Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD
Year elected: 1988
Current membership category: Senior
UCLA
Peter V. Uberroth Bldg
10945 Le Conte Ave, Ste 3360
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7077
United States of America
Phone: 310-825-7633
Facsimile: 310-267-2301
Email: dslamon@mednet.ucla.edu

Honors and awards

Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2019) (H. Michael Shephard, Dennis J. Slamon, and Axel Ullrich, co-recipients) For their invention of Herceptin, the first monoclonal antibody that blocks a cancer-causing protein, and for its development as a life-saving therapy for women with breast cancer

Biographical statement

None provided.

Institutional affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine (Primary)
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD is the representative at this institution.

Specialties

Cell Biology
Hematology
Oncology

Positions held

Division/Section Chair
Professor
Clinical Research Director
Branch Chief