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Curriculum Vitae - W. Roy Smythe, M.D.

Academic and Professional Appointments:

2001-present, Faculty, The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center and Medical School, Houston, Texas

2000-present, Institutional Physician-Scientist, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

1999-present, Consultant Staff Surgeon, Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center Houston, Texas

1998-present, Assistant Professor of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

1996-1998 , Instructor in Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Editorships and Editorial Board Memberships:

Associate Editor, The Internet Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2000-Present

Adhoc reviews:

  • Reviewer, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2002-present
  • Reviewer, Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2001-present
  • Reviewer, Cancer Letters, 2001-present
  • Reviewer, Cancer, 2001-present
  • Reviewer, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999-Present
  • Reviewer, Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, 1999-Present
  • Reviewer, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1997-Present
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Cancer, 1996-Present
  • Reviewer, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1995-Present

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Lectureships and Visiting Professorships:

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Honors and Awards:

  • Institutional Physician-Scientist Award and Grant, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2000
  • Wm. J. Inouye Award for Teaching as a Surgical Resident, The University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996
  • Jonathan E. Rhoads Award for Research as a Surgical Resident, The University of Pennsylvania, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996
  • Penn Pearls Teaching Award, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996 Class of 1993
  • Teaching Award, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993
  • Humanness in Medicine Award, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991
  • Penn Pearls of Teaching Award, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989
  • Helen Sayler Anderson Medical, The Outstanding Graduating, Medical Student for Academic Achievement, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, 1989
  • Richard A. Gaines, MD Award, Outstanding Student in Psychiatry, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, 1989
  • Raleigh R. White, MD Award, Outstanding Student in Surgery, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, 1989
  • Academic Excellence Scholarships, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, 1989
  • Charles A. Dana Foundation Scholarship, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987-1988
  • National Merit Scholar, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1979-1984
  • National Merit Corporate Scholarship, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1979-1984
  • Athletic Scholarship (football), Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1979-1981
  • Texas High School All State (football, track and field), Belton High School, Belton, Texas, 1978


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Society Memberships and Offices Held:

  • Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2002-Present
  • Member, The General Thoracic Surgical Biology Club, 2002-Present
  • Member, The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, 2002 -Present
  • Fellows Member, The American College of Surgeons, 2002-Present
  • Member, American Society of Gene Therapy, 2001-Present
  • Member, American College of Chest Physicians, 2001-Present
  • Member, The Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 2001-Present
  • Member, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2001-Present
  • Senior Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 2001-Present
  • Member, American Society of Gene Therapy, 2001-Present
  • Member, American College of Chest Physicians, 2001-Present
  • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999-Present
  • Member, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 1999-Present
  • Member, American Association of Cancer Research , 1999-Present

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Bibliography:

Published and accepted articles in refereed journals

Published and accepted invited journal articles

Published and accepted book chapters

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Institutional Service Responsibilities and Other Duties:

Service or duties

  • Director, Thoracic Oncology Pathology Seminar, 1999-present
  • Graduate Medical Education Committee,1999-present
  • Operating Room Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1998
  • Medical-Legal Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1995
  • President, Housestaff Association, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1994

    Other

  • Member, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Office of Research Committee, 2002 -Present
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member, The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF), 2001-Present
  • Section Editor, The American College of Chest Physicians Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline Committee, 2000-Present

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Formal Teaching Experience:

Courses taught:

  • Gene Therapy for Solid Tumors. Biology Graduate Group, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, October 1997.
  • Suicide Gene Therapy. The University of Texas Medical School, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Virology/Gene Therapy Course, Houston, Texas, February 1999.
  • Suicide Gene Therapy. The University of Texas Medical School Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Virology/Gene Therapy Course, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, March 2000.
  • An Update on Multimodality Therapy for Lung Cancer. Citizen's Medical Center Regional, CME Lecture, Victoria, Texas, August 1999.
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy of Early Stage Lung Cancer - The S9900 Trial. CME Course, Wichita, Kansas, June 2000.
  • Suicide Gene Therapy. The University of Texas Medical School Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Virology/Gene Therapy Course, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, February 2001.
  • Mesothelioma. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Clinical Medical Oncology Lecture Course. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Institute. November, 2002.
  • Suicide Gene Therapy. The University of Texas Medical School Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Virology/Gene Therapy Course, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, February 2002
  • Antisense Gene Therapy. The University of Texas Medical School Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Virology/Gene Therapy Course, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, March 2002.

