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A Conversation with EIPM's Rohit Chandwani, M.D.

October 26, 2018

 A surgeon-scientist, Dr. Chandwani is also Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he studies the epigenetic dysregulation of pancreatic and liver cancer. 

We hope you enjoy learning more about Dr. Chandwani’s work.

Please provide a brief overview of your background and work. 

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Section of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery and...

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Next-Gen Sequencing in Precision Medicine

October 23, 2018

At the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine (EIPM), we use genomic information to help provide the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. This information is often generated for oncology patients using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to quickly and accurately sequence many genes at once.

A new manuscript, “The Role of Next-Generation Sequencing in Precision Medicine: A Review of Outcomes in Oncology,” published in the ...

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Dr. Peter Martin, Chief of the Lymphoma Program

October 16, 2018

Earlier this year WCM was selected by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as the only medical institution in New York and one of the two sites nationwide to receive a highly competitive grant to improve therapies for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients.

The LLS Mantle Cell Lymphoma Research Initiative award of $2.5 million couples with a significant matching from WCM to Toal over $4 million work of funding provided to accelerate the movement of innovative MCL treatment...

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