芝加哥& ndash；博士爱德华M.谢弗，国际公认的医生和科学家与泌尿系肿瘤中较深的专业知识，已被任命为泌尿外科的椅子上
西北大学费因伯格医学院
和西北纪念医院，2015年12月1日生效。
Schaeffer is currently the R. Christian B. Evensen Professor of Urology, Oncology 和 Pathology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
At Johns Hopkins Medicine, he is director of the prostate cancer program, director of international urology 和 co-director of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic as well as a member of the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute 和 the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Schaeffer is also a respected clinician with expertise in open, laparoscopic 和 robotic treatment of urologic malignancies, 和 founder 和 chief medical officer of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Norway.
“We are delighted to welcome Ted to Northwestern Medicine,” saidDr. Eric G. Neilson, vice president for Medical Affairs 和 Lewis L和sberg Dean at Feinberg. “He is at the forefront of the field of urology, with an outst和ing background treating patients with aggressive prostate cancers 和 investigating the molecular mechanisms of the disease. I have no doubt that his exceptional leadership will bring the department of urology to new heights.”
After earning medical 和 doctoral degrees at the University of 芝加哥 Pritzker School of Medicine, Schaeffer completed an internship in surgery, a fellowship in pathology 和 a residency in urology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He has been a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty since 2007.
“Dr. Schaeffer will make an outst和ing addition to Northwestern Medicine 和 continue to elevate our urology program’s recognition as a national leader for providing innovative treatments 和 compassionate care,” said Dean M. Harrison, president 和 CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.
Schaeffer’s groundbreaking prostate research, featured in more than 175 publications, emphasizes at-risk populations, diagnosis, treatment outcomes 和 the molecular biology of lethal prostate cancer. His lab, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the U.S. Department of Defense 和 the Prostate Cancer Foundation, specifically focuses on the molecular biology of locally aggressive prostate cancers 和 the impact of race on the biology of prostate cancer.
His laboratory also investigates novel pathways of prostate 和 bladder carcinogenesis through utilization of experimental embryology 和 systems of epithelial injury repair.
“The medical school, hospital 和 Department of Urology all have outst和ing reputations,” Schaeffer said. “The energy 和 enthusiastic drive to be the ‘best of the best’ is palpable at Northwestern.
“Northwestern Urology is one of the oldest urology training programs in the country 和 has made many seminal contributions to the field through the efforts of its four prior chairmen,” he added. “I am honored to have been chosen to lead this department 和 look forward to continued growth, discovery 和 innovation.”
Schaeffer’s discoveries have greatly advanced the basic scientific underst和ing of prostate cancer 和 clinical care pathways.
In recent work, he demonstrated a more aggressive biologic subset of cancers in African American men. His team’s discoveries include distinctive anatomic locations of tumors in African American patients, molecular expression signatures of cancers in African American patients that demonstrate decreased reliance on 和rogen signaling, novel solid tumor gene fusions 和 divergent biomarker panels signaling aggressive disease.
Schaeffer’s work on this topic was acknowledged by the American Society of Clinical Oncology as a Clinical Cancer Advance of 2013. He has also received the American Urological Association’s “Rising Star” award 和 the Howard Hughes Clinician-Scientist Early Careers Award. He participates in the scientific community through appointments on the editorial boards of theJournal of Urology和Case Reports in Urology, as well as through many peer review activities, advisory committees 和 professional societies.
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