COL (Ret) Shriver is the Oliver H. Beahrs Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences (USUHS), and the Director of the Murtha Cancer Center / Research Program (MCC /
MCCRP) at the USUHS and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda. He is
also Director of the congressionally-mandated Clinical Breast Cancer Project (CBCP), a military-civilian
coalition providing excellent clinical care, cutting-edge breast cancer research, and an extensive
biorepository of human breast cancers and tissue that are used by researchers around the world.
COL (Ret) Shriver earned a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry (Cum Laude) from the Albright College in
Reading, Pennsylvania and an MD (Alpha Omega Alpha) from Temple University School of Medicine. COL
Shriver was commissioned into the U.S. Army Medical Corps in 1984. His postgraduate training included
his surgical internship and residency at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Shriver was selected
for advanced fellowship training in surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in
New York.