Eric H Bernicker, MD, is a medical oncologist and currently serves as the head of Thoracic Medical Oncology at the Houston Methodist Cancer Center (HMCC) in Houston, Texas. He is the principal investigator and co-investigator of multiple clinical trials at HMCC. He also serves on the tobacco control subcommittee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Cancer Prevention Committee and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s tobacco control and smoking cessation committee. Dr. Bernicker is the medical director of Houston Methodist’s Smoking cessation program, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, chairman of the Houston Methodist Hospital Cancer Committee, and the liaison for the American Society of Clinical Oncology's quality program, Quality Oncology Practice Initiative. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

Dr. Bernicker completed his medical training, a residency in internal medicine, and a fellowship in hematology at Baylor College of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in medical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.