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Office
680 N Lake Shore Dr
Ste 1000
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-695-9797
Education & Training
University of ChicagoFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1992
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
University of Patras Medical SchoolPhD, 1989
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1984 - 1986- Hellenic Anticancer InstituteResidency, 1984
- University of Patras School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1988 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1987 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Clinical Trials
- Metformin+Cytarabine for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory AML Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 11
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Socioeconomic, racial-ethnic, household, and infrastructural disparities of hematologic cancer outcomes in the United States.David J Fei-Zhang, Erik Wu, Alexander V Stanisic, Lifang Hou, Leonidas C Platanias
Blood Advances. 2025-03-25 - Discovery of Potent and Selective MNK Kinase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Leukemia.Purav P Vagadia, Javier Izquierdo-Ferrer, Candice Mazewski, Gavin Blyth, Elspeth M Beauchamp
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2025-03-13 - The Oncology Industrial Complex-Community Oncology Must Be Given a Seat at the Table-Reply.S Gail Eckhardt, Leonidas C Platanias
JAMA Oncology. 2025-02-27
Press Mentions
Exploring Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets for Acute Myeloid LeukemiaOctober 26th, 2022- What Is Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma?September 8th, 2022
- Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s LymphomaSeptember 2nd, 2022
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Other Languages
- Greek
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