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Shuwei Gao, MD

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Treatment and Emergency Care, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1986 Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, MS, Master of Medicine in Cardiology
1983 Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China, MD, Bachelor of Medicine (MD)

Postgraduate Training

10/2005-2/2006 Clinical Safety & Effectiveness Program, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
6/1995-6/1998 Intern/ Resident, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, Dr. Victor Lavis
9/1987-6/1989 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco Medical School, San Francisco, CA

Board Certifications

1/1998 American Board of Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Gao S, Escalante C. Venous thromboembolism and malignancy. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 4(2):303-20, 4/2004. PMID: 15056060.
2. Gao, S, Caraway N. Fever, Leukocytosis, and Splenomegaly. Primary Care & Cancer. 20((9)):39045, 2000.
3. Holmquist GP, Gao S. Somatic mutation theory, DNA repair rates, and the molecular epidemiology of p53 mutations. Mutat Res 386(1):69-101, 3/1997. PMID: 9100856.
4. Gao S, Drouin R, Holmquist GP. DNA repair rates mapped along the human PGK1 gene at nucleotide resolution. Science 263(5152):1438-40, 3/1994. PMID: 8128226.
5. Gao SW, Morser J, McLean K, Shuman MA. Differential effect of platelets on plasminogen activation by tissue plasminogen activator, urokinase, and streptokinase. Thromb Res 58(4):421-33, 5/1990. PMID: 2112791.
6. Gao SW, Chen ZJ, Tao SQ. [Effects of low-dose aspirin on platelet aggregation and the biosynthesis of PGI2 and TXA2 in patients with coronary heart disease]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 26(4):209-12, 255, 4/1987. PMID: 3308356.

Abstracts
1. Grover, TS, Martin C, Gao S, Yeung SJ, Liu W, Elting L. A cost-effectiveness analysis of the use of bolus, continuous and dexrazoxane-associated infusion of doxorubicin in breast cancer in the reduction of cardiomyopathy related morbidity and mortality. The Proceedings of the 2001 Annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology:Abstract 962, 5/2001.

Book Chapters
1. Gao, S, Shannon V. Vascular Emergencies. In: Oncologic Emergencies. B.C. Decker Inc, 2002.
2. Escalante C, Hwang J, Grover T, Rajagopal A, Deng G, Lazo-Diaz G, Forman A, Manzullo E, Gao S. Major Presenting Symptoms. In: Oncologic Emergencies, 1st. Ed(s) Yeung SJ, Escalante C. B.C. Decker: Ontaria, Canada, 25-60, 2002.

Last updated: 5/13/2009