Kevin T. Palka, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
(615) 327-6111
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37208
kpalka@mmc.edu
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| Professional Education |
1991-1995 Duke University Durham, NC B.S./Biology (Genetics)
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| 1995-1996 Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden Fulbright Scholarship (Medical Nobel Institute) |
| 1997-2001 U.T.-Southwestern Dallas, TX M.D. |
| 2001-2004 University of Illinois Chicago, IL Medicine Residency |
| 2005-2009 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Hematology/Oncology Fellowship |
| Specialty |
Joint faculty at Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College, Hematology/Oncology.
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Dual appointment in Departments of Medicine and Neurology at Vanderbilt. |
Assistant program director for Vanderbilt Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program --High grade glioma clinic (Vanderbilt) |
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Focus on head and neck cancers, lung cancers, breast cancers, GI cancers, hematologic malignancies, and benign hematology disorders (Meharry) |
| Selected Publications |
Chung CH, Pohlmann PR, Rothenberg ML, Burkey BB, Parker J, Palka K, et al. Insulin-like Growth Facotr-1 Receptor Inhibitor, AMG-479, in Cetiximab-Refractory Head and Neck Squamous Cell. Head & Neck, July 2010.
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Palka KT, Lebow RL, Weaver KD, Kressin MK. Intracranial collision metastases of small-cell lung cancer and malignant melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26(12), April 2008.
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Palka KT, Slebos RJ, Chung CH. Update on molecular diagnostic tests in head and neck cancer. Seminars in Oncology, 35(3), June 2008.
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Palka KT and Johnson DH. “Small Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Natural History”. Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 4th ed. 2008, pp. 1899-1916.
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Palka KT, Mobley B, Perkins S, Cooper M, Sills AK, Moots PL. “Glioma and Other Neuroepithelial Neoplasms.” Textbook of Uncommon Cancers, 4th ed. 2012. (In press)
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