Medical Oncologist
 

 

Contact Information
333 Cottman Ave
Medical Staff Office
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: (215) 728-6900
Fax: (215) 214-3229

Specialty & Clinical Interests
Medical Oncologist: General Oncology, Gastrointestinal Cancer Medical, Melanoma Medical
Clinical Interests: Clinical Trials as Topic, Colorectal Neoplasms, Esophageal Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Melanoma, Phase 1 Early Drug Development, Pancreatic Neoplasms
Hospital Affiliation
Fox Chase Cancer Center-American Oncologic Hospital
Ranked #30 in Cancer
Temple University Hospital
High performing in Cancer

Education & Medical Training
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1999
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship, Hematology/Oncology, 1999 - 2002
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship, Clinical Pharmacology, 2002 - 2004
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Class of 1996
Other Training, Pharmacy, 1985 - 1990

Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Clinical Pharmacology
Certified 5 years in Clinical Pharmacology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified 14 years in Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified 10 years in Medical Oncology
PA State Medical License
Active through 2014

Awards, Honors & Recognition
Accelerating Anticancer Agent Development and Validation, American Association for Cancer Research
2006
Awarded November 2000: PGY 6 stipend, Tiffany-Blake Fellowship: Triterpenoid Research, July 2001-June 2002
2002
Burroughs-Wellcome Scholarship
1989
Dean’s Letter of Accommodation
1993
Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research
2003
Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research
2002
Perfluorocarbon Grant (University Grant Program)
1989
Smith, Kline, and French Scholarship
1990
University Science Foundation Scholarship
1989
Upjohn Research Award: Perfluorochemical Research
1990

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• Diastolic Blood Pressure as a Biomarker of Axitinib Efficacy in Solid Tumors. Rini, B.I., Schiller, J.H., Fruehauf, J.P., Cohen, E.W., Tarazi, J.C., Rosbrook, B., Bair, A.H., Ricart, A.D., Olszanski, A.J., Letrent, K.J., Kim, S., Rixe, O.; Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Jun 1.