A. Thomas Look, MD

Affiliation: DFCI
Position: Principal Investigator
Address: 44 Binney Street, Boston MA 02115, Mayer 628
Email: thomas_look@dfci.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 632-5826 (Doris Dodson)

Education:

1971 B.S.E. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (chemical engineering, magna cum laude)

1975 M.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Postdoctoral Training:

Internship and Residencies:
1975-76 Intern in Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1976-77 Resident in Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Research and Clinical Fellowships:
1977-79 Fellow in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
1979-81 Research Associate, Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Licensure and Certification:

1977 Tennessee License No. MD 10656
1979 Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, Certification No. 23792
1980 Sub-Board of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Certification No. 502
1999 Massachusetts License No. 158797

Academic Appointments:

1983-85 Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee

1985-87 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee

1987-99 Professor of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee

1999- Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Hospital Appointments:

1981-84 Assistant Member, Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Instructor in Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee

1984-88 Associate Member, Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1985-99 Joint appointment in Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1988-99 Member, Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1988-92 Vice Chairman for Research, Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1992-99 Endowed Chair in Leukemia Research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1992-99 Chairman, Experimental Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

1999- Senior Associate in Hematology/Oncology, Childrenıs Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

1999- Associate Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

1999- Vice Chair for Research, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Major Committee Assignments:

National Committees:
1997- Pediatric Scientist Development Program Selection Committee
1997- Scientific Advisory Committee: Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation
1998- AACR Publications Committee
1998- Childrenıs Cancer Foundation Review Committee
1998- Crippled Childrenıs Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee
1998- Indiana University Cancer Center External Advisory Committees

Professional Societies:

1979 American Academy of Pediatrics Member
1981 American Society of Clinical Oncology Member
1988 Society for Pediatric Research Member
1981 American Society of Hematology Member
1982 American Association of Cancer Research Member
1987 American Society for Clinical Investigation Member
1987 American Society of Microbiology Member

Editorial Boards:

1987-92 Editorial Board, Blood
1994- Editorial Board, International Journal of Oncology
1998- Editorial Board, Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer
1998- Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Investigation
1999- Editorial Board, International Journal of Hematology
1999- Editorial Board, Neoplasia

Awards:

1987 Allison Eberlein Award for Childhood Leukemia Research
1994 1st Annual Adam Balinsky Memorial Lecturer, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
1995 Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research, American Academy of Pediatrics
1997 William E. Hathaway Visiting Professor, The Childrenıs Hospital, Denver, Colorado
1999 2nd Annual Giulio J. DıAngio Lecturer, Childrenıs Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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