ScottKnowlesPruittMD
General Surgery • Durham, NCSurgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Associate Professor, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
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Office
508 Fulton St
Durham Va Medical Center
Durham, NC 27705Phone+1 919-684-3942- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Scott Pruitt, MD is a general surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina. He is affiliated with Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and is an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Medicine.
Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1997
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 1997 - 2024- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Immunotherapy of Melanoma With Tumor Antigen RNA and Small Inhibitory RNA Transfected Autologous Dendritic Cells Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01
- Local Modulation of Immune Receptors to Enhance the Response to Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsExperimental Medicine Study to Measure Immune Checkpoint Receptors PD-1 and GITR Turnover Rates In Vivo in HumansMichael E. Lassman, Derek L Chappell, Thomas McAvoy, Amy Cheng, Dinesh P. de Alwis, Scott K. Pruitt, Omar F Laterza, Claire Li, Aubrey Stoch, Kapil Mayawala> ;Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2021 Jun 1
- 77 citationsPrevalence of High Tumor Mutational Burden and Association With Survival in Patients With Less Common Solid Tumors.Changxia Shao, Gerald Li, Lingkang Huang, Scott K. Pruitt, Emily Castellanos, Garrett M. Frampton, Kenneth R. Carson, Tamara Snow, Gaurav Singal, David Fabrizio, Brian...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2020 Oct 1
- 8 citationsAssociation of programmed death ligand 1 expression with prognosis among patients with ten uncommon advanced cancersTorben Steiniche, Morten Ladekarl, Jeanette Bæhr Georgsen, Simon Andreasen, Michael Busch-Sørensen, Wei Zhou, Matthew J. Marton, Scott K. Pruitt, F. Jin, Kai-Li Liaw> ;Future Science OA. 2020 Aug 19
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Press Mentions
Biden Administration Moves to Curtail Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’August 26th, 2021- How Trump Damaged Science — and Why It Could Take Decades to RecoverOctober 5th, 2020
- Science, Sidelined by Trump Administration, Getting More Attention Because of COVID-19, University of Iowa Toxicologist SaysJuly 24th, 2020
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Grant Support
- Immune Response To Breast Ductal Carcinoma In SituNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1997–1999
- Modulation Of Hyperacute Xenograft RejectionNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1992–1993
Professional Memberships
- Member
Hospital Affiliations
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical CenterDurham, North Carolina
