Ralph H. Hruban

Ralph H. Hruban is professor of pathology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently Director of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins, and Director of the Division of Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology, and Interim Director of the Department of Pathology.

Education

Hruban received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, and his Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins, and then spent one year as a fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.[1]

Career

In 1990, Hruban returned to Johns Hopkins.[1]

Hruban is an expert in the field of pancreatic cancer pathology.[2][3] He has researched the characterization of PanINs, the precursor lesions that give rise to invasive pancreatic cancer.[4]

Hruban founded the National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry at Johns Hopkins, which serves as a resource to patients and their families.[1]

Hruban is Director of Science for the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, and Chair of the advisory committee for the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives, the official repository of Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Recognition

Hruban has been recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a "highly cited researcher".[1]

Hruban received the Young Investigator Award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, and the Medical Visionary Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hruban, Ralph H.; Zamboni, Giuseppe (March 2009). "Pancreatic Cancer". Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 133 (3): 347–349. doi:10.1043/1543-2165-133.3.347.
  2. ↑ Michael Waldholz (24 March 1999). Curing Cancer: The Story of the Men and Women Unlocking the Secrets of Our Deadliest Illness. Simon and Schuster. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-684-84802-0.
  3. ↑ "Who are the most famous researchers in cancer in the world?". Quora. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. ↑ Daniel D. Von Hoff; Douglas Brian Evans; Ralph H. Hruban (2005). Pancreatic Cancer. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN 978-0-7637-2178-7.
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