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Claire Verschraegen, MD, Oncology, Columbus, OH

ClaireFVerschraegenMDMS, FACP

Oncology Columbus, OH

Endocrine Cancer, Gynecologic Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Melanoma

Director and Professor, Division of Medical Oncology

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  • Office

    2050 Kenny Rd
    Fl 4
    Columbus, OH 43221
    Phone+1 614-293-5066
    Fax+1 614-293-9449

Summary

  • I am a professor of medicine and director of the Division of Medical Oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. I also hold the Diane Nye and Michael Rayden Chair in Innovative Cancer Research at Ohio State and serve as associate director for translational research at Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center.

    I am a board-certified medical oncologist who specializes in treating patients with rare cancers, including mesothelioma, metastatic melanoma, sarcomas and gynecologic malignancies. Another of my specialties is the study of new anticancer drugs and treatments for solid tumors. My work has been continuously funded for more than 20 years, including grant support for phase I, II and III clinical trials. I have been appointed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to serve on many committees, such as the NCI Gynecological Cancer Steering Committee, which approves the federally-sponsored randomized studies for gynecological cancers.

    I was recruited to Ohio State in 2017 from the University of Vermont, where I was a professor of medicine, director of Hematology/Oncology, director of the cancer service line and co-director of the University of Vermont Cancer Center. I earned my master's degree and medical degree at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and trained at the Institut Jules Bordet in internal medicine/oncology. I then completed a cancer research fellowship at the Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research and an internal medicine residency training at the University of Houston, followed by a medical oncology fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

    In my 30 years as an academic medical oncologist, much progress has been made in treating some cancers through novel targeted therapies and immunotherapies, a result of the well-planned clinical and translational studies to which I have devoted the greatest part of my professional life. I am privileged to continue this mis

Education & Training

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1992 - 1994
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
  • Universite Libre de Bruxelles Faculty of Medicine
    Universite Libre de Bruxelles Faculty of MedicineClass of 1982
  • Universite Libre de Bruxelles, School of Botany
    Universite Libre de Bruxelles, School of BotanyM.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1977 - 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2017 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1993 - 2019
  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 2011 - 2018
  • NM State Medical License
    NM State Medical License 2002 - 2017

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Marquis Who's Who 2018
  • US News & World Report 2015
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • PEGylated engineered interleukin-2 (IL-2) CD122-biased immunostimulatory cytokine Cancer immunotherapy  
    Rogers, S.C., Shah, H., Yin, M., Folefac, E., Lee, R., Verschraegen, C., Drugs of the Future, 1/1/2018
  • Hypofractioned radiation therapy for early breast cancer regional nodal irradiation - the jury is still out  
    Hilde Van Parijs, Nele Adriaenssens, Claire Verschraegen, Zineb Dahbi, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Guy Storme, Mark De Ridder, Nam P. Nguyen, Translational Cancer Research, 1/1/2018
  • Management of high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma with colon metastasis  
    Conor O'Neill, MD, Jesse Moore, MD, Alexandra Kalof, MD, Carlos Marroquin, MD, Claire Verschraegen, MD, and Ted A James, MD, Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Carboplatin and Pembrolizumab Chemoimmunotherapy Achieves Remission in Recurrent, Metastatic Sebaceous Carcinoma.
    Kodali S, Tipirneni E, Gibson PC, Cook D, Verschraegen C, Lane KA, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/3/2018
  • Avelumab in patients with previously treated mesothelioma: Updated phase 1b results from the JAVELIN Solid Tumor trial.
    Raffit Hassan, Anish Thomas, John J. Nemunaitis, Manish R. Patel, Jaafar Bennouna, Franklin Chen, Jean-Pierre Delord, Afshin Dowlati, Matthew H. Taylor, John D. Powder..., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1/1/2018
  • Incidence of ototoxicity in head and neck cancer (HNSCC) patients (pts) receiving concomitant chemo-radiation (CRT) with weekly or triweekly cisplatin (Cis).
    Jishu Das, Amy Custer, Dukagjin Blakaj, Matthew O. Old, Songzhu Zhao, Aashish D Bhatt, Stephan Y Kang, Amit Agrawal, Enver Ozer, Jessica Wobb, Robert Rupert, Darrion L..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2018
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Lectures

  • Growing Your Academic Enterprise 
    ASCO Annual Meeting 2019 - Chicago, IL - 6/1/2019
  • Consequences of Cancer 
    James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH - 1/14/2018
  • Overian Cancer 
    Columbus, OH - 1/5/2018
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Other

  • Peritoneal mesothelioma: Debulking or not? 
    Verschraegen CF, Pro & Con Debate, Intraperitoneal Therapies Meeting
    Lake Tahoe, NV - 1/19/2011
  • Focus on Sarcoma. 
    S Movva & C. Verschraegen, New Mexico Cancer Alliance Newsletter
    1/1/2010
  • Fall and Rise of the Vermont Cancer Center 
    Verschraegen CF, Burlington Free Press
    http://archive.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20121001/NEWS02/310010006/The-fall-and-rise-of-the-Vermont-Cancer-Center
    1/1/2002
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Authored Content

  • Focus on Ewing Sarcoma – Time for a Change in the Standards of Care?June 2022

Press Mentions

  • FDA Approves Biosimilar Bevacizumab-Adcd for the Treatment of Six Types of Cancer
    FDA Approves Biosimilar Bevacizumab-Adcd for the Treatment of Six Types of CancerSeptember 30th, 2022
  • Shop Talk
    Shop TalkAugust 10th, 2017
  • Avelumab Shows Promise as Frontline Immunotherapy Alternative in NSCLC
    Avelumab Shows Promise as Frontline Immunotherapy Alternative in NSCLCJanuary 11th, 2017
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French, Spanish

Industry Relationships

  • Director, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterDirector of the Division of Medical Oncology2017 - Present