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Board Members Robert M. Rifkin
Board Members Robert M. Rifkin 
Robert M. Rifkin |
BOARD CERTIFICATION: 1984 National Board of Medical Examiners 1986 American Board of Internal Medicine 1988 American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty of Hematology 1989 American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty of Medical Oncology LICENSURE: Colorado Issued 07/19/84 Arizona Issued01/01/87 EDUCATION: 1970-74 Thomas Jefferson H. S., Denver, CO - High School Diploma (Natl Honor Society) 1974-78 The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (B.A.- Cum Laude) 1978-82 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (M.D.- with Honors) POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: 1978-80 Summer Research Fellow - Colorado Diabetes Research Foundation - Denver, CO 1980 Summer Research Fellow - KROC Foundation - Denver, CO, 6/82-10/82 Categorical Internal Medicine Intern - University of Colorado Hospitals -Denver, CO 11/82-6/83 Research Associate, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 7/83-6/84 Categorical Internal Medicine Intern - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO 7/84-6/86 Internal Medicine Resident - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center - Denver, CO 7/86-6/88 Hematology/Oncology Fellow, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: 6/88-6/90 Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Arizona 6/88-6/90 Associate Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation Section of Hematology/Oncology University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Arizona 01/91-01/96 Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery Division of Organ Transplantation University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado 7/90-present Medical Director Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Denver, Colorado 10/90-present Medical Director Hematopoletic Progenitor Cell Processing Laboratory HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, Colorado 10/90-present Medical Director Clinical Apheresis HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, Colorado 12/90-present Medical Director Collection Center (#266) - National Marrow Donor Program HealthONE Alliance - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, Colorado 4/95-present Medical Director Colorado Coagulation Consultants 3177 South Parker Road Aurora, Colorado 1/96 - present ational Chairman - Blood and Marrow Transplant Committee US Oncology Houston, Texas 1/97 - present National Chairman - Disease Management Partnership Committee US Oncology & Alza Pharmaceuticals Houston, Texas 1/98 - present National Medical Director US Oncology - Stem Cell Transplant Research Houston, Texas 07/99-present Clinical Instructor of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University of Colorado School Medicine Denver, Colorado COMMMITEES: 7/88-6/90 Member - Rocky Mountain Hemophilia Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 7/88-6/90 Member - Blood Utilization and Review Committee, University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ 7/89-6/90 Course Director - Internal Medicine Elective, Senior Medical Students in Hernatology/Oncology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 11/90-12/92 Member - Tissue and Transfusion Review Committee, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO 01/91-01/93 Member - Transfusion Review Committee, St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, CO 03/91-06/96 Member - Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO 9/91-9/99 Member - Graduate Medical Education Committee, HealthONE Alliance, Denver, CO 9/91-9/99 Chairman - Research Committee, HealthONE Alliance, Denver, CO 09/91-9/99 Member - Medical Executive Committee HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO 01/93-present Chairman - Transfusion Review Committee HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical, Center Denver, CO 09/93-present Member - Medical Quality Management Committee HealthONE - Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, CO 05/95-6/98 Chairman - HealthONE Alliance Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Denver, CO 10/95-9/99 Member - HealthONE Alliance Board of Trustees, Denver, CO 10/95-9/99 Member - HealthONE Alliance Board of Directors, Denver, CO 12/95-present Chairman - Blood Committee-Colorado Division of Columbia/HCA Denver, CO 10/96-10/98 Member - Scientific Advisory Board - Cancer League of Colorado Denver, CO 06/99-present Clinical Research Advisory Board, US Oncology, Houston, TX HONORS AND AWARDS: The Colorado College 1974 Honors at Entrance 1975-78 Dean's List for Academic Excellence 1977 Outstanding Junior Chemistry Major 1978 Otis A. Sames Award - Chemistry Department University of Colorado School of Medicine 1979-82 Recognition for Superior Academic Performance Curriculum and Promotions Committee University of Colorado School of Medicine 1979 Lange Award - Outstanding Freshman Medical Student 1980 Denver Medical Auxiliary Award Superior Achievement as a Sophomore Medical Student 1982 E. G. Stoiber Award Outstanding Performance as a Junior Medical Student 1982 Joseph and Regina Glaser Research Prize Outstanding Research as a Medical Student 1982 Joan A. Kroc Award Outstanding Manuscript of Medical Student Research 1982 Gold Headed Cane Award Outstanding Future Promise as a Physician Post-Graduate 1998 Trailblazer Award - National Marrow Donor Program HONOR SOCIETES: National Honor Society (1974) Phi Beta Kappa (1976) Alpha Omega Alpha (1981) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American College of Physicians (Fellow) American Association for the Advancement of Science American Society of Hematology American Society of Clinical Oncology American Association of Blood Banks Colorado Medical Society Denver Medical Society Southwest Oncology Group (1988-1990) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (1990-present) Hemophilia Research Society International Society for Hemostasis and Thrombosis American Society for Apheresis International Society for Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics American Society of Clinical Pathology INSPECTOR: College of American Pathologists (Inspector #1010666) FUNDED RESEARCH: A Phase II/III Open Label Randomized No Treatment Concurrent Controlled Study of a Single Dose Tin Ethyl Etiopurpurin (SnET2) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in the Treatment of AIDS-Associated Kapsoi's Sarcoma - 07/15/95 Amount of Award: $60,000 A Phase II/III Open Label Randomized No Treatment Concurrent Controlled Study of a Single Dose Tin Ethyl Etiopurpurin (SnET2) Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in the of Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer who have Failed Radiation Therapy for the Management of Cutaneous Metastatic Breast Carcinoma - 08/20/96 Amount of Award: $45,000 Randomized Study of PROCRIT (Epoeitin Alpha) in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients with Anemia after Bone Marrow of Stem Cell Transplantation and High-Dose Chemotherapy - 05/13/97 Amount of Award: $15,000 Novartis: Double-Blind, Randomized, Multicenter Trial comparing Two Schedules of CGP46614 to Prevent/Alleviate Chemotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis Amount Award: $80,000 LIPOSOME: An Open Labeled Multicenter, Pilot Study of Abelcet (Amphatericin-B Lipid Complex Injection) in the Fungal Prophylaxis of Patients Undergoing Unrelated Donor or Mismatched Family-Related Donor Stem Cell Transplantation - 07/15/98 Amount of Award: $60, 000 A Phase II, Multicenter, Open Label, Dose Escalation Clinical Trial Examining Multiple Intravenous Infusions of Four Doses of ABX-CBL, Monoclonal Antibody in Patients with Steroid Resistant Acute GVHD - Amount of Award: $32,000 A Phase II/III Multicenter, Open Label Clinical Trial Evaluating ABX-CBL when Compared to ATGAM/Thymoglobulin as Second Line Therapy in Patients with Steroid Resistant Acute Graft Versus Host Disease - 09/15/99 Amount of Award: $76,000 |
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