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Seminars and Presentations     2003
January 2003

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Margo Shoup, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chief, Section of GI Surgical Oncology
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL

Topic:
"The Value of Laparoscopy in Staging Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies".

Basic Science Seminar Series
Michael I. Nishimura, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Chicago
Topic
"T Cell Receptors and their use for the Immunotherapy of Cancer".

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Breast Cancer

Journal Club
Craig Hofmeister, M.D./Kathy Albain, M.D.   

February 2003

Journal Club
Mitchell Denning, Ph.D./John Godwin, M.D.   

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Cheryl T. Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology,
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Topic: "Rationale for Dendritic Cell Therapy in Bladder Cancer".

Basic Science Seminar Series
Neil A. Clipstone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University
Topic: "The Regulation and Function of the NFATc1 Transcription Factor"

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Neuro-Oncology
Topic: "Current and Future Concepts in the Management of Metastatic Disease of the Central Nervous System".

Journal Club
Scott Smith, M.D./Serhan Alkan, M.D. 

March 2003

Journal Club
June Robinson, M.D./Kenneth C. Micetich, M.D.

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
James L.M. Ferrara, M.D.
Professor & Director
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
University of Michigan Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Topic: "New Insights Into Effector Mechanisms of Acute GVHD".

Basic Science Seminar Series
T.C Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Topic: "DNA Vaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy"    
 

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Thoracic Oncology Program
Topic:"Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Update: Prognosis and Outcome After Trimodality Therapy".

Journal Club
Joseph Clark, M.D.

April 2003

Journal Club
Tawee Tanvetyanon, M.D./Simon Lo, M.D.

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Anthony Oro, M.D.
Department of Dermatology
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA
Topic:"Hair Today, Tumors Tomorrow: Hedgehog Signaling in Skin Morphogenesis".
                 

Basic Science Seminar Series
John K. Rose, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Biology
Depatment of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
Topic: "New Approaches to an AIDS Vaccine".

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Urologic Oncology
Topic: "Prostate Cancer: What is New".

Journal Club
Caroline Le Poole, Ph.D./Kevin Albuquerque, M.D.

May 2003

Journal Club
Amaryllis Gill, M.D./Jeffrey Kanofsky, M.D., Ph.D.   

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
George Murphy, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology & Dermatopathology
Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA
Topic:   "WAGGING THE DOG, & OTHER TALES OF GRAFT-VS-HOST DISEASE"     

Journal Club
Donna Smith, M.D./Maurizio Bocchetta, Ph.D.

Basic Science Seminar Series
James L. Whitton, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuropharmacology
Scripps Research Institute
Topic: "DNA Vaccines: Myths and Realities".

Multidisciplinary Tumor Conference
Skin Cancer
Topic:"Evaluation and Management of Melanoma >4.0mm, Breslow depth". 

June 2003

Journal Club
Sucha Nand, M.D./Kimberly Foreman, Ph.D.

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Harvey Pass, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Oncology
Wayne State University
Chief, Thoracic Oncology & Thoracic Oncology Program Leader
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI
Topic: "MESOTHELIOMA:  A Wealth of Translational Opportunities".

Multidisciplinary Tumor Conference
GI Oncology
Topic: "Rectal Cancer".

Basic Science Seminar Series
Scott Hultgren, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University
Topic: "Intracellular Bacterial Biofilm-Like Pods in Urinary Tract Infections".

Journal Club
Bahman Emami, M.D./Joseph Clark, M.D.   

July 2003

Basic Science Seminar Series
Pamela M. Pollock, Ph.D.
Associate Research Investigator
Translational Genomics Institute
Phoenix, Arizona
Topic: "Frequent Activation of BRAF in Benign Nevi"

Journal Club
Manuel O. Diaz, M.D./Edward Melian,  M.D.   

August 2003

Journal Club
Nirmala Bhoopalam, M.D./Ronald Potkul, M.D.   

Journal Club
Simon Lo, M.D./Jan Duus, M.D.

September 2003

Basic Science Seminar Series
Joseph R. Testa, Ph.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Topic: "AKT/PKB Signaling in Tumor Cells".

Journal Club
Ketty Badrinath, M.D.

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Topic: "Treatment of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma".

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Paul M. Harari, M.D.
Department of Human Oncology
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, WI
Topic: "Combining ErbB Signaling Inhibitors with Radiation & Chemotherapy".

Journal Club
Scott Smith, M.D./Jin-Zhang Qin, Ph.D.

October 2003

Journal Club
Andrew Vaughan, Ph.D./Daniel Farray-Burges, M.D.

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
G. Tim Bowden, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Topic: "Targeting the UVB and UVA Signal Transduction Pathways for the Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer".               

Basic Science Seminar Series
Jenny P. Ting, Ph.D.
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Linberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topic: "Genomic mining of new genes and pathways in innate and adoptive immunity"

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Topic: "Cancer of the Larynx"

Journal Club
Kevin Barton, M.D./Nancy Zeleznik-Le, Ph.D.

November 2003

Journal Club
Amaryllis Gil, M.D./Bahman Emami, M.D.

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series 
Bernard Fox, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular & Tumor Immunology
Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center & Earle A. Charles Research Institute
Portland, OR
Topic: "Vaccination of Reconstituted Lymphopenic Hosts:  Translating an Effective Preclinical Strategy into Clinical Trials".

Basic Science Seminar Series
Jay L. Hess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Hematopathology
University of Pennsylvania
Topic: "Mechanisms of Transformation by  MLL: Insights from Fruit Flies, Mice, and Microarrays". 

Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference
Topic: "Ovarian Cancer". December 2003

Journal Club
Michele Carbone, M.D./Serhan Alkan, M.D.   

Clinical & Translational Seminar Series
Vernon Sondak, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Topic: "From Genetics to Genomics: Individual Treatment of Patients with Melanoma".

 
 

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