Dennis Slamon

Dennis J. Slamon
Born (1948-08-06) August 6, 1948 (age 76)
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Alma materWashington & Jefferson College (B.A.)
University of Chicago (Ph.D. cell biology, M.D. (1975))
Occupation(s)oncologist, professor
AwardsGairdner Foundation International Award (2007)
Scheele Award (2009)
The Sjöberg Prize (2019)

Dennis Joseph Slamon (born August 6, 1948),[1][2] is an American oncologist and chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at UCLA. He is best known for his work identifying the HER2/neu oncogene that is amplified in 25–33% of breast cancer patients and the resulting treatment trastuzumab.[3]

He currently serves as director of Clinical/Translational Research at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center,[4] and as director of the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program at JCCC. He is a professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and executive vice chair for research for UCLA's Department of Medicine. Slamon also serves as director of the medical advisory board for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance, a fund-raising organization that promotes advances in colorectal cancer.

  1. ^ U.S. News & World Report. Vol. 125. U.S. News Publishing Corporation. 1998. p. 63.
  2. ^ Dennis J. Slamon Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, Gairdner Foundation International Award, 2007
  3. ^ "The California Cure The Gene Stalker: Dr. Dennis J. Slamon". LA Times magazine.
  4. ^ "Dennis Slamon, Director, Clinical/Translational Research". UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Archived from the original on 2010-07-09.