Mitchell E. Gross, MD, PhD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Oncology

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Medicine

Sub-specialties:

  • Genitourinary Cancer
  • Endocrine-Based Cancer Therapies
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

Dr. Gross is research director of the USC Norris Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. His overall research interest focuses on applying modern techniques relating to the study of genes and proteins (genomics and proteomics) on the clinical problems faced in treating patients with prostate cancer. A particular interest relates to the androgen receptor and relating proteins and pathways as key driving forces behind the development and treatment of prostate cancer. As a medical oncologist, his clinical activities are focused on therapeutic clinical trials incorporating both molecularly targeted and conventional therapies to the care of patients with prostate cancer. He serves as primary investigator on many multi-center phase 1 and 2 clinical trials

Dr. Gross has earned degrees from the University of California, San Diego (B.A.), Baylor College of Medicine in Houston (M.D.), and the University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D. Molecular Biology). He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the UCLA Center for the Health Sciences.

Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1994

Residencies:

  • UCLA Center For the Health Sciences, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997

Fellowships:

  • UCLA Center For the Health Sciences, Hematology/Oncology, 1997 - 2002

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Internal Medicine: Medical Oncology

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Association of Cancer Research
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology

Awards:

  • Donna and Jesse Garber Award, 2006
  • AACR-AFLAC Scholar in Training Award, 2001
  • Amgen Fellowship Research Award, 1999
  • Rhone Phoulenc Rorer Travel Award, 1999
  • Specialty Training Advanced Research Fellowship, 1997 - 2002
  • Hewlett Packard Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine, 1994
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, 1994
  • UCSD/Revelle College Academic Leadership Award, 1990
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1989

Languages:

  • English