RobyThomasMD

Summary

• Roby A. Thomas, MD, is a medical oncologist and hematologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Thomas is trained in the management of all cancers and blood disorders with a focus in precision medicine for genitourinary malignancies, gastrointestinal malignancies, and benign hematology.
  
  Dr. Thomas is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and worked as a consultant in information technology at IBM. He then changed careers ultimately completing a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, serving as the chief fellow in his final year.
  
  His research interests include precision medicine and working with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in the development and use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to better understand cancer. He also serves as the Assistant Director of Medical Information Systems at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, the electronic record Medical Director for Oncology at UPMC and as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine.
  
  Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Medical Association, American Society of Hematology, and American Society of Clinical Oncology.