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Invitations to National or International Conferences:

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Other Activities:

Local presentations:

  1. Gene Therapy for Cancer. Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Pathology Seminar Series, College Station, Texas, April 1995.
  2. Bronchopleural Fistula: Pathogenesis. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, The University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1997.
  3. Bronchopleural Fistula: Treatment. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, The University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1998.
  4. Surgical Treatment of Pleural Diseases. Hermann Hospital / The University of Texas Medical School Pulmonary Grand Rounds, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, February 1999.
  5. Multimodality Therapy for Lung Cancer. St. Elizabeth Hospital, Mamie McFaddin Ward Cancer Center, Beaumont, Texas, February 1999.
  6. Multimodality Therapy for Lung Cancer. College Station Medical Center, Cancer Center Grand Rounds, College Station, Texas, April 1999.
  7. Multimodality Therapy for Lung Cancer - A Surgeon's Perspective. Coastal Bend Medical Center, Wharton, Texas, July 1999.
  8. Surgery for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Sarasota Medical Center, Sarasota, Florida, September 1999.
  9. Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer. Columbia Bayshore Hospital, Pasadena, Texas, April 2000.
  10. Treatment Options for Early Stage Lung Cancer-Neoadjuvant Trials. Louisiana Sate University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, April 2000.
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy of Early Stage Lung Cancer. St John's Hospital, Joplin, Missouri, May 2000.
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Early Stage Lung Cancer-Neoadjuvant Trials. St. Johns Hospital, Joplin, Missouri, June 2000.
  13. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Early Stage Lung Cancer: Biologic Basis. Regional CME Program, Mobile, Alabama, August 2000.
  14. Early Stage Lung Cancer and the Role of the Pulmonologist: A Multimodality Approach. Schumpert Clinic, Shreveport, Louisiana, October 2000.
  15. Treatment Options for Early Stage Lung Cancer. CHEST 2000 Postgraduate Course. 66th Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, San Francisco, California, October 2000.
  16. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma - Paradigm for an Untreatable Malignancy. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Houston, Texas, January 2001.
  17. Treatment of Carcinoma of the Lung-Are we Making Any Progress? Fifteenth Annual Surgical Alumni Society Meeting, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic. Temple, Texas, April 2001.
  18. Molecular Biology and the Modern Surgeon. Fifteenth Annual Surgical Alumni Society Meeting, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic. Temple, Texas, April 2001.
  19. The Role of bcl-xl in Apoptosis in Thoracic Malignancy. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Bone Marrow Transplant Research Symposium. Houston, Texas, May 2001.
  20. Progress and Pitfalls in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma. Advances in Oncology Institutional Grand Rounds, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, Texas, August, 2001.
  21. Preoperative Chemotherapy for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma - CHEST 2001 Satellite Symposia. 67th Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001.
  22. Targeting of bcl-xl Expression in Mesothelioma. The W. M. Keck Center for Gene Therapy Mini-Symposium. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. December, 2001.
  23. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson / M. D. Anderson Madrid International Teleconference Lecture Series, Houston, Texas. December 2001.
  24. Mesothelioma: Clinical and Research Update. Baylor College of Medicine Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, Houston, Texas. January 2002.
  25. Gene Therapy Approaches for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Kyoto Lung Cancer Forum, Kyoto, Japan. January 2002.
  26. Thoracic Surgical Management of Advanced Thoracic Sarcomas. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson/ The Annual M.D. Anderson Model of Patient Care. March 2002.
  27. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: The M. D. Anderson Treatment Approach. The University of Heidelberg, The 2nd Annual Heidelberg Thoracic Oncology Symposium. Heidelberg, Germany April 2002.
  28. Targeting bcl-xl Expression in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. The University of Heidelberg, The 2nd Annual Heidelberg Thoracic Oncology Symposium. Heidelberg, Germany April 2002.

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