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Sanford Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D.

Sanford Markowitz

Dr. Markowitz is Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics in the Department of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) and the Ireland Cancer Center, with coappointment in the Department of Molecular Biology, at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an attending physician at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He received his B.A. degree in physics and chemistry from Harvard College. He received his M.D. and his Ph.D. degrees in cell biology from Yale University, where he worked with Vincent Marchesi. Dr. Markowitz did clinical training in internal medicine at the University of Chicago and in medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute, where he also did postdoctoral research in the laboratory of John Minna.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Sanford Markowitz is interested in identifying genes that are key targets for mutation in human gastrointestinal cancers.

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Photo: Paul Fetters

HHMI ALUMNI INVESTIGATOR
1998– 2010
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Education
bullet icon B.A., chemistry and physics, Harvard College
bullet icon M.A., chemistry, Harvard University
bullet icon M.D., Yale University Medical School
bullet icon Ph.D., cell biology, Yale University
Member
bullet icon American Society for Clinical Investigation
bullet icon Association of American Physicians
Awards
bullet icon Maurice Saltzman Award, Mount Sinai Healthcare Foundation
bullet icon Hero of Hope Award, American Cancer Society

Research Abstract
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Novel Pathways Causing Human Colon Cancer

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Sensitivity of Genetic Testing Increased
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