Dr. Charles Blanke is currently Associate Professor of
Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and Director of the Clinical
Gastrointestinal Oncology Program at Oregon Health Sciences University
in Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Blanke received his undergraduate and medical degrees
from Northwestern University. He completed his internship and residency
in Internal Medicine at the Gundersen Medical Foundation in La Crosse,
Wisconsin. He then went on and completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology
at Indiana University. Dr. Blanke is board certified in Internal
Medicine and Medical Oncology.
Dr. Blanke has published over 50 medical articles and
abstracts in such journals as The New England Journal of Medicine and the
Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Blanke has won numerous honors,
including the Outstanding Faculty Apple Teaching Award, the American Cancer
Society Fellowship, and the American College of Physicians Fellowship.
He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American
Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Physicians, and
the American Medical Association.
Dr. Blanke also sits on the editorial board of the journal
Colon & Rectal Cancer: Index and Reviews and is a media consultant
for ABC News, the Today Show, and WebMD. His research interests lie in
gastrointestinal cancers.
