James A. DeCaprio, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Mayer 440
Boston, MA 02215
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Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Mayer 440
Boston, MA 02215
Biosketch
Dr. DeCaprio received his MD in 1984 from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago, and his medical oncology fellowship at DFCI. In 1992, he joined the faculty of DFCI, where his laboratory has focused on mechanisms of cellular transformation and oncogenesis
Positions
1987-1992 Research Fellow, Laboratory of David Livingston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
1989-1992 Instructor in Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
1989- Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
1992-1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
1998-2014 Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
2003-2013 Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
2014- Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
2020- Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, DFCI
Scientific Appointments
2003-2013 Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
2020- Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, DFCI
Awards and Honors
1983 Elected member, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
1998 Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
2001 Harvard Medical School, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Award for Teaching
2002 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Stohlman Scholar
2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Excellence in Mentoring Award
2004 Elected member, Association of American Physicians (AAP)
2014 Master of Arts (Hon), Harvard University, Cambridge MA
2016 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
2019 NIH/NCI Outstanding Investigator Award
Positions
1987-1992 Research Fellow, Laboratory of David Livingston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
1989-1992 Instructor in Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
1989- Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
1992-1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
1998-2014 Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
2003-2013 Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
2014- Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
2020- Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, DFCI
Scientific Appointments
2003-2013 Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
2020- Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, DFCI
Awards and Honors
1983 Elected member, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
1998 Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
2001 Harvard Medical School, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Award for Teaching
2002 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Stohlman Scholar
2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Excellence in Mentoring Award
2004 Elected member, Association of American Physicians (AAP)
2014 Master of Arts (Hon), Harvard University, Cambridge MA
2016 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
2019 NIH/NCI Outstanding Investigator Award