Clinical Assistant Professor

Undergraduate: University of Minnesota
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, and Hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Services

• Hematology
• • Leukemia and Lymphoma
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • CNS lymphoma
  • Myelodysplastic Syndrome
  • Myeloproliferative Diseases
• Pain Management in Oncology
• Breast Cancer
• Genitourinary Cancers
• Renal
• Bladder
• Prostate
• Pancreatic and Gastric Cancer
• Metastatic Cancer

Research Interests

• Statins for the Treatment of Leukemia and Cancer
• Targeted Cancer Therapy
• Optical Imaging of Leukemia Cells
• Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
• Clinical and Laboratory Studies in Melanoma

Selected Publications

Burke LP, Lewis LD, Perez RP. Ubiquinone does not rescue acute myeloid leukemia cells from growth inhibition by statins. Leukemia. 2003 Jan;17(1):267-8.