Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD

Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Melanoma, skin cancers

Research Interest

My goal as a physician-scientist is to interface between medicine and basic science to confront challenging fundamental questions in cancer biology. In particular, I study the molecular regulation of cancer initiation - the events that occur at the very start of tumor formation - during which cells readopt stem cell-like characteristics.

Education

  • 2005: MD, University of Chicago
  • 2003: PhD, molecular genetics and cell biology, University of Chicago

Training

  • 2005 - 2007: Resident, internal medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
  • 2007 - 2011: Fellow, hematology/oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
  • 2008 - 2016: Postdoctoral research fellow, Boston Children's Hospital

Board Certification

  • 2008: American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 2010: American Board of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology

Selected Research Publications

Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer.
  • Fowle-Grider R, Rowles JL, Shen I, [...] Kaufman CK, [...] Patti GJ
  • Nature 2024
Functional analysis of recurrent CDC20 promoter variants in human melanoma.
  • Godoy PM, Oyedeji A, Mudd JL, [...] Kaufman CK
  • Commun Biol 2023

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Contact Information

  • South St. Louis County

    5225 Midamerica Plaza
    St. Louis, MO 63129

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