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Lee S. Schwartzberg MD, FACP
Chief, Medical Oncology and Hematology, Renown Institute for Cancer, and Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NevadaDr. Schwartzberg is Chief, Medical Oncology and Hematology at the Renown Institute for Cancer and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno. He did his hematology/oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and spent three decades at West Cancer Center and Research Institute as Medical Director. He was Chief, Division of hematology/oncology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science center from 2012-2017.
In 2018, he became the founding Chief Medical Officer of OneOncology, a national oncology practice management company and served in that role through 2021. He previously served on the Board of Directors and the Guideline Steering Committee of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and participated in several guideline committees including breast cancer.
Dr. Schwartzberg has published nearly 300 peer reviewed manuscripts, book chapters and monographs. He is founding editor in chief of the Elsevier website PracticeUpdate Oncology and founding editor in chief of the journal Community Oncology. His research interests focus on breast cancer, supportive care, precision medicine and patient reported outcomes. Dr. Schwartzberg maintains a clinical practice in breast cancer.
Positions:
Medical Director, West Cancer Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Chief Medical Officer, OneOncology
Degrees:
State University of New York, BA and MS
New York Medical College, MD, FACP
Postgraduate Training:
Intern, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Fellow in medical oncology/hematology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Board Certifications:
Medical oncology
Hematology
Clinical Interests:
Medical oncology/hematology
Disclosures
He is a consultant for Amgen, Pfizer, Helsinn, Genentech, BMS, Myriad, AstraZeneca, Spectrum, and Napo.
He is also on the advisory board for Genomic Health Research Funding (Institution): Amgen and DSMB: Bayer
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Association of Chemotherapy With Survival in Elderly Patients With Multiple Comorbidities and Estrogen Receptor-Positive, Node-Positive Breast Cancer
- FDA Approves Breast Cancer Treatment That Can Be Administered at Home by Health Care Professional
- FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for Adults and Children With TMB-H Solid Tumors
- ctDNA Markers of Progression in Advanced Breast Cancer Treated With Fulvestrant With or Without Palbociclib
- ASCO: Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant for PIK3CA-Mutated Breast Cancer After Failure of CDK4/6 Inhibitors
- Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab and Capecitabine for Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases
- The Effect of Adjuvant Treatment in Small Node-Negative HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
- [18F]FDG PET/CT in the Staging of Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- ASCO 2020: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Lee Schwartzberg for Breast Cancer
- Management of Adverse Events With Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant in Patients With HR+ Advanced Breast Cancer