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Dana Cardin, MD, Oncology, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Oncology Nashville, TN

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Oncology

Associate Professor, Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Dana Cardin is an oncologist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and has been in practice 14 years. She specializes in gastrointestinal cancer and pancreas cancer clinical trials.

Education & Training

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2006 - 2009
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2006
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2005 - 2024
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Pilot study to test safety and efficacy of avelumab in small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA). 
    ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium - San Francisco, CA - 1/24/2020
  • Phase I study of the Aurora A kinase (AurA) inhibitor TAS-119 with paclitaxel (P) in advanced solid tumors. 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019

Press Mentions

  • Clinical Score Can Guide PRRT Therapy Decisions for Neuroendocrine Tumors
    Clinical Score Can Guide PRRT Therapy Decisions for Neuroendocrine TumorsJanuary 19th, 2022
  • Moonshot to Cure Cancer Initiative Hailed as Tipping Point
    Moonshot to Cure Cancer Initiative Hailed as Tipping PointJanuary 15th, 2016

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