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Office
5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637Phone+1 888-824-0200
Summary
- Dr. Alexander Pearson is an oncologist in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with University of Chicago Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and has been in practice 7 years. He specializes in head & neck cancer and is experienced in neoplasms of the salivary glands and head and neck oncology.
Education & Training
University of MichiganFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2012 - 2017- University of MichiganResidency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2013
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2016 - 2020
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Leif B. Sorenson Award The University of Chicago Department of Medicine, 2022
- NextGen Innovator HemOnc Today, 2019
- 40 under 40 Chicago Scientists HaloCures, 2019
Clinical Trials
- Observational Prospective Study OPTIMA II - Follow-up Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
- Chemotherapy and Locoregional Therapy Trial (Surgery or Radiation) for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 27
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- PRMT5 inhibition has a potent anti-tumor activity against adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands.Vasudha Mishra, Alka Singh, Michael Korzinkin, Xiangying Cheng, Claudia Wing
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2025-01-11 - Counterfactual Diffusion Models for Mechanistic Explainability of Artificial Intelligence Models in Pathology.Laura Žigutytė, Tim Lenz, Tianyu Han, Katherine J Hewitt, Nic G Reitsam
Biorxiv. 2025-01-08 - Generative adversarial networks accurately reconstruct pan-cancer histology from pathologic, genomic, and radiographic latent features.Frederick M Howard, Hanna M Hieromnimon, Siddhi Ramesh, James Dolezal, Sara Kochanny
Science Advances. 2024-11-15
Press Mentions
UChicago Medical Students Publish First-Author ResearchSeptember 3rd, 2024- ChatGPT Writes Convincing Fake Scientific Abstracts That Fool Reviewers in StudyJanuary 10th, 2023
- First He Survived Cancer – Now He Studies ItNovember 14th, 2022
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Grant Support
- A reasoned approach to combination therapy development in head and neck cancerNIH/NIDCRPresent
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