Timothy O'Brien, M.D.
Director, MetroHealth Cancer Care Center
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
 
Specialty: Oncology/Medicine
Hematology/Oncology
Cancer
Blood Disorders
Areas of Interest: Colorectal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Multiple Myeloma
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine/Medical Oncology
American Board of Internal Medicine/Hematology
MetroHealth Appointment: 1997
 
LocationDivisionAppointment
MetroHealth Medical CenterHematology/Oncology216-778-5802
 
Medical School: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Internship: University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Fellowship: University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Interests: Colorectal Cancer
Multiple Myeloma
Medical Student Teaching
Health Care Disparities
Selected Publications: O’Brien TE, Health care disparity: An overlooked problem in phase I oncology trials. J Clin Oncol. 2007; 25 (21): 3182.

Vakkalanka B, Ruda K and O’Brien T. Influence of health insurance status on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment delay: A safety net hospital’s experience. Abstract #6592. ASCO Proceedings, 2007.

O’Brien T, Peacock A and Stevenson J. Improving breast cancer screening for indigent minorities: A county hospital cancer center’s experience. Abstract #17020. ASCO Proceedings, 2007.

Batts E, Maisel C, Kane D, Liu L, Fu P, O’Brien T, Remick S, Bahlis N and Gerson SL. O6-benzylguanine and BCNU in multiple myeloma: A Phase II trial. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Mar 13.

Nosek, T., Wang, W., Medvedev, I., Wile, M. & O'Brien T. 2006. Use of a computerized audience response system in medical student teaching: Its effect on active learning and exam performance. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (pp. 2245-2250). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

O’Brien T, Trey J, Newton E and Crum E. Docetaxel and capecitabine for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer. ACSO Proceedings, 2006.

O’Brien T and Crum E. Atypical presentations of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. International Journal of Hematology. 2002; 76: 471-473.

Galor A and O’Brien T. Rituximab treatment for relapsed autoimmune hemolytic anemia in Evans Syndrome. Int J Hematology. 2003; 78: 335.

O’Brien T, Schnur G, Lazarus HM: Plasmapheresis for Treatment of Renal Failure in Multiple Myeloma. Turkish Journal of Hematology. 1998; 15: 57-66.
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