James F. Fleck is a full professor of clinical oncology with 35 years of experience in cancer patient’s care. A graduate from the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, he completed his professional training both in Brazil and the United States of America, including medical residency, fellowship in clinical oncology and PhD. Driven by a charismatic leadership, he brings accumulated experience in public and private health systems, advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, clinical trial methodology and IT applied to health care. During his academic career, he participated in the training of 3,500 medical students at the graduate and postgraduate levels, educated and trained 105 clinical oncology fellows, gave 1,000 lectures, wrote six books and published 500 articles/editorials.