Professional Experience

2007 - present, Vice Chair Department of Medical Oncology, Associate Director for Affiliate Programs,  Administrative Director of Phase I Programs,  Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2004 - 2007, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center

2002 - 2004, Professor of Medicine, Division Head Medical Oncology and Hematology Medical Director, Oncology Sentara Cancer Institute

1999 - 2002, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Clinical Director Barnard Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1989 - 1999, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Clinical Director Barnard Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1984 - 1989, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

1982 - 1989, Associate in Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA

1982 - 1984, Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA

Honors and Awards

2008, Listed as “Best Doctors in San Gabriel Valley in Pasadena Magazine

2007, Listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly 7th Edition

2006, Listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly 6th Edition

2005, Listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly 5th Edition

2004, Listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly 4th Edition

2003, Listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly 3rd Edition

2003, Listed in Best Doctors in America® 2003-2004

2002, Top Doctor in St. Louis Magazine

2002, Ladies Home Journal, April 2002 “The Best Doctors for Women – Coast to Coast”

2001, Breast Cancer Research Foundation Award

2001, Top Doctor in St. Louis Magazine

2001, Listed in Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors 2nd Edition

2001, Lifetime member of Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who 2002

2000, Leadership Award for Outstanding Clinical Care

2000 - 2001, Lifetime Member in Strathmores’s National Register Who’s Who

1998, Listed in Best Doctors in America

1996, Listed in Best Doctors in America

1990 - 1991, Teacher of the Year – Washington University

1983 - 1989, Teach of the Year, University Hospital, University of Washington 

1977, Alpha Sigma Nu Loyola University – Stritch School of Medicine

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: 06/08.

Education and Training

1980 - 1982, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH., Fellowship, Oncology

1977 - 1980, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH., Resident, Internal Medicine

1977, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL., M.D.

1974, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN., B.S., Chemistry

Board Certifications

2004, California

2002, Virginia

1989, Missouri

1982, Washington

1978, Ohio

1984, Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine

1980, American Board of Internal Medicine

1977, National Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Memberships

Oncology Drug Advisory Committee of the FDA

Missouri Cancer Pain Initiative

Association of Subspecialty Professors

American Association of Cancer Research

American College of Physicians (Member)

American Medical Women's Association

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Cancer and Leukemia Group B

Hoosier Oncology Group (Member)

Missouri Society of Internal Medicine - Missouri Medical Society

National Cancer Institute (Charter Member)

National Core Content Review of Family Medicine