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Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Office phone: 617-632-3825
Appointment phone: 617-632-6140
Fax: 617-582-8601
Email: james_decaprio@dfci.harvard.edu
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James A. DeCaprio, MD
Center/Program
Hematologic OncologyOffice phone: 617-632-3825
Appointment phone: 617-632-6140
Fax: 617-582-8601
Email: james_decaprio@dfci.harvard.edu
Preferred contact method: office phone
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Discipline
Medical Oncologist
Research Department
Medical Oncology/Molecular and Cellular
Interest
Viral oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Biography
Dr. DeCaprio received his MD in 1984 from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago, and his medical oncology fellowship at DFCI. In 1992, he joined the faculty of DFCI, where his laboratory has focused on mechanisms of cellular transformation and oncogenesis.
Background
Fellowship
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Medical Oncology
Residency
University of Chicago, Internal Medicine
Medical School
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Recent Awards
- Association of American Physicians, 2004
- Harvard University GSAS Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award, 2004
- Stohlman Scholar, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 2002
- Biological and Biochemical Sciences HMS Award in Teaching, 2000
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1997
- Scholar, Leukemia Society of America, 1997