
William E Gillanders MD
Breast, Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Professor, Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
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4500 Forest Park AveDiv Surg Oncology 5TH FLSt. Louis, MO 63108
Phone+1 314-362-2280
Fax+1 888-352-8360
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Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1999
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
MO State Medical License 2005 - 2027
SC State Medical License 1999 - 2005
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Follow My Health, Jardogs, 2012, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017
Clinical Trials
- Effect of Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Systemic Therapy on Breast Cancers, Bone Marrow Cancer Cells, and Circulating Cancer Cells Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 14
- A Study to Determine the Clinical Significance of Molecular Detection of Breast Cancer in the Blood of Stage IV Breast Cancer Patients Start of enrollment: 2005 Nov 01
- LDE225 in Treating Patients With Stage II-III Estrogen Receptor- and HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Deviating from Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (TI-RADS) guidelines in surgical planning for patients with parathyroid disease: What is the clinical impact?Shaleen V Sathe, Abigail Chmiel, Caroline Jones, William E Gillanders, John A Olson Jr
Surgery. 2026-01-01 - ImmunoNX: a robust bioinformatics workflow to support personalized neoantigen vaccine trials.Kartik Singhal, Evelyn Schmidt, Susanna Kiwala, S Peter Goedegebuure, Christopher A Miller
Arxiv. 2025-12-09 - Long-Acting Recombinant IL-7 (rhIL-7-hyFc) Enhances the Primary and Memory Neoantigen-Specific Immune Response to Breast Cancer Personalized Cancer Vaccines.Michael Chen, Thomas Kane, Ina Chen, Suangson Supabphol, Xiuli Zhang
Cancers. 2025-09-30
Journal Articles
- WDFY4 Is Required for Cross-Presentation in Response to Viral and Tumor AntigensHerbert W Virgin, Kenneth M Murphy, William E Gillanders, Wayne Yokoyama, Science Magazine
Press Mentions
Two WashU Medicine Projects Compete in STAT Madness TournamentMarch 6th, 2025
Neoantigen DNA Vaccine for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Shows High Survival RatesNovember 15th, 2024
Vaccines Become Breakthrough in Preventing Breast CancerNovember 15th, 2024
Grant Support
- Surgical Oncology Basic Science and Translational Research Training ProgramWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY1988–2029
- Targeting Neoantigens in Triple Negative Breast CancerWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY2019–2025
- Peripheral Blood Molecular Staging Of Breast CancerNational Cancer Institute2006–2010
- Molecular Detection Of Breast Cancer In Peripheral BloodNational Cancer Institute2004–2006
- Molecular Detection Of Breast Cancer In Peripheral BloodNational Cancer Institute2002–2004
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- American Association of Endocrine SurgeonsMember
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