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photo Dennis Hsu, MD

Hematology/Oncology

Instructor in Medicine

Email: hsudj@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4724
Contact
Office: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5115 Centre Avenue, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
 
Phone: 412-692-4724
Fax: 412-692-4705
E-mail: hsudj@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Christine Maloney
Address: Hillman Cancer Center Research Pavilion
5117 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: maloneyc@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-623-3272
Fax: 412-623-7704
Education and Training
Education
Engineering Physics, BS, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, CA., 2006
Medicine, MD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH., 2013
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI., 2016
Fellowship in Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY., 2020
Research Interest
My current research interest is to understand the molecular underpinnings that drive oncogenesis and cancer cell fitness. My current research explores how nutrients in the cancer microenvironment affect gene expression and cancer genome evolution. By using a combination of computational modeling, wet-lab experiments involving cancer cell starvation including RNA sequencing, metabolite profiling, and proteomic profiling, our current work has focused in on transfer RNAs and how they help cancer cells adapt to nutritional cues in the environment. Future work will focus on downstream effectors that help cancer cells adapt to starvation stress.
Clinical Interest
My clinical interest is in gastrointestinal cancers including: colorectal cancer, small bowel cancer, appendix cancer, pancreas cancer, biliary tract cancers, and anal cancers. I have also been privileged to take care of individuals with cancers of unknown primary.
Notable Achievements
Physician Scientist Training Award. Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, 2020
ASCO/CCF Young Investigators Award. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019
Investigational Clinical Scholars Award. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2017
Kenneth Stark Research Award, University of Michigan, 2016
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - National Institutes of Health Research Scholar, 2011
Tau Beta Pi. Engineering Honor Society, University of California, Berkeley, 2004

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