George Canellos - F1000 Head of Faculty (since 16 November 2005)
Department of Medical Oncology/Hematologic Malignancies, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
George P. Canellos M.DAcademic positions: - William Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School - Chief of DFCI's Division of Medical Oncology, emeritus - Medical director for network development for Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, emeritus - Senior Physician, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
All commercial positions (in last five years): None declared
Research interests: Dr Canellos' research interests span a broad area of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents as well as biological agents for the treatment of malignant diseases, with particular interest in malignant lymphoma.
Any other information: - Former Chair of the Lymphoma Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, a national cooperative trials group - Co-editor of the textbook, The Lymphomas - Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (1988-2001). Dr Canellos has received numerous awards for his research including:- - San Salvatore Foundation Award at the 9th International Conference on Lymphoma., 2005 - Key to the Cure Award, The Cure for Lymphoma Foundation, 1999 - Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Athens, Greece, 1997 - Distinguished Service Award for Scientific Achievement, American Society of Clinical Oncology, 1996