Lee Ratner, MD, PhD

Lee Ratner, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology, Division of Oncology, and Co-Director, Sections of Molecular Oncology and Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

AIDs-related cancers, lymphoma, anal cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer

Research Interest

Pathogenesis of human retroviruses, including human T cell leukemia viruses and human immunodeficiency viruses; diagnosis and treatment of AIDS-associated malignancies.

Education

  • 1973: MA, chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1979: MD/PhD, molecular biochemistry and biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Training

  • 1979 - 1982: Resident, internal medicine, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 1982 - 1985: Postdoctoral fellow, medical oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Board Certification

  • 1982: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • 1985: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Selected Research Publications

HTLV-1 infected T cells cause bone loss via small extracellular vesicles.
  • Pokhrel NK, Panfil AR, Habib H, [...] Ratner L, [...] Veis DJ
  • J Extracell Vesicles 2024
Integration of Clinical Trial Development in Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training.
  • Auberle C, Wu N, Dipersio JF, Waqar SN, Ratner L
  • Acad Med 2024
Role of the CTCF Binding Site in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-1 Pathogenesis.
  • Joseph A, Cheng X, Harding J, [...] Ratner L
  • bioRxiv 2024
Genetic subgroups inform on pathobiology in adult and pediatric Burkitt lymphoma.
  • Thomas N, Dreval K, Gerhard DS, [...] Ratner L, [...] Morin RD
  • Blood 2023
A role for an HTLV-1 vaccine?
  • Ratner L
  • Front Immunol 2022

Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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