Robert Drapkin – Research Assistant Professor Since September 1980

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Robert Drapkin Research Assistant Professor
Since September 1980
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Robert Drapkin, an extensively experienced
medical professional, has been serving as a
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine, at the University Of South Florida
School Of Medicine, since September 1980. He has
also served as a National Leukemia Association
Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
in New York. In addition to this, from June 1978
to 1979, Dr. Drapkin was an Attending Physician,
Clinician I, in the Department of Medicine A,
Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York.
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A Well Qualified Medical Professional Robert
Drapkin has a vast knowledge and years of
experience in the field of oncology. He received
his Doctor of Medicine degree (MD), in June 1971,
from Wayne State University Medical School in
Detroit, Michigan. Prior to this, in August 1967,
he received his Masters degree (MS) from the
Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New
York. Apart from this, he obtained his Bachelors
degree (BS) from the Union College in
Schenectady, New York, in June 1966.
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Medical Director of the Stem Cell Program From
1992 To 1997 Licensed to practice in the State
of Florida, Robert Drapkin has held a wide range
of certifications and licensure, including
Diplomate of Internal Medicine (June, 1975),
Diplomate of Medical Oncology (June, 1979),
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
(April, 1981), Full Member, American Society of
Blood and Marrow Transplantation (1995), and
Member, Solid Tumor Panel (1997). Besides, Dr.
Drapkin served as the Medical Director of the
Stem Cell Program at Motor Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, FL, from 1992 to 1997.
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Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
(1985 1987) Robert Drapkin was a member of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO),
from 1985 to 1987. ASCO was founded in 1964, by
small group of physician members of the American
Association of Cancer Research (AACR), with an
aim to meet the requirements for creating a
separate society that focuses on issues unique to
clinical oncology. It is committed to conquering
cancer through research, education, prevention
and delivery of high quality patient care, and to
providing patients with lifelong access to high
quality, effective, affordable and compassionate
care.
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Assumed Clinical Responsibility From 1975 to
1977 Robert Drapkin has been serving as the
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the stem cell
program at Morton Plant Hospital, since 1992. He
assumed clinical responsibility from 1975 to
1977, at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (New York), under the supervision of
Bayard Clarkson, MD. In addition to this, he also
contributed significantly to the Clinical
research on human peripheral blood stem cells,
along with Bayard Clarkson. The study was
sponsored by the National Cancer Institute at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
City.
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