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Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Hematology Oncology

Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Donna S. Hall Professor of Medicine

Ben Ho Park
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Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD, is currently the Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Chair in Oncology, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, and Director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. His research program involves identifying and validating genetic targets for breast cancer therapy and diagnostics. He attended the University of Chicago for his undergraduate degree, followed by dual training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he received both his MD and PhD degrees. He then trained in Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania prior to completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Bert Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Park joined the faculty in the Breast Cancer Program at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in 2002, and was Professor of Oncology, Associate Director of Education and Research Training and Associate Dean of Postdoctoral Affairs for the School of Medicine prior to joining Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2018. Dr. Park has pioneered the use of "liquid biopsies" to help guide future management of breast cancer therapies. He has also led the formation and implementation of molecular tumor boards at Johns Hopkins and other institutions, and more recently at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
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Education

PhD - Immunology - University of Pennsylvania, 1995

MD - University of Pennsylvania, 1995

Internship - Internal Medicine - University of Pennsylvania, 1996

Residency - Internal Medicine - University of Pennsylvania, 1997

Fellowship - Chief Fellow - University of Pennsylvania, 1998

Fellowship - Cancer Genetics - Johns Hopkins University, 2001

Fellowship - Hematology/Oncology - University of Pennsylvania, 2001

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