He is the director of the Cooper Cancer Center medical oncology clinical trials program; director of the Cooper Prostate Care Center at the Cooper Cancer Institute; associate director of the breast program at the Cooper Cancer Institute; and the physician QA advisor to Cooper’s cancer registry. Dr. Somer has received numerous awards during his career including the Delaware Valley Orthobiotech Fellows Research Forum in 2002 and an Amgen Fellowship in 2003. He was named a “Top Physician in America" by the Consumer’s Research Council of America in 2003 and 2004.