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Debu Tripathy's Biography
Name: Debu Tripathy, MD
What I do at CURE: Editor-in-chief, composing editorials, reviewing medical content, and developing a rich and meaningful portfolio for all CURE publications.
Something I’m proud of: Our CURE team, as well as my colleagues at PER, who possess the talent, creativity, and drive to fulfill our mission of education physicians and the public in order to improve the lives of all those with cancer.
My passion: Knowledge. Whether it is discovering a new gene involved in drug resistance or imparting useful information to a patient and family struggling to make a difficult treatment decision — knowledge empowers us all.
What I enjoy about working my work: Debate and discussions — moving myself and others to new points of view through facts and interpretations.
What I enjoy away from CURE: Playing keyboards and guitar, and international cuisine
Profile: Dr. Tripathy received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, and completed an internship and residency at Duke University Medical Center. After a clinical fellowship in hematology and oncology, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Cancer Research Institute, University of California at San Francisco. He served on the faculty at the UCSF then as professor of internal medicine and director of the Komen/UT Southwestern Breast Cancer Research Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas where his clinical and research interests focused on growth factor receptor-targeted therapy. As clinical professor of internal medicine, he volunteers his time seeing patients and teaching physicians and students at the Breast Clinic at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. He is currently the president of Physicians’ Education Resource, whose mission is to develop and deliver innovative professional accredited continuing medical education and in the area of oncology, and is on the editorial boards of several oncology-related journals.
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