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PATRICIA A. WOOD, M.D., Ph.D.


Associate Professor, USC School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Associate Professor
, USC School of Medicine, Pathology
Chief, Dorn VA Medical Center, Oncology/Hematology Division

DEGREES
B.S., 1976, Microbiology, University of Minnesota
M.D., 1980, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1989, University of Minnesota
Residency, 1984-1987, University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-1989, Hematology/Oncology, University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989-1990, Oncology, University of Minnesota

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

  • Clinical Research Trials
  • Oncology - Hematology Clinical Patient Care
  • Basic Cancer Biology Research
  • Biological Rhythms (Circadian, Fertility Cycle) in Health and Disease

RECOGNITION
Awards and Honors:
B.S. degree - summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
Minnesota Medical Foundation Medical Student Achievement Award
Insurance Medical Scientist Scholar. 5 year stipend, medical and graduate school
American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Career Development Award, 1991-1993.
Who's Who of American Women 17th ed., 1991.

Invited Talks:
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Dept Biology, Duarte, CA, January 1995. "Circadian Dependence of Hematopoietic Growth Factors"
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada, Visiting Professor in Oncology, "Cisplatin-Induced Anemia: An Erythropoietin Deficiency", November 30-December 1, 1994.
Society for Research on Biologic Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL, May 1994. Workshop on Scientific Basis for Circadian Cancer Therapy, "Peptide Chronopharmacodynamics"
University of Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
University of Karlova, Prague, Czech Republic
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Institute of Microbiology and Oncology
"Circadian Timing of Hematopoietic Growth Factors and Biologic Response Modifiers" April 1994
Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science, Seina College, April 1994, Loudonville, NY
SMART Women's Meeting, Russell Sage College, February 1994, Troy , NY
Invited Panelist
Visiting Professor, University of California San Diego, Gildred Cancer Center and San Diego V.A. Medical Center, February, 1994. "Time of Day Dependent Efficacy of Hematopoietic Growth Factors"
University of New Mexico, Cancer Center and Albuquerque V.A. Administration Medical Center, September 1993. "Circadian Rhythms and Hematopoietic Growth Factors"
International Society of Chronobiology, Larry E. Scheving Symposium: Scientific Basis for Circadian Cancer Therapy, July 1993 " Chronotherapy of Growth Factors"
Chronooncology Symposium, NYCOMED Pharma, Oslo Norway, October 1992. "Circadian Rhythms in the Clinical Application of Growth Factor Therapy"
Infusional Cancer Chemotherapy Symposium, Boston MA, October 1992. "Circadian Hematopoietic Growth Factor Therapy"

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dorn VA Medical Center
Medical Oncology (111)
6439 Garners Ferry Road
Columbia, SC 29209
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