Glenn J. Lesser, MD
- Professor, Hematology and Oncology
Glenn J. Lesser, MD
Research Interests
- Glioma
- Glioblastoma
- Low-Grade Glioma
- Clinical Trials
- Neuro-Oncology
- Brain Tumors
- Education
- MD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 1987
- Residency
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1988
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1990
- Fellowship
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1994
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
- Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Medical Association
- Southern Medical Association
- American College of Physicians Fellow
- Society of Neuro-Oncology
- Southern Association For Oncology
- North Carolina Medical Association
- Positions
- Louise McMichael Miracle Professorship in Oncology
Professor, Hematology and Oncology - Professor, Neurosurgery
- Professor, Public Health Sciences
- Professor, Anesthesiology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Hematology and Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Public Health Sciences
- Anesthesiology
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Research
- A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial of Dendritic Cell Vaccine ICT-107 in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Glioblastoma. Wen PY, Reardon DA, Armstrong TS, Phuphanich S, Aiken RD, Landolfi JC, Curry WT, Zhu JJ, Glantz M, Peereboom DM, Markert JM, LaRocca R, O'Rourke DM, Fink K, Kim L, Gruber M, Lesser GJ, Pan E, Kesari S, Muzikansky A, Pinilla C, Santos RG, Yu JS. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 10; 25(19):5799-5807.
- Genome-wide enriched pathway analysis of acute post-radiotherapy pain in breast cancer patients: a prospective cohort study. Lee E, Takita C, Wright JL, Slifer SH, Martin ER, Urbanic JJ, Langefeld CD, Lesser GJ, Shaw EG, Hu JJ. Hum. Genomics. 2019 06; 13(1):28.
- Treatment of Radiation-Induced Cognitive Decline in Adult Brain Tumor Patients. Cramer CK, Cummings TL, Andrews RN, Strowd R, Rapp SR, Shaw EG, Chan MD, Lesser GJ. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2019 04; 20(5):42.
- Safety of pioglitazone during and after radiation therapy in patients with brain tumors: a phase I clinical trial. Cramer CK, Alphonse-Sullivan N, Isom S, Metheny-Barlow LJ, Cummings TL, Page BR, Brown DR, Blackstock AW, Peiffer AM, Strowd RE, Rapp S, Lesser GJ, Shaw EG, Chan MD. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 2019 Feb; 145(2):337-344.
- Mild cognitive impairment in long-term brain tumor survivors following brain irradiation. Cramer CK, McKee N, Case LD, Chan MD, Cummings TL, Lesser GJ, Shaw EG, Rapp SR. J. Neurooncol. 2019 01; 141(1):235-244.