Levi Garraway
| Levi Garraway | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Levi Garraway (born 1968 in Ohio) is an oncologist and currently is the Chief Medical Officer at Roche Holdings. [1] He also serves an institute member at the Broad Institute and director of the Joint Center for Cancer Precision Medicine.
Life[edit]
In 1990, he graduated from Harvard University with a AB in Biochemical Sciences. Later, he graduated from Harvard Medical School, Cambridge,MA with a MD and PhD, in 1999.
Garraway completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, he was Medical Chief Resident in 2003. He completed fellowship training in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
He works closely with the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He has extensive experience in precision medicine. He is mainly known for being the first to complete a whole genome sequencing study of prostate cancer. [2]
He was elected president of American Society for Clinical Investigation[3]and is on the board of American Association for Cancer Research.[4]
Awards[edit]
- Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute, 2015[5]
- Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research [6] , 2013
- Jane Cooke Wright Award from the American Association of Cancer Research, 2014[7]
- New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health, 2007[8]
Family[edit]
He married to Gisele Garraway, also a graduate of Harvard University.[9]
He has a sister Isla Garraway who is an urologist at UCLA.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Levi Garraway: A passion for purpose". Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Broad Institute Levi Garraway". June 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Presidential Address". Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "American Association for Cancer Research Welcomes New Board of Directors, Nominating Committee Members". Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Levi Garraway". NCI. 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Levi Garraway". MSKCC. September 23, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Garraway Spotlight". AACR. April 17, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Levi Garraway". NIH. September 18, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Starfish Initiative Names CEO". Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Dr. Isla Garraway". Retrieved December 1, 2019.
External links[edit]
- " American Society for Clinical Investigation
- "Levi Garraway"
- "Dr. Levi Garraway", CBS News
- "Longwood Local: Meet Levi Garraway, cancer researcher", State News, Apr 2016
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