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675 N Saint Clair StSuite 100Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-695-0990
Fax+1 312-695-6189
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Education & Training
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Medical Oncology, 1981 - 1984
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2024 - Present
- IL State Medical License 1979 - 2026
- WI State Medical License 1977 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FASCO) American Society of Clinical Oncologists, 2008
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Clinical Trials
- SWOG-9304 Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed Start of enrollment: 1994 Mar 01
- Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Pancreas Start of enrollment: 1998 Jul 01
- Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Anal Cancer Start of enrollment: 1998 Oct 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Delta Radiomics and Tumor Size: A New Predictive Radiomics Model for Chemotherapy Response in Liver Metastases from Breast and Colorectal Cancer.Nicolò Gennaro, Moataz Soliman, Amir A Borhani, Linda Kelahan, Hatice Savas
Tomography. 2025-02-20 - 4 citationsDevimistat (CPI-613) With Modified Fluorouarcil, Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan, and Leucovorin (FFX) Versus FFX for Patients With Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: ...Philip A Philip, Vaibhav Sahai, Nathan Bahary, Amit Mahipal, Anup Kasi
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024-11-01 - 3 citationsCombining antivascular endothelial growth factor and anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibodies: randomized phase II study of irinotecan and cetuximab with/witho...Howard S Hochster, Paul Catalano, Michelle Weitz, Edith P Mitchell, Deirdre Cohen
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2024-09-01
Journal Articles
- Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone for Patients with First-Line, Advanced Gastric CancerAl Benson, Zev A Wainberg, JAMA Oncology
- From the Past to the Present: Insurer Coverage Frameworks for Next-Generation Tumor SequencingWilliam J Gradishar, Al B Benson, Massimo Cristofanilli, Allison W Kurian, Value in Health
Authored Content
- From the Past to the Present: Insurer Coverage Frameworks for Next-Generation Tumor SequencingAugust 2018
Press Mentions
- Association of Community Cancer Centers Releases 16 Abstracts This FallNovember 13th, 2020
- Climbing the Pancreatic Cancer MountainApril 16th, 2019
- A Blueprint to Advance Colorectal Cancer ImmunotherapiesOctober 24th, 2017
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- Fellow
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