Dr. Manuel Hidalgo

Biography

 In his role at the prestigious Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Dr. Manuel Hidalgo oversees all BIDMC’s clinical cancer programs. Dr. Hidalgo’s groundbreaking work in experimental cancer therapy and tumor model development has led to key advances in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The BIDMC’s Cancer Center consists of multiple disciplines including medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology and pathology. Twenty-one specialty patient-care programs focus on, among others, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and biologic therapy. The Cancer Center, with 160 faculty members and more than $70 million in annual research support, is also home to the Cancer Clinical Trials Office, where hundreds of clinical trials provide patients with access to promising new therapies. BIDMC is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School and consistently ranks as a national leader among independent hospitals in National Institutes of Health funding. BIDMC is also clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and The Jackson Laboratory.

Research Interest

 Molecular Biology and Molecular genetics