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James Granfortuna, MD, Hematology, Browns Summit, NC, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital

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Hematology Browns Summit, NC

Associate Professor of Medicine - Internal Medicine Teaching Program ocations at Cone Health Internal Medicine Center

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Education & Training

  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1984 - 1987
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1980
  • State University of New York at New Paltz
    State University of New York at New PaltzB.A., Biology, Cum Laude, 1973

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1987 - 2025
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1990 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
  • ABIMFellow of American College of Physicians

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
  • Healer of the Year NC Breast Cancer Coalition, 1997
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Phase II Trial of CHIP in Previously Treated Patients with Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung  
    Granfortuna, J.M., Poiesz, B.J., Comis, R.L., Ginsberg, S.J., et. AL, American J. of Clinical Oncology, 1/1/1989
  • Thromobotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura: Treatment with Plasmapheresis  
    Blitzer, J.B., Granfortuna, J.M., Gottlieb, A. J. et al, American J. of Hematology, 1/1/1987
  • Renal Infarction in Sickle Cell Disease  
    Granfortuna, J.M., Zamkoff, K., Urrutia E, American J. of Hematology, 1/1/1986

Abstracts/Posters

  • Transfusion Practice Patterns in Patients Receiving Myelosuppresive Chemotherapy for Nonmyeloid Cancer: Results from a Prospective Observational Study
    C Bohac, J Granfortuna, K Shoffner, S DePasquale, X Sui, S Badre, C Olivera Brandao, JADPRO, Washington, DC, 1/1/2016
  • Hereditary Hemochromocytosis in Combination with Heterozygous Beta-Thalassemia or Spherocytosis
    I.M. Lubin, V. Fairbanks, S.N. Thibideau, W.S. Harrill, J.M. Granfortuna, L.M. Silverman, E.M. Rohlfs, American Society of Hematology, 1/1/1998
  • Neoadjuvant MVAC for Locally Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder
    Meisner, D. J., Makhuli, Z., Granfortuna, J.M., Dowley, S., Suggan, D., et. Al, ASCCO, 1/1/1989

Other

  • Neoadjuvant MVAC for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Urothelial Malignancy 
    Granfortuna, J.M., Duggan, D., Poiesz, B.J., Makuli, Z, Pilot Study
    Suny Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY - 1/1/1987

Research History

  • Principal Investigator for Greensboro Community Oncology Program

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations