Jerome Ritz
ProfessorÂ
Hematologic OncologyÂ
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Ritz received his MD from Chicago Medical School in 1972, followed by residency in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison. He completed a clinical fellowship in hematology and oncology at Beth Israel Hospital, and a research fellowship at DFCI, where he joined the staff in 1980. Since 1996, he has been director of the Connell and O'Reilly Families Cell Manipulation Core.
Research Interest
Stem cell/bone marrow transplant, Tumor immunology
Publications
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Exley MA, Friedlander P, Alatrakchi N, Vriend L, Yue SC, Sasada T, Zang W, Mizukami Y, Clark J, Nemer D, LeClair K, Canning C, Daley H, Dranoff G, Giobbie-Hurder A, Hodi FS, Ritz J, Balk SP. Adoptive Transfer of Invariant NKT Cells as Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma: a Phase 1 Clinical Trial. Clin Cancer Res 2017.Â
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Nikiforow S, Ritz J (2015) Reconstitution of T Cell Immunity after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 7 :1151-1152.
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Bommarito D, Martin A, Forcade E, Nastke MD, Ritz J et al (Enhancement of tumor cell susceptibility to natural killer cell activity through inhibition of the PI3K signaling pathway. Cancer Immunol Immunother 3 :355-366.
