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  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Basal / Squamous Cell Carcinomas - Radiation Oncology
    • Bone Cancer
    • Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors
    Research Interest

    Combined Modality Treatment of Cancer Late Effects of Treatment Genetic Effects of Cancer Rhabdomyosarcoma Hodgkins Disease Pediatric Radiation Oncolgy Pediatric Oncolgy Breast Cancer Conformal Radiotherapy/IMRT Radiotherapy for Benign Diseases

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Cervix Cancer
    • Cervix Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology
    • Endometrial Cancer
  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Breast Cancer - Surgery
    • General Surgery
    • Melanoma - Surgery
    Research Interest

    Study of the impact of tumor bearing regional lymph nodes in solid tumors and immune profile of the tumor draining lymph nodes. Metabolic tumor detection and intraoperative detection using specially designed detection probes. Gene and Protein profile of primary melanoma and breast tumors including stem cell analysis.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
    • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Head and Neck Cancers
    • Head and Neck Cancers - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Skull Base Tumors
    Research Interest

    1) New therapeutic approaches for head and neck cancer, including immune stimulation possibilities (IRX-2 protocol), integration of biological modifiers, and, eventually, genetic approaches. 2) Head and neck cancer stem cells: identification, characterization, control--in conjunction with the Irv Weissman and Michael Clarke labs in the Stem Cell Institute 3) Development of innovative surgical methods at the anterior cranial base

  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors
    • Brain / Central Nervous System Tumors - Radiation Oncology
    • Breast Cancer
    Research Interest

    Gynecologic malignancies; Rectal/and cancer; Breast Cancer; Hodgkin's disease; Hyperthermia; intraoperative radiation therapy; High dose rate radiation therapy; Predictive assays; Patterns of tumor spread; Health care finance.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Dermatology
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Basal / Squamous Cell Carcinomas
    • Basal / Squamous Cell Carcinomas - Dermatology
    • Cutaneous Oncology
    Research Interest

    1) Early detection of melanoma and melanoma precursors with digital dermoscopy. 2) Secondary melanoma prevention involving targeted skin cancer screening, enhanced professional and public education to improve melanoma awareness, and chemoprevention in high-risk groups. 3) National dermatologist liaison to the ECOG Melanoma Committee and Co-founder/Co-Director of the Melanoma Prevention Working Group, an interdisciplinary Intergroup collaboration dedicated to cancer control and prevention.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Cervix Cancer
    • Cervix Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology
    • Endometrial Cancer
    Research Interest

    Gynecologic Malignancies Immunotherapy Biologic Response Modifiers New Drug Development Antigenic specificities of human antibodies encoded by the VH4-34 gene

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