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Samuel Klempner, MD, Oncology, Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital

SamuelJacobKlempnerMD

Oncology Boston, MA

Gastrointestinal Cancer

GI Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School

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Education & Training

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2010 - 2013
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
    University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 2007
  • Hamilton College
    Hamilton CollegeB.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2003

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2013 - 2020
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Standing Ovation Award Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2016
  • SuperDoctors Southern CA Rising Star 2016-2017
  • Top Physician Communicator UC Irvine, 2015
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • PD-1 as an emerging target in gastric cancer: current evidence  
    Tran PN, Sarkissian S, Chao J, Klempner SJ, Gastrointestinal Cancer: Targets and Therapy, 1/1/2017
  • Moving Molecular Subtypes to the Clinic in Gastric Cancer  
    Chao J, Lee J, Klempner SJ, Transl Cancer Res, 1/1/2016
  • ROS1 (c-ros oncogene 1)  
    Klempner SJ, Ou, SH, Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol, 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Improves Survival In Patients With Clinical T4b Colon Cancer.
    Dehal A, Graff-Baker AN, Voung B, Fischer T, Klempner SJ, et al, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, 1/6/2017
  • A Phase 1 Study of LY3022855 (A Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 receptor [CSF-1R] inhibitor) in Patients (pts) With Advanced Solid Tumors
    Dowlati A, Rugo HS, et al, ASCO, 1/1/2017
  • Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) of esophageal and tubular GI tumors identifies differing frequencies of ErbB family member amplifications with therapeutic implic...
    Bailey M, Ali SM, Schrock AB, Klempner SJ, George B, Lipson D, et al, GI ASCO, 1/1/2017
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Lectures

  • DKN-01 in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA): Tumoral DKK1 expression as a predictor of response and survival. 
    ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium - San Francisco, CA - 1/23/2020
  • Early Is Better: The Roles of Prevention, Screening, and Early Detection 
    ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium - San Francisco, CA - 1/23/2020
  • Help From Within: DNA to Personalized Therapy for Gastric Cancer 
    1/18/2017
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Other

  • Navigating the complexity of cancer with tumor mutational burden (TMB). 
    Klempner SJ, Oncology Times
    1/1/2017
  • Advancing precision medicine in colorectal cancer. 
    Klempner SJ, Pharma Letter
    1/1/2017

Authored Content

  • Immunotherapies as a Targeted Therapy to Accelerate Personalized CareFebruary 2020
  • Immunotherapies as a Targeted Therapy to Accelerate Personalized CareFebruary 2020

Press Mentions

  • Immunotherapy Is Now the First Choice for Esophageal Cancer
    Immunotherapy Is Now the First Choice for Esophageal CancerMay 31st, 2022
  • Leap Therapeutics to Present New Data from the DisTinGuish Study of DKN-01 plus Tislelizumab at the ESMO 2021 Congress
    Leap Therapeutics to Present New Data from the DisTinGuish Study of DKN-01 plus Tislelizumab at the ESMO 2021 CongressSeptember 13th, 2021
  • Leap Therapeutics to Present at the ESMO 2021 Virtual Congress
    Leap Therapeutics to Present at the ESMO 2021 Virtual CongressJuly 26th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations