Clinical Electives Program: Medical Oncology

Fall, Winter, and Spring Sessions. Four-Week Session
Note: we do not accept students in July.

Rotation Coordinator:
Anish Thomas, MD

Rotation Description
The Medical Oncology Service and its affiliates conduct translational and clinical research focused on the biology of various tumors and the development of new drugs for treatment. The major functions are:

  1. To develop novel therapeutic research strategies for the treatment of cancer and to test those strategies by conducting clinical research in medical oncology across a spectrum of diseases and disease mechanisms;
  2. To provide clinical care to adult cancer patients enrolled in research protocols, including in-patient and out-patient services, to support the clinical research effort emanating from principal investigators in laboratories and branches across the Center for Cancer Research (CCR); and,
  3. To train physician-scientists in a laboratory-to-clinic translational research setting to promote the development of their expertise in medical oncology research and to support their board certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

The Medical Oncology Service has active programs for management of women's cancers (breast, ovarian and other gynecological malignancies), thoracic malignancies, genitourinary cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, and hematological malignancies such as lymphoma, and multiple myeloma and related precursor conditions. The Developmental Therapeutics Section focuses on bringing new drugs into clinic by conducting phase 0, I and II clinical trials.

The Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch (ETIB) is dedicated to coordinated efforts in basic, preclinical and clinical investigations in the areas of immunology, tumor angiogenesis, hematopoiesis, infections in immunocompromised host, antigen discovery, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for malignant diseases.

The Metabolism Branch focuses on the regulation of the immune response and the definition of disorders of immunoregulation that underlie immunodeficiency and neoplastic diseases.

Medical students will work alongside clinical staff and follow patients in the out-patient clinics as well as the wards. Each week, the Medical Oncology Service also organizes a number of departmental and multidisciplinary conferences, which students are expected to attend.

Rotation Objectives

  1. Interact with and follow patients with a broad spectrum of cancer diagnoses
  2. Gain insight into the development and conduct of clinical trials
  3. Complete web-based courses and modules on clinical research
  4. Observe interactions between basic scientists and clinical staff
  5. Attend seminars and conferences organized by the Medical Oncology Service

Selection of Applicants
A maximum of one student will be scheduled for each four-week period during the year.

Staff

  • James Gulley, M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Medical Oncology Service)
  • William Douglas Figg, Pharm.D
  • Christina Annunziata, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Tim F. Greten, M.D.
  • Raffit Hassan, M.D.
  • Wyndham Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Robert Kreitman, M.D.
  • Ravi Madan, M.D.
  • Arun Rajan, M.D.
  • Andrea Apolo, M.D.
  • Kevin Conlon, M.D.
  • Jung-Min Lee, M.D.
  • Anish Thomas, M.D.
  • Christine Alewine M.D., Ph.D.
  • Jaydira Del Rivero, M.D.
  • Charalampos Floudas, M.D.
  • Azam Ghafoor, M.D.
  • Corina Gonzalez, M.D.
  • Dennis Hickstein, M.D.
  • Elizabeth Hill, M.D.
  • Noa Holtzman, M.D.
  • Jennifer Kanakry, M.D.
  • Christopher Kanakry, M.D.
  • Fatima Karzai, M.D.
  • Rahul Lakhotia, M.D.
  • Frank Lin, M.D.
  • Stanley Lipkowitz M.D., Ph.D.
  • Kathryn Lurain, M.D.
  • Christopher Melani, M.D.
  • Cecilia Monge-Bonilla, M.D.
  • Scot Niglio, M.D.
  • Scott Norberg, DO
  • Danielle M Pastor, M.D.
  • Steven Pavletic, M.D.
  • Jason Redman, M.D.
  • Mark Roschewski, M.D.
  • Vassiliki Saloura M.D., Ph.D.
  • Julius Strauss, M.D.
  • Changqing Xie, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Robert Yarchoan, M.D.
  • Chen Zhao , M.D.
  • Alexandra Zimmer, M.D.
  • Ramya Ramaswami, M.B.B.S 

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