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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-792-6161
Education & Training
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1976 - 1978
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1973
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1978 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1977 - 2017- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Thyroid Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Aug 01
- Adjuvant Cetuximab and Chemoradiotherapy Using Either Cisplatin or Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Resected Stage III or Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma or Lymphoepithelioma of the Head and Neck Start of enrollment: 2004 Apr 01
- Cetuximab, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel Followed by Radiation Therapy, With or Without Cisplatin, in Treating Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Phase II Trial of Induction Chemotherapy for Advanced Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Kevin J Contrera, Renata Ferrarotto, Brandon Gunn, Shirley Y Su, Merrill S Kies
Clinical Cancer Research. 2024-11-12 - Evolutionary Action Score ofAnalysis in Pathologically High-Risk Human Papillomavirus-Negative Head and Neck Cancer From a Phase 2 Clinical Trial: NRG Oncology Radiati...Chieko Michikawa, Pedro A Torres-Saavedra, Natalie L Silver, Paul M Harari, Merrill S Kies
Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2022-05-18 - 4 citationsInduction chemotherapy with or without erlotinib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma amenable for surgical resection.Xiuning Le, Frederico O Gleber-Netto, M Laura Rubin, Yun Qing, Robyn Du
Clinical Cancer Research. 2022-04-20
Journal Articles
- Combining Immune Checkpoint Blockade and Tumor-Specific Vaccine for Patients with Incurable Human Papillomavirus 16–Related CancerErminia Massarelli, William William, Ming Guo, Merrill Kies, Bonnie Glisson, Hai Tran, Faye Johnson, Renata Ferrarotto, Lei Feng, JAMA
- Comparing Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy with Intensity-Modulated Photon Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer: The Journey from Clinical Trial Concept to ActivationSteven J Frank, G Brandon Gunn, Adam S Garden, Katherine Hutcheson, Paul M Busse, Merrill S Kies, Nancy Y Lee, Alexander Lin, Erich M Sturgis, C David Fuller, J Jack L..., ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
Half of My Tongue Is Gone, but I Couldn’t Be HappierApril 3rd, 2019
Two-Time Sinus Cancer Survivor: Find Humor, Joy in HardshipJuly 30th, 2018- Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Gives Four-Time Skin Cancer Survivor Another ChanceNovember 20th, 2017
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