Melson named MD Anderson's chief financial officer

Experienced leader returns to MD Anderson after 12 years

BY Brette Peyton

MD Anderson welcomes Ben Melson as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 15. He previously worked at MD Anderson for six years, most of that time as CFO, before moving to Texas Children's Hospital, where he oversaw operating revenue growth over 12 years.

MD Anderson welcomes Bill Melson as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 15.

He previously worked at MD Anderson for six years, most of that time as CFO, before moving to Texas Children's Hospital, where he oversaw operating revenue growth over 12 years.

"Ben is a capable and experienced leader who is ideally suited to help us strengthen MD Anderson in the near term and set the stage for the institution to thrive in the long term," says Marshall Hicks, M.D., president ad interim.

Melson, who in the past year, has served on MD Anderson's institutional Audit Committee, says he is honored to return to the institution.

"I've been fortunate and blessed to have been the CFO of two world-class institutions in the Texas Medical Center, and it is an honor and privilege to come back to MD Anderson to join this wonderful team again," says Melson. "I'm extremely optimistic about the future and the trajectory of MD Anderson. We will continue to lead the nation in cancer care and cancer research, and will do so in a financially responsible manner as this institution continues Making Cancer History."

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