Julian Schink, M.D., is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. In 2006, he was named Medical Director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. He is a member of the Gynecologic Oncology Group, and has been a principal investigator of cooperative group clinical trials investigating ovarian cancer chemotherapy and gestational trophoblastic disease. He is a member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, having served as Chair of the Education Committee, Allied Support Group Committee, and as Vice President of the Society.

Dr. Schink earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency at Northwestern University and his gynecologic-oncology fellowship at UCLA. He served on the faculty at UCLA and at University of Wisconsin where he served as Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1995 until 2004. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in November 2004 to assume leadership of the Gynecologic Oncology Program and in 2006 became the Associate Director for Clinical Affairs in the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Schink is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and has been the recipient of numerous academic awards. Four times, Woodward/White has named him one of the Best Doctors in America. In addition, both Good Housekeeping Magazine and Ladies Home Journal have named Dr. Schink one of the nation's Best Doctors for Women.