Jim Hu, MD, MPH, is the Director of the LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery and the Ronald P. Lynch Chair in Urologic Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College, with his undergraduate degree in Economics, his Masters in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University, and his Medical Degree from Baylor College of Medicine. His comparative effectiveness research interests have been funded by the Department of Defense, National Cancer Institute and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and his areas of clinical and research expertise include prostate and kidney cancer. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed papers.