Dr. Dean is a staff physician in the department of hematology and medical oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute. Dr. Dean joined the Cleveland Clinic in 2005 after completing his training at the National Cancer Institute, where he developed a research interest in cellular therapy for lymphomas.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Dean serves as a medical student advisor and instructor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, where he is assistant professor of medicine and a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.