Professional Experience

2007 - present, Chief Medical Officer, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2007 – present, Professor of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2006, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1991 - 2006, Chief, Division of Hematology,USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

1985 - 1990, Executive Associate Dean, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

1983 - 2006, Medical Director, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

1983 - 1997, Deputy Clinical Director, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Education and Training

Fellowship: July, 1974 - June, 1975, Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Residency: 1972 - 1974, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Internship: 1971 - 1972, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Medical School: 1971, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, M.D.

University: 1966, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California. B.A.

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 4/13.

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Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians

American Society of Hematology

American Federation for Clinical Research

Society for Hematopathology (Charter Member)

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Golden Key National Honor Society

2012 - 2015, Board of Scientific Councilors, National Cancer Institute, NIH

2008, Elected a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP)

2005, Commencement speaker, USC School of Medicine, chosen by graduating class of 2005

2005, Outstanding Clinical Professor Award, presented by graduating class of 2005

1995 - 2001, Appointment by President Clinton to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

2000, Outstanding Clinical Professor Award, presented by graduating class of 2000

1997, Commencement speaker, USC School of Medicine, chosen by graduating class of 1997

1996, Outstanding Clinical Professor Award, presented by graduating class of 1996

1994, Commencement speaker, USC School of Medicine, chosen by graduating class of 1994

1994, Presidential Medallion, University of Southern California

1985, Outstanding Clinical Professor Award, presented by graduating class of 1985

1982, Commencement speaker, USC School of Medicine, chosen by graduating class of 1982

1980, Outstanding Clinical Professor Award, presented by graduating class of 1980