Rick Baehner

Rick Baehner, M.D., has served as our chief medical officer, Precision Oncology since Exact Sciences’ acquisition of Genomic Health in November 2019. Dr. Baehner joined Genomic Health in 2005 and was named chief medical officer in 2018.

Dr. Baehner provides over 15 years of medical, pathology, product development, and management expertise to Exact Sciences Precision Oncology business. Dr. Baehner is also a professor in the department of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco with subspecialty expertise in cytology, breast, and molecular pathology. He directed the Hellen Diller Molecular & Immunohistochemistry Core Laboratory for 10 years.

Dr. Baehner is active in several medical associations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), and the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and he served on the CAP Immunohistochemistry and Technology Assessment Committees.

Dr. Baehner holds his Medical Doctorate from the University of Kansas, School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from the University of Kansas. Dr. Baehner trained at the University of California, San Francisco and is boarded in anatomic and clinical pathology. He completed fellowship training programs in surgical pathology, hematopathology, and cytology.