Cancer Diagnoses Medical Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2186

Education        

1943-1945 PA State University, B.S.
1946-1950 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, M.D
1950-1951 Hosp. of the Univ. of PA, Internship
1951-1952 Hosp. of the Univ. of PA, Resident, Internal Medicine
1952-1953 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Resident, Internal Medicine
1953-1955 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Fellow, Hematology
1954-1955 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Fellow, National Foundation Infantile Paralysis (coagulation research)                                                                    
1955-1957 U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Research Inst., Hematology and Oncology Research
1957 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Fellow Hematology
1957-1998 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Attending Physician
1958-1972 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Founder & Director, Division of Medical Oncology
1960-1990 Chestnut Hill Hospital, Consultant, Hematology & Medical Oncology                                 
1961-1999 Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp., Asst. Professor, Medicine                                        

1996-1998 Allegheny Univ. Hosp. Attending Physician
1996-1999 Allegheny School of Medicine, Clin Assoc Prof. Medicine                                                   
1958-1998 North Penn Hospital, Consultant, Hematology & Medical Oncology    
1958-1999 Pennsylvania Hospital Attending Physician Hematology & Medical Oncology 
1999-To present Attending Physician Waldo County Hospital and Blue Hill Hospital (Practice Confined to Hematology and Oncology)
2000-To present Private Practice Hematology and Oncology Belfast and Deer Isle, Maine
2002 –11/2003 Director, Section of Oncology and Hematology Veterans Administration Hospital, Togus Maine

Licensure

Maine MD

Board Certification

1958 American Board of Internal Medicine certificate
1973 American Board of Medical Oncology certificate

Past Member 

New York Academy of Sciences
International Society of Blood Transfusion
American Society of Hematology
American Association for Clinical Research
Central Oncology Group  (N.I.H.), Co-Chairman, 1964-1974
New Drug Committee, Chairman, 1964-1974
Pharmacology Committee (C.O.G.), Chairman, 1964-1974
Eastern Drug Evaluation Program, Eastern Clinical Oncology Group And Breast Cancer Adjuvant Group (through Allegheny University School of Medicine

Society Membership

American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Association of University Professors
Society of Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Association for Cancer Research 
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Member Editorial Board International Journal of Oncology                                  

Teaching Responsibilities

Graduate Students:
With Dr. Cantarow (Dept. of Biochemistry), Dr. Mantheii (Dept. of Pharmacology), and Dr. Koscis (Dept. of Pharmacology) of Thomas Jefferson University, I have supervised the post-graduate training of sixteen students.  Twelve of these individuals obtained Ph.D.’s, two received Master degrees, and two were post-doctoral fellows.  All studies in these programs concerned the basic and clinical pharmacology of anti-cancer drugs.  Many of the anti-cancer drugs in common use today had their initial evaluation in the United States under this program.  Included in this program were the following agents:  5-fluorouracil, adriamycin, dacarbazine, asparaginase, streptozotocin, 5 aza-cytidine, carbesterol, hexamethylmelamine, cytosine arabinoside.  I teach medical oncology and pharmacology concerning anti-neoplastic agents to fellows in oncologic subspecialties at Allegheny University School of Medicine.                                                             

Medical Students, Interns, Residents, And Oncology Hematology Fellows
Responsible for organizing training program in oncology and hematology and trained 49 individuals
in these subspecialties

Publications

Available upon request