Patient Power®
Sponsored by America’s top Medical Centers
Medical Experts
How to be Powerful Patient.

Medical Experts

CHOOSE AN EXPERT CHOOSE A HEALTH specialty CHOOSE AN INSTITUTION  

Medical Experts > by Expert > William Pao, M.D., Ph.D.

Please use the links below to search by the first letter of a expert's last name or use the tabs above to browse by specialty or institution.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Can't find what you're looking for? Try our search engine or view all Medical Experts.

William Pao, M.D., Ph.D.

Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Dr. Pao is a physician-scientist with a special interest in thoracic oncology. Dr. Pao's research focuses on identification of genes involved in the pathogenesis of lung tumors and stratifying tumors into clinically relevant molecular subsets. Using information derived from these experiments, Dr. Pao seeks to improve treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. His research has yielded important insights into mechanisms of lung tumor sensitivity and resistance to inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor.

Dr. Pao is the author of over 50 publications, is actively involved in numerous professional associations including the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and has served as a journal editor for PLoS Medicine, Cancer Research, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
More Info

Take Action
8/25/2009 Webcast

The Promise & Peril of Personalized Oncology

Download or Stream Show
Download transcript

This website is accredited by Health On the Net Foundation. Click to verify. We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.

Welcome!

Welcome to Patient Power, a health site like no other. Here you will find no diet plans, no encyclopedic definitions of a disease, and no advertising. You WILL find more than 2,000 audio interviews and videos with renowned experts – doctors and patients – guiding you in your fight against a serious diagnosis. Click here to get oriented.

~PatientPower.info