Professional Experience

2004 - present, Professor of Medical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA

2001 - present, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA

1988 - present, Staff Physician, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research. City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1987 - 1988, Fellow, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research. City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1986 - 1987, Research Fellow, Department of Hematology. Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

1984 - 1986, Fellow, Department of Hematology. Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

1981 - 1984, Resident, Internal Medicine. Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Education and Training

1978 - 1981, University of Illinois College of Medicine. Peoria School of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois. Doctor of Medicine

1974 - 1978, Universita degli Studi di Perugia Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Perugia, Italy

1974, Universita per Straneiri, Perugia, Italy. Italian Language Certificate (speak, read and write Italian)

1970 - 1974, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. B.S. Biology

Professional Memberships

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Southwest Oncology Group

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project

Gynecologic Oncology Group

Society for Neurooncology

Southern California Academy of Clinical Oncology

1992, Fellow of the American College of Physicians

1981, University of Illinois Medical Alumni Association Leadership Award

1980, Smith-Kline Award for Excellence in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1980, Research Award from Illinois Valley Lung Association

Board Certifications

1989, Board Certified in Medical Oncology

1987, State of California, License

1986, Board Certified in Hematology

1984, Board Certified in Internal Medicine

1982, Controlled Substance Registration