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Dr. Alexander C. Minella is a board-certified UCI Health hematologist-oncologist.He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.Minella is a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of professional experience. Through 2017, he worked as an academic oncologist and ran an independent research laboratory focused on studying the interplay between control of the cell division cycle and molecular mechanisms of cancer. From 2017-2024, he worked within the biopharmaceutical industry and focused on development of early phase clinical studies for blood diseases and hematologic malignancies.Minella’s clinical focus at UCI is to care for patients with acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. He is also Medical Director for UCI’s Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility that conducts clinical manufacturing of investigational cell and gene therapies. In this capacity, his goal is to support and enhance investigator-initiated clinical trials of cell and gene therapies.Minella sees patients inIrvine.
Dr. Minella is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article.
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19208 Jamboree Road, Irvine, CA 92612
Clinical Research
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UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
"Dr. Lauren C. Pinter-Brown is a board-certified, fellowship-trained UCI hematologist-oncologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with lymphomas.A nationally recognized expert, Pinter-Brown has a longstanding interest in malignant lymphoma, with a particular focus on T-cell and skin lymphomas. Her clinical interests also include antiphospholipid, B-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, stem-cell transplant and Waldenstrom's disease.She her medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Medical School, followed by an internship and residency in internal medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Keck School of Medicine at USC.A prolific clinical investigator, Pinter-Brown has made important contributions to several clinical trials that led to approval of new drugs for the treatment of T-cell lymphoma. Her research focus is on optimizing treatment options for patients with lymphoma, especially cutaneous and T-cell lymphomas. Her primary goal is to care for patients through diagnosis, treatment and beyond and to ensure that they are able ""to live their best life.""". Dr. Pinter is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses T-Cell Lymphoma, Mycosis Fungoides, Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Pinter is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Hematology, American Board Of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology, and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine.
UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Warren A. Chow is a board-certified UCI Health oncologist who specializes in melanoma and sarcomas. He serves as associate director for clinical services at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.He received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Ill. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Next he received fellowship training in medical oncology, hematology and bone marrow transplantation at the City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., where he served nearly 30 years as a clinician and researcher conducting bench-to-bedside studies in both bone and soft-tissue sarcomas.The recipient of numerous research grants from the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Melanoma Research Foundation and many others, Chow has been the principal investigator on more than three dozen clinical trials. He is the author of more than 80 publications and four book chapters, and he serves on the editorial boards of the journalsPLOS ONE,F1000 ResearchandScientific Reports (Nature). Dr. Chow is highly rated in 35 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Synovial Sarcoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Liposarcoma, and Chondrosarcoma. Dr. Chow is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine.
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Thomas Coates is a Hematologist and an Oncologist practicing medicine in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Coates is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hemoglobinopathy, Anemia, Congenital Hemolytic Anemia, Splenectomy, and Bone Marrow Transplant.
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