Newswise — CLEVELAND - President and Scientific Director Theodoros Teknos, MD, announced Daniel E. Spratt, MD, will join the UH Seidman Cancer Center team and hold the Vincent K. Smith Chair in Radiation Oncology, effective May 1.
Dr. Spratt joins UH from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he was a tenured Professor, held the Laurie Snow Endowed Research Professorship, and was the Associate Chair for Clinical Research in Radiation Oncology. He served as both the Director of the Spine Oncology Program and Co-Chair of the Genitourinary Clinical Research Team for the Rogel Cancer Center.
A translational physician scientist whose clinical trials have sought to advance the field of prostate oncology, Dr. Spratt’s research has focused on developing ultra-prognostic and predictive biomarkers in prostate cancer. His work has been the basis of multiple Phase 2 and 3 national and international clinical trials. He currently leads NRG Oncology’s Intact Prostate Cancer Subcommittee, and serves on the National Cancer Institute’s Genitourinary Steering Committee.
Dr. Spratt runs an NIH funded translational research team and has co-authored more than 275 peer-reviewed articles for journals, including in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet Oncology, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. He had received funding from the NIH, Department of Defense, and numerous foundations. He has served on multiple editorial boards for prostate cancer publications and currently is a Senior Associate Editor for Radiation Oncology’s primary journal, IJROBP. Dr. Spratt has received numerous national and international awards, and has delivered over 100 invited talks around the world.
Dr. Spratt earned his medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville and completed his Radiation Oncology residency at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York.
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