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Program Code:
PD03
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
SPEAKER(S):
Anuradha Chakravarthy , M.D. , Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Christopher Crane, Associate Professor, Chief, GI Section,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Christopher Crane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he has been Program Director of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology at since 2001. He also serves as the Program Director of the Residency and Fellowship Training Programs. He has been invited to speak widely on gastrointestinal topics both nationally and internatinally and authored or coauthored over 75 manuscripts as well as 35 text book chapters and 30 invited publications focusing on gastrointestinal malignancies. His primary research focus has been the combination of novel chemotherapeutic agents with radiation therapy in pancreatic and rectal cancers in prospective phase I and phase II trials as well as teaching the multidisciplinary management and supportive care of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies.
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