Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins.

A graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1967, Dr. Ettinger completed his medical internship and residency at the Albany Medical Center and Mayo Clinic, respectively. Dr. Ettinger completed his training in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins in 1975, and since then, has been on the faculty of the School of Medicine.

He has been a chairman of the Thoracic Committee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (1980 - 1982) and since 1990 he has been chairman of the Medical Oncology Lung Subcommittee of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Dr. Ettinger is an investigator on the Hopkins SPORE grant for lung cancer. He is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Board of Directors as well as a member of the NCCN Guidelines Steering Committee, and has been chairman of its non-small cell lung cancer practice guidelines panel, antiemetic practice guidelines panel and occult primary tumor practice guidelines panel.

From 1982-1990 he was principal investigator of the phase I studies of new anticancer agents contract from the NCI. Dr. Ettinger is a past President of the Maryland Division of the American Cancer Society. In 1997 he received the American Cancer Societies highest national divisional award, the St. George Medal. His interest is in new drug development and innovative multidisciplinary treatment strategies in lung cancer and sarcomas.

In addition, he has had a long interest in improving supportive care measures associated with cancer and its treatment. He has authored or co-authored over 190 papers and edited a book entitled, “Thoracic Oncology,” and is an editor of the journal “Current Treatment Options in Oncology.”