Location
Rochester, Minnesota
Summary
My research includes: 1.) nicotine research with interests in the molecular genetic changes associated with smoking, especially as they relate to lung cancer development; 2.) tumor immunology and novel treatments for renal cell carcinoma and small cell lung cancer; 3.) nicotine dependence and novel smoking cessation interventions in cancer patients; and, 4.) assessment of increased treatment toxicities in smoking cancer patients.
Recent Publications
See my publications
Professional Details
Primary Appointment
- Oncology
Joint Appointment
- General Internal Medicine
Academic Rank
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Oncology
Education
- BA - Biology and Russian Wabash College
- Predoctoral Fellowship - New York State Cancer Research Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Research Affiliate - Diagnostic Immunology Research & Biochemistry Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- PhD - General Experimental Pathology
Dissertation: An Epithelial and Tumor-Associated Antigen Recognized by Monoclonal Antibody F36/22 State University of New York at Buffalo - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Diagnostic Immunology/Experimental Oncology, Dr. Lawrence D. Papsidero's Laboratory Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Residency - Internal Medicine Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, NY
- MD School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Residency - Internal Medicine Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
- Clinical Fellowship Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic