GRACE ONCOLOGY
ABOUT GRACE ONCOLOGY
DR. GRACE’S CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM R. GRACE, M.D.
EDUCATION
Saint Mary’s High School, Manhasset, New York
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana B.S.
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts M.D.
CLINICAL TRAINING
Internship Straight Medical, Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York, Residency Internal Medicine,
Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York
Fellowship Hematology/Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Hanover, New Hampshire
RESEARCH TRAINING
Research Associate – Immunology, Experimental Immunology Division
Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Clinical Associate in Medicine, Co-Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland.
MILITARY SERVICE
Lieutenant Commander
ActiveDuty – Naval Medical Corps, Naval Research Institute, Bethesda Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Instructor in Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire July 1975 – June 1976
Trustee, Jackson Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory Bar Harbor, Maine. August 1976- August 1980
Director, Cancer Research Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York. September 1976 – May 1995
Chief, Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York. September 1976 – May 1995
Consultant Staff, Saint Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York 1982 – Present
Trustee, American Cancer Society, New York City 1978 – May 1995
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York July 1978 – Present
MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS
New York Cancer Society, Member President
American Society of Clinical Oncologists, Program Committee
New York State Society of Oncologist – Hematologist President
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Cancer Project
American Society of Cancer Research
Medical Society, County of New York
Medical Society, Stare of New York
Associations of Community Cancer Centers
CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine -Sub-Specialty Boards in Oncology
ANCILLARY HONORS
Spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.
Multiple television appearances including CNN, Good Morning America, Nightline with Ted Koppel, Fox News and CNBC News.
Finisher of the Ironman – World Professional Triathlon Championship, Kona, Hawaii.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1.Fisher JC, Grace WR and Mannick JA: The Effect of Non-specificImmune Stimulation with Corynebacterium Parvum on Patterns of Tumor Growth. Cancer 1970; 26:1397.
2.Thurman GB, Ahmed AA, Strong DM, Knudsen RC, Grace WR and Sell KW: Lymphoctye Activation in Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Virus or Cytomegalovirus Virus Infections. J. Exptl. Medicine. October 1973, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 839-846.
3.Ahmed AA, Strong DM, Sell KW, Thurman GB, Knudsen RC, Wistar R and Grace WR: Demonstration of Blocking Factor in the Plasma and Spinal Fluid of Patients with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: 1. Partial Characterization. J. Expt. Medicine, April 1974, Vol. 139, No 4, pp. 902-924.
4.Lakin JD, Grace WR and Sell KW: Ige-mediated Hypersensitivity to Polymyxin B associated with T Cell Suppression. J. Allergy and Applied Immunol. Abstract, Vol. 55, No. 2, February 1975, p. 103.
5.Lakin JD, Grace WR and Sell KW: Ige Anti-polymyxin-B Antibody Formation in a T-Cell Depleted Bone Marrow Transplant Patient. J. Allergy and Applied Immunol. August 1975, Vol. 56, No. 2 pp. 94-103.
6.Cahill RA, Strong DM, Cahill RA, Ahmed AA, Hartzman RJ, and Sell KW: The Occurrence of a Histiocytic Lymphoma Following Bone Marrow Transplantation in a Patient with Acute Lymphyocytic Leukemia. Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society of Experimental Hematology, Yugoslavia, September 23, 1975.
7.Hartzman RJ, Wistar R, Strong DM, O’Donnell MT, Cahill RA, Engler JE, Grace WR and Sell KW: Description of a Unique Cytotoxic Antibody in the Plasma of a Patient Following Bone Marrow Transplantation. Accepted for presentation oat the Society of Experimental Hematology Yugoslavia, September 23, 1975.
8.Mills RC, Maurer LH, Forcier RJ Grace WR, Burke GP, Karp DD, Smith RC, MCIntytre OR and Bean C: Clinical Trial of Combined Therapy with Adriamycin and Cis-Dichloroplatinum. Cancer Treatment Reports, May/June 1977, No. 1, pp. 477-479.
9.Grace MP, Batist, G, Grace WR, and Gillooley JF: Aortico-Pulmonary Paraganclioma and Gastric Leiomyoblastoma in a Young Woman. The American Journal of Medicine, June 1981, Vol. 70, pp. 1288-1292.
10.Carey RZ, Grace WR, Sarg MJ: Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer in a Pilot Study with Cytoxan, Methotrexate, 5-FU, Bleomycin and Cis-Platinum. ASCO Proceedings, C-763, April 1982.
11.Cooperman A. Grace WR, Van Heertum R, Geiss A: The Problem of Liver Metastasis. Surg Annu, 1984: 16:151-75.
12.Grace WR, Cooperman AM: Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Surgical Clinics of North America, Vol. 65, No. 1, February 1985.
13.Henderson IC, Wolff S, Allegra J, Silver R, Grace WR, Spicer D, Dao T Sartiano GP, Bitran JD, Bryan S, Reisman A, Duchart, G: Phase II Mitoxantrone vs. Doxorubicin. Proc. Symposium on Mitoxantrone, Scottsdale, Arizona 1985.
14.Kriegel RK, Slymotsky CM, Lonberg M, Green MD, Andes WA, Kempf R, Gupta S, Grace WR, Spiegel RJ, Muggia FM, Grossberg H: Treatment of Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma with a Combination of Interferon Alfa 2B and Etoposide. J. Biol. Response Mod., August , 1988, 7 (4); pp 359-64.
15.Senaldi, E, Lee HL, Toth I, Grace WR: Hodgkin’s Disease Following Non-Hodgkin’s Malignant Lymphoma in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Cancer, September, 1990; 66 (5): pp. 960-4.
16.Louis AL, Meitner PA, Myers TJ, Grace WR, Gajewski WH, Fingert HJ, Rotman B: Predictive Value of the Flourescent Cytoprint Assay (FCA): A Retrospective Correlation of In Vitro Chemosensitivity and Individual Responses to Chemotherapy. Cancer Investigation, 1991, 9 (5): pp. 491-503.
17.Bufill JA, Grace WR, Astrow AB: Phase II of Prolonged, Low-Dose, Oral VP-16 in Aids-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma. ASCO Proceedings, March 1992.
18.Bufill JA, Grace WR, Neff R: Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for the Palliation of Fungating Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. AM J of CL Onc, Pending.
19.Von Roenn JH, Gordon LI, Grace WR, Lee S: Phase I Trial of rLL-3 in HIV Sero-positive Patients with Neutropenia. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois and St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
20.Von Roenn JH, Gordon LI, Grace WR, Lee S: Phase I Trial of rLL-3 in HIV Positive Patients with CYTOPENIAS. Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, New York for the Easter Cooperative Oncology Group.
21.Khan, Sarah, Neff, Richard – Department of Radiology, Grace, WR - Department of Oncology, Young, Iven – Department of Endocrine/Metabolism-St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York. Sharabi, Abdelsalam – Department of Pathology at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York. Metastatic Hurthle Cell Carcinoma – A Unique Case Report and Review of the Literature.
22.Raccuia, Joseph; Grace WR; Steele, Justin; Neff Richard; Stavropoulos, Christos – Divisions of:Hepatobiliary Surgery; Medical Oncology; Interventional Radiology; Thoracic Surgery; Anesthesiology – St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY Multimodality Treatment with Hepatectomy of Hepatocelluar Carcinoma and Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis From Hepatitis B Virus 17 Years After Seroconversion Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
HONORS
Student Body President, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Member, Student Committee on Medical School Affairs – Beggs Medical Honor Society of Boston – 1967-1969
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 1997 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 1999 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2000 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2001 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2003 - Medical Oncology
America’s Top Physicians – Consumers’ Research Council of America - Hematology & Oncology – 2003
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2004 - Medical Oncology
Best Doctors – Better Living Magazine – 2004
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2005 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2006 - Medical Oncology
Consumer’s Research Council of America –
America’s Top Oncologist 2007 - Oncology/Hematology
Consumer’s Research Council of America – America’s Top Oncologist 2008 - Medical Oncology
Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors – NY Metro Area – 2008 - Medical Oncology