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Stephen Xavier Skapek

Stephen Xavier Skapek

Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics

Positions

Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine

2024 School of Medicine

Member of of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2024 School of Medicine

Education

B.A., Duke University 1984

1984 Duke University

M.D., Duke University, School of Medicine 1988

1988 Duke University, School of Medicine

Intern, Wilford Hall Medical Center, PEDIATRICS 1988 - 1989

1989 Wilford Hall Medical Center

Senior Resident, Wilford Hall Medical Center, PEDIATRICS 1989 - 1991

1991 Wilford Hall Medical Center

Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, PEDIATRICS, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY 1991 - 1994

1994 Harvard Medical School

Fellow Physician, Children's Hospital, Boston, PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY 1991 - 1994

1994 Children's Hospital, Boston

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 1994 - 1995

1995 Harvard Medical School

Reseach Scientist, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 1995 - 1997

1997 University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Chief of Pediatric Oncology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 1996 - 1999

1999 Wilford Hall Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 1996 - 1999

1999 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda

Assistant Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 1999 - 2005

2005 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 2000 - 2006

2006 University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, OPHTHALMOLOGY 2003 - 2007

2007 University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Associate Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 2005 - 2007

2007 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Associate Professor, The University of Chicago, DEPT. OF PEDIATRICS, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY & STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION 2007 - 2011

2011 The University of Chicago

Director of Oncology, The University of Chicago, DEPT. OF PEDIATRICS, SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY & STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION 2007 - 2011

2011 The University of Chicago

Chief, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 2011 - 2024

2024 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School

Professor (with tenure), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School, PEDIATRICS, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY & COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER 2011 - 2024

2024 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School

Interim Chair, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS 2020 - 2022

2022 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School

Publications, Grants & Awards