Conference Details - Faculty
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Physicians: Physicians' Education Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Molecular Oncology: The Sixth Vital Sign, What Every Oncologist Should Know
Arizona Grand Resort
Phoenix, AZ
January 22-24, 2009
Program Director
Ramesh Ramanathan, MD
Senior Investigator
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Medical Director, TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare
Clinical Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine
The University of Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
Daniel Von Hoff, MD
Physician-in-Chief
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare
Chief Scientific Officer
Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute and US Oncology Research
Clinical Professor of Medicine
The University of Arizona
Faculty
Alex Adjei, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Senior Vice President, Clinical Research
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY
Stephen P. Anthony, DO
Senior Investigator, TGen
Chief Medical Officer, TGen Drug Development
Director of Research
President, Evergreen Hematology and Oncology
Spokane, WA
Carlos Arteaga, MD
Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Mitesh Borad, MD
Associate Director, Phase I Drug Development
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
James Brugarolas, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Oncology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX
John Carpten, PhD
Senior Investigator and Director, Integrated Cancer Genomics Division
Translational Genomics Research Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Robert B. Diasio, MD
William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor
Director, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Consultant and Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Francisco Esteva, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Departments of Breast Medical Oncology and Molecular & Cellular Oncology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Michelle Fanale, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Sara Hurvitz, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Gayle Jameson, MSN, ACNP-BC, AOCN
Nurse Practitioner
Associate Investigator
Director, Supportive Care
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare
Scottsdale Clinical Research Institute
Scottsdale, AZ
Robert Kerbel, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Tumor Biology, Angiogenesis, and Antiangiogenic Therapy
Senior Scientist, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/Odette Cancer Centre
Professor, Departments of Medical Biophysics and Laboratory Medicine/Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Patricia LoRusso, DO
Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Program
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
Daruka Mahadevan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Phase I Program
Hematology & Oncology Section
Department of Medicine
Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, AZ
Joseph R. Nevins, PhD
Director, Center for Applied Genomics & Technology
Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Barbara Levine Professor of Breast Cancer Genomics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Alison Stopeck, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Breast Cancer Program
Arizona Cancer Center
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
William F. Symmans, MD
Professor of Pathology
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Raoul Tibes, MD, PhD
Director, Hematological Malignancies Program
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare
Associate Investigator
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ
Adjunct Faculty
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
Anthony Tolcher, MD
Director, Clinical Research
South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics
Clinical Professor
Division of Medicine/Oncology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Jeffrey M. Trent, PhD, FACMG
President and Scientific Director
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
Phoenix, AZ
Glen J. Weiss, MD
Director, Thoracic Oncology
Assistant Clinical Investigator
TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare
Scottsdale, AZ
Associate Investigator
Cancer and Cell Biology Division
TGen
Phoenix, AZ
Douglas Yee, MD
Director, Masonic Cancer Center
Program Co-Leader, Women’s Cancer Research Program
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Educational Grants
An educational grant for this activity was provided by:
- Genentech BioOncology
- Merck Oncology
- Celgene Corporation
- Nektar Therapeutics
- Proacta
- Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company