Stephen Koehler, M.D.
With over four decades in the medical profession, Stephen Koehler, M.D., is a fixture at City of Hope's South Pasadena location, where he's served since 1999.
Board-certified in hematology and medical oncology, Dr. Koehler has also been training future physicians since 1982 and he directs the weekly Huntington Hospital multidisciplinary cancer conference.
Dr. Koehler received his medical degree at University of California Irvine, and continued his training at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. His first exposure to City of Hope actually came in 1980-81 when he completed a postgraduate oncology fellowship.
Dr. Koehler is heavily involved in numerous clinical trials investigating the effectiveness of a variety of drug combinations for the treatment of breast cancer.
1977, American Board of Internal Medicine
1980, American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
1981, American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
1974, M.D., University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
1970, B.A., Cellular and Organismal Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
1980 - 1981, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, Oncology
1978 - 1980, LAC + USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - Hematology
1975-1978, Internal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1974-1975, Internal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1974-1975, Internal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018-present, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, South Pasadena, CA
1999-2018, Staff Physician, City of Hope, South Pasadena, CA
1982-1998, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1974, Outstanding Senior Student, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
1972, Lang Book Award, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
1971, Mosby Book Award, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
- Levine AM, Taylor CR, Schneider DR, Koehler SC, Forman SJ, Lichenstein A, Lukes RJ, Feinstein DI. “Immunoblastic Sarcoma of T-cell vs. B-cell Origin: I Clinical Features,” Blood, Volume 58, No. 1, July, 1981, pp. 52-61.
- Levine AM, Forman SH, Meyer PR, Koehler SC, Liebman H, Paganini-Hill A, Pockros A, Lukes RJ, Feinstein DI. “Successful Therapy of Convolute T-lymphoblastic Lymphoma in the Adult,” Blood, Volume 61, No. 1, January, 1983, pp. 92-98.