Institute of Medicine Inducts Department Chair
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Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., the Isadore Lampe Collegiate Professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, is among 65 new members nation-wide elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine.
Lawrence joined the Medical School faculty in 1987. He and his research team have developed combined treatments of intensified chemotherapy and radiation that have extended survival for pancreatic cancer patients. Lawrence and others also have developed a treatment that delivers chemotherapy drugs directly to the liver and pinpoints radiation on tumors while sparing vital liver tissue. With colleagues at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lawrence pioneered a type of MRI called a functional diffusion map that helps physicians determine early on if treatment is working for patients with brain tumors.
Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, the institute is a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendation on human health issues. Total membership now stands at 1,692.
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