Photos: Moores UCSD Cancer Center photo gallery.
Welcome
Welcome to the home page for the Divisions of Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
Our two divisions are closely interlinked programmatically and in our predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Together, we have 37 full-time faculty members.
We are an integral part of the clinical, educational and research missions of the Moores UCSD Cancer Center.
We are deeply committed to the missions of academic medicine, including patient care, research and education.
Patient Care
We provide the highest quality of patient care for a wide spectrum of illnesses related to blood diseases and cancer.
Our faculty physicians are nationally and internationally recognized in solid tumor oncology, benign hematology, and hematological malignancies including acute and chronic leukemias, myeloproliferative disorders and multiple myeloma.
Research
Our two divisions’ research activities are diverse and have a tremendous depth in a number of important areas, including stem cell biology, tumor biology and immunology, hematopoiesis, platelet and vascular biology, and cancer clinical trials.
The Department of Medicine is well supported with extramural funding. The Divisions of Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation receive research funding from federal, state, and foundation sources.
Education
We have an outstanding fellowship program that trains physicians to become leaders in the field of hematology-oncology.
We invite you to learn more about our divisions’ activities by exploring this website and we encourage you to contact us for further information.
Sanford Shattil, M.D., Division Chief,
Hematology-Oncology, and Ted Ball, M.D.,
Division Chief, Bone Marrow Transplantation
Featured Profile
"The goal
is to empower patients"
Dr. Catriona Jamieson talks about a new kind of teamwork in the efforts to find more selective, less toxic therapies. Read more
Announcements
Grants and Awards
Annette von Drygalski, M.D. , recent graduate of our fellowship training program, received the ASH Fellow Research Training Award for AY10-11. This was a competitive award and only 5 were funded nationally. Dr. von Drygalski received the $50,000 one year award to study the role of the Activated Protein C receptor (APCr) in endothelial protection in sepsis.
The 2009-2010 Pfizer MAP Grant was awarded to Anjali Bjarne, M.D., a recent graduate of our fellowship training program, to study the prevalence and correlates of fatigue among patients at a comprehensive cancer center.
Meet Our New Fellows
- Michel Choueiri, M.D., completed his residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and his Genitourinary Medical Oncology Fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research interest is in the bone metastasis of prostate cancer and the use of mTOR inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma.
- Chris Larson, M.D., Ph.D., completed his residency training in the UCSD department of Internal Medicine's Physician Scientist Training Pathway. His research interests are in developing oncolytic viruses and therapeutic gene delivery.
- Ida Wong-Sefidan, M.D., completed her residency training at the UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Training Program. Dr. Wong-Sefidan’s research interests include hematologic malignancies and stem cell transplantation.
- Min Yan, M.D., Ph.D., is a graduate of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Residency Training Program in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Yan’s major interest is early detection of cancer and development of new chemotherapeutic agents for better treatment of cancer.
Faculty Recruitment
