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Wicha, Max S. was born on March 24, 1949 in New York City.
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Max S. Wicha, American Oncologist, educator. Achievements include patents for antibodies to human mammary cell growth inhibitor and methods of production and use, human mammary cell growth inhibitor and methods of production and use; research in regulation of cell growth and differentiation, molecular mechanisms of tumor metastasis.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology summa cum laude with honors, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1974.
Career
Intern in internal medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1974-1975;
junior, senior resident in internal medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, 1975-1977;
research associate laboratory pathophysiology, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1977-1979;
fellow in clinical oncology, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1978-1980;
investigator laboratory pathophysiology, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1980;
assistant professor internal medicine division hematology and oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980-1983;
associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983-1988;
professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1988;
member tumor metastasis, extracellular matrrix, reproductive endocrinology programs, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1982;
director division hematology and oncology, director Simpson Memorial Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1984-1993;
member program in cellular and molecular biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1984;
director Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1987. Member cancer research committee University of Michigan, since 1981, science advisory board dental research institute, since 1983, dean's advisory, since 1988, reproductive endocrinology selection committee, breast care center Executive Committee, since 1988, executive director's advisory county, since 1992, chair institutional review committee gene therapy program project, since 1992, dean's advising committee Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1992, strategic planning policy and organizational committee health science information technical and networking, since 1992. Visiting professor Michigan State University, 1985, Harvard University, Boