Ben George, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology); Practice Integration Director, Cancer, Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center
Locations
- Hematology and Oncology
Biography
Dr. George graduated from Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala, India in 1998. He was a PhD candidate in Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine (University of Southern California) in Los Angeles, CA from 1999-2004. In 2005, Dr. George completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio and subsequently his residency at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. He then completed a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (2007-2010). Most recently, Dr. George completed a dedicated fellowship in Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is board certified in medical oncology and hematology.
Research Interests
Dr. Ben George joined the Medical College of Wisconsin faculty in 2011 as an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. Dr. George specializes in Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology. His interests include colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, small bowel and appendiceal neoplasms, cholangiocarcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. His current research interests are focused on colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer.
Publications
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Characteristics of Late Fatal Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
(Norkin M, Shaw BE, Brazauskas R, Tecca HR, Leather HL, Gea-Banacloche J, T Kamble R, DeFilipp Z, Jacobsohn DA, Ringden O, Inamoto Y, A Kasow K, Buchbinder D, Shaw P, Hematti P, Schears R, Badawy SM, Lazarus HM, Bhatt N, Horn B, Chhabra S, M Page K, Hamilton B, Hildebrandt GC, Yared JA, Agrawal V, M Beitinjaneh A, Majhail N, Kindwall-Keller T, Olsson RF, Schoemans H, Gale RP, Ganguly S, A Ahmed I, Schouten HC, L Liesveld J, Khera N, Steinberg A, Shah AJ, Solh M, Marks DI, Rybka W, Aljurf M, Dietz AC, Gergis U, George B, Seo S, Flowers MED, Battiwalla M, Savani BN, Riches ML, Wingard JR.) Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2019 Feb;25(2):362-368.
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(Tsai S, George B, Wittmann D, Ritch PS, Krepline AN, Aldakkak M, Barnes CA, Christians KK, Dua K, Griffin M, Hagen C, Hall WA, Erickson BA, Evans DB.) Ann Surg. 2018 Oct 11.
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(Tsai S, Christians KK, George B, Ritch PS, Dua K, Khan A, Mackinnon AC, Tolat P, Ahmad SA, Hall WA, Erickson BA, Evans DB.) Ann Surg. 2018 Oct;268(4):610-619.
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Locally advanced pancreas cancer: Staging and goals of therapy.
(Chatzizacharias NA, Tsai S, Griffin M, Tolat P, Ritch P, George B, Barnes C, Aldakkak M, Khan AH, Hall W, Erickson B, Evans DB, Christians KK.) Surgery. 2018 05;163(5):1053-1062.
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Should functional renal scans be obtained prior to upper abdominal IMRT for pancreatic cancer?
(Blitzer GC, Hall WA, Tsai S, Aldakkak M, Hellman RS, Evans DB, Christians KK, George B, Ritch PS, Erickson BA.) Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Nov - Dec;7(6):e449-e455.
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Comprehensive Analysis of Hypermutation in Human Cancer.
(Campbell BB, Light N, Fabrizio D, Zatzman M, Fuligni F, de Borja R, Davidson S, Edwards M, Elvin JA, Hodel KP, Zahurancik WJ, Suo Z, Lipman T, Wimmer K, Kratz CP, Bowers DC, Laetsch TW, Dunn GP, Johanns TM, Grimmer MR, Smirnov IV, Larouche V, Samuel D, Bronsema A, Osborn M, Stearns D, Raman P, Cole KA, Storm PB, Yalon M, Opocher E, Mason G, Thomas GA, Sabel M, George B, Ziegler DS, Lindhorst S, Issai VM, Constantini S, Toledano H, Elhasid R, Farah R, Dvir R, Dirks P, Huang A, Galati MA, Chung J, Ramaswamy V, Irwin MS, Aronson M, Durno C, Taylor MD, Rechavi G, Maris JM, Bouffet E, Hawkins C, Costello JF, Meyn MS, Pursell ZF, Malkin D, Tabori U, Shlien A.) Cell. 2017 Nov 16;171(5):1042-1056.e10.
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(Barnes CA, Krepline AN, Aldakkak M, Clarke CN, Christians KK, Khan AH, Hunt BC, Ritch PS, George B, Hall WA, Erickson BA, Evans DB, Tsai S.) J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Nov;21(11):1793-1803.
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(Rajamanickam ES, Christians KK, Aldakkak M, Krepline AN, Ritch PS, George B, Erickson BA, Foley WD, Aburajab M, Evans DB, Tsai S.) J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 03;21(3):496-505.
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(Tsai S, Christians KK, Ritch PS, George B, Khan AH, Erickson B, Evans DB.) J Oncol Pract. 2016 10;12(10):915-923.
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(Krepline AN, Christians KK, George B, Ritch PS, Erickson BA, Tolat P, Evans DB, Tsai S.) J Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct;114(5):581-586.
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High-Grade Neuroendocrine Colorectal Carcinomas: A Retrospective Study of 100 Patients.
(Conte B, George B, Overman M, Estrella J, Jiang ZQ, Mehrvarz Sarshekeh A, Ferrarotto R, Hoff PM, Rashid A, Yao JC, Kopetz S, Dasari A.) Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2016 Jun;15(2):e1-7.
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Survival of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer who received neoadjuvant therapy.
(Christians KK, Heimler JW, George B, Ritch PS, Erickson BA, Johnston F, Tolat PP, Foley WD, Evans DB, Tsai S.) Surgery. 2016 Mar;159(3):893-900.