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200 1st St SwRochester, MN 55905
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Education & Training
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1994 - 1998
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1994
Athens University School of MedicineD.Sc, 1993
University of AthensClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
MN State Medical License 1993 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Patient Online, GE Healthcare, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise (CE), GE Healthcare, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centricity Enterprise (CE), GE Healthcare, 2013-2017
Clinical Trials
- Pyrazoloacridine Plus Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioma Start of enrollment: 2000 May 01
- CCI-779 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme Start of enrollment: 2001 May 01
- Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Malignant Melanoma With Measurable and Unresectable Cancer of the Central Nervous System Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Repurposing the SSRI paroxetine increases lymphocyte mobilization and improves the efficacy of measles virus-based immunovirotherapy.Georgios M Stergiopoulos, Susanna C Concilio, Kim B Viker, Susan M Clark, Steven I Robinson
Molecular Therapy. Oncology. 2026-03-19 - Abemaciclib in meningiomas with somatic NF2 or CDK pathway alterations: the phase 2 Alliance A071401 trial.Priscilla K Brastianos, Katharine Dooley, Susan Geyer, Elizabeth R Gerstner, Timothy J Kaufmann
Nature Medicine. 2026-01-16 - Replication competent La Crosse virus pseudotyped VSV vector system as vaccine and serological diagnostic reagent.Ianko Iankov, Arun Ammayappan, Kimberly Viker, Carla Weisend, Matthew Beard
Virus Research. 2026-01-01
Journal Articles
- Measles Edmonston vaccine strain derivatives have potent oncolytic activity against osteosarcomaDomingo-Musibay E, Allen C, Kurokawa C, Hardcastle JJ, Aderca I, Msaouel P, Bansal A, Jiang H, DeGrado TR, Galanis E, Cancer Gene Ther, 1/14/2014
- New validated prognostic models and prognostic calculators in patients with low grade gliomas diagnosed by central pathology review: a pooled analysis of EORTC/RTOG/NC...Gorlia T, Wenting W, Wang M, Baumert B, Mehta M, Buckner JC, Shaw E, Brown P, Stupp R, Galanis E, Lacombe D, van den, Neuro Oncol, 1/1/2013
- Specific targeting of human interleukin (il)-13 receptor alpha 2-positive cells with lentiviral vectors displaying il-13Ou W, Marino MP, Suzuki A, Joshi B, Husain SR, Maisner A, Galanis E, Puri RK, Reiser J, Human Gene Therapy Methods, 1/1/2012
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Phase II trial of vorinostat (VOR) combined with temozolomide (TMZ) and radiation therapy (RT) for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) (Alliance N0874/ABTC-0902).Evanthia Galanis, MD, 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
- Gene expression profile of innate immune anti-viral factors in ovarian cancer patients treated with oncolytic measles virus.Iankov I, Kurokawa C, Middha S, Aderca I, Allen C, Keeney G, Federspiel M, Maurer M, Atherton P, Kalli K, Hartmann L, Galanis E, Mol Ther, 1/1/2014
- Modulation of innate immunity with ctla4 blockade in measles virotherapy for glioblastoma.Hardcastle J, Feng J, Kurokawa C, Domingo-Musibay E, Allen C, Johnson A, Galanis E, Mol Ther, 1/1/2014
Lectures
- Integrating Tumor Genomics Including WHO Guidelines Into Novel Clinical Trial Designs2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
- "Measles and Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Strains as Novel Oncolytic Platforms"Barcleona, Spain - 1/1/2014
- "Cooperative Group Update"Miami, FL - 1/1/2014
Press Mentions
Alliance Webinar Showcases Cutting-Edge Advances in Cancer TreatmentSeptember 16th, 2025
Cancer Cooperative Group Leaders Propose a Re-Engineering of the Nation’s Correlative Science Program for CancerSeptember 18th, 2024
Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in KidsJune 30th, 2022
Grant Support
- Center of Innovation for Brain Tumor TherapeuticsMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER2021–2026
- Novel multipronged Immunovirotherapy Approach for GBM TreatmentMAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER2021–2026
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Operations Center - GY11 BIQSFP Funded ExtensionBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2014–2026
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Operations Center - GY11 BIQSFP Funded ExtensionBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2014–2026
- Alliance NCORP Research BaseALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION2014–2026
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