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photo Benjamin A Nacev, MD, PhD

Hematology/Oncology

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: nacevba@upmc.edu

Contact
Office: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5117 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
E-mail: nacevba@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Lynnette Robinson
Address: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5117 Centre Avenue, Suite 2.32
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: robilm@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-623-7776
Fax: 412-623-7828
Education and Training
Education
AB, University of Chicago, 2004
MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2013
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, Osler Medical Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2016
Medical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2019
Research Interest
Dr. Nacev is a laboratory-based physician scientist. The scientific goal of the Nacev Lab is to understand how cancer-associated genetic alterations in chromatin regulators promote cancer and to leverage this understanding to advance new therapeutic approaches in the clinic. Specifically, we model these events and study how the epigenome is dysregulated to alter transcriptional and developmental programs important for cancer growth and oncogenic behavior. To do so, we employ diverse tools including genetics, chemical approaches, and epigenomic approaches.
For more information: http://nacevlab.com
Clinical Interest
Dr. Nacev is a medical oncologist with a specialization in caring for adult patients with sarcomas. Dr. Nacev collaborates with clinical trialists to design studies and correlates within his area of research focus, cancer epigenetics.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Notable Achievements
Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Basic Science Research Award, 2020
MSKCC SPORE in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Career Enhancement Program (CEP), 2020
National Cancer Institute, Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08), 2019
QuadW Foundation-AACR Fellowship for Clinical/Translational Sarcoma Research, 2019
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, 2019
John Mendelsohn Housestaff Teaching Award, Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2018
Medical Oncology Co-Chief Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2017-2018
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2016