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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-792-6161- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1976 - 1978
- National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
- Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1973
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 1978 - 2025
- IL State Medical License 1977 - 2017
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Thyroid Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Aug 01
- Adjuvant Cetuximab and Chemoradiotherapy Using Either Cisplatin or Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Resected Stage III or Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma or Lymphoepithelioma of the Head and Neck Start of enrollment: 2004 Apr 01
- Cetuximab, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel Followed by Radiation Therapy, With or Without Cisplatin, in Treating Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Evolutionary Action Score ofAnalysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiati...Chieko Michikawa, Pedro A Torres-Saavedra, Natalie L Silver, Paul M Harari, Merrill S Kies, David I Rosenthal, Quynh-Thu Le, Richard C Jordan, Dzifa Y Duose, Saradhi M...> ;Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2022 May 18
- 4 citationsInduction chemotherapy with or without erlotinib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma amenable for surgical resection.Xiuning Le, Frederico O Gleber-Netto, M Laura Rubin, Yun Qing, Robyn Du, Merrill Kies, George Blumenschein Jr, Charles Lu, Faye M Johnson, Diana Bell, Jeff Lewis, Jiex...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2022 Apr 20
- 10 citationsPrecision medicine: preliminary results from the Initiative for Molecular Profiling and Advanced Cancer Therapy 2 (IMPACT2) studyApostolia Maria Tsimberidou, David S. Hong, Siqing Fu, Daniel D. Karp, Sarina Anne Piha-Paul, Merrill S. Kies, Vinod Ravi, Vivek Subbiah, Sunil M. Patel, Shi-Ming Tu, ...> ;NPJ Precision Oncology. 2021 Mar 19
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Journal Articles
- Combining Immune Checkpoint Blockade and Tumor-Specific Vaccine for Patients with Incurable Human Papillomavirus 16–Related CancerErminia Massarelli, William William, Ming Guo, Merrill Kies, Bonnie Glisson, Hai Tran, Faye Johnson, Renata Ferrarotto, Lei Feng, JAMA
- Comparing Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy with Intensity-Modulated Photon Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer: The Journey from Clinical Trial Concept to ActivationSteven J Frank, G Brandon Gunn, Adam S Garden, Katherine Hutcheson, Paul M Busse, Merrill S Kies, Nancy Y Lee, Alexander Lin, Erich M Sturgis, C David Fuller, J Jack L..., ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
- Half of My Tongue Is Gone, but I Couldn’t Be HappierApril 3rd, 2019
- Two-Time Sinus Cancer Survivor: Find Humor, Joy in HardshipJuly 30th, 2018
- Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Gives Four-Time Skin Cancer Survivor Another ChanceNovember 20th, 2017
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Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
- University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas
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