Topic:

“Ongoing Research and Clinical Trials for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia”

Speaker:

William G. Wierda, M.D., Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Medial Director

Department of Leukemia

U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Speaker Bio:

William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor and clinical medical director in the Department of Leukemia at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Wierda completed a bachelor of science in biochemistry at the University of California, Riverside, followed by a PhD in microbiology and immunology at Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, Illinois. He then received his medical degree, also at The Chicago Medical School. Dr. Wierda then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  He has previously served as a clinical instructor at the UCSD and a staff physician in the San Diego Veterans Healthcare System.

He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in such prestigious journals as Blood, Leukemia, Cellular Immunology, and The Journal of Immunology. He is also reviewer for both Cancer and Leukemia & Lymphoma.

In addition, Dr. Wierda is currently a consultant for five corporations.

Research Interests:  Refractory aggressive (high-grade) T-cell malignancies; and Treatment of both chronic lymphocytic leukemia and prolymphocytic leukemia.

Date/Time:
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
7:00 am - 8:30 am

(Networking at 7:00 AM and Program 7:30 – 8:30 AM)

Location: 
Trevisio Restaurant (Water Wall Building in the Texas Medical Center)

6^th Floor

6550 Bertner Ave (Off Holcombe Blvd, East of Fannin)

Houston, TX 77030

(713) 749-0400

Map:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=6550%20Bertner%20St&city=Houston&state=TX&zipcode=77030%2d2808&country=US&geodiff=1

Parking:

Within Water Wall Building – Commons.

Bring parking token with you for validation. 

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