GCRF Medical Advisory Board
GCRF is grateful for the assistance of members of our medical advisory board. They include:
Andrew Godwin, Ph.D. |
Anette Duensing, M.D. |
Chandrajit P. Raut, M.D.
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: An update on the surgical treatment (pdf file) |
Christopher L. Corless, M.D., Ph.D. |
Cristina Antonescu, M.D. |
David R. D'Adamo, M.D., Ph.D. |
Ephraim S. Casper, M.D. (Chief Medical Advisor) |
George D. Demetri, M.D |
Jonathan A. Fletcher, M.D. |
Margaret VonMehren, M.D. |
Murray R. Brennan, FACS |
Robert G. Maki, M.D., Ph.D. |
Ronald DeMatteo, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Link Physician GIST Research: Soft Tissue Sarcoma, GIST |
James C Watson, MD, FACS |
Monica P. Davey, RN, BSN, M.Ed, MBA Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Michael C. Heinrich, M.D.
Michael Heinrich M.D. is currently a Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University. He earned his medical degree in 1984 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and completed both his residency training and Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at OHSU. |
Charles D. Blanke, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University: Link Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology GIST Research: Gastrointestinal Oncology Read more from Charles |
Dr. Samuel Singer
I am a surgical oncologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. I have a special expertise and experience in the multi-modality treatment of soft tissue sarcoma, which includes performing carefully planned limb-sparing surgery that in certain situations is combined with radiation or chemotherapy. At MSKCC, I work closely with a multidisciplinary team of soft tissue pathologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists to provide the best treatment plan for each individual patient. |
Dr. William Tap |
Dr. Katherine (Katie) JanewayHer research focus is pediatric sarcomas with an emphasis on bridging the gap between the laboratory and the clinic by conducting clinically relevant laboratory work and using knowledge gained in the laboratory to design rational clinical studies. She has active laboratory projects and clinical studies in osteosarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Her studies of GIST have focused on pediatric and wild-type GIST. More… |


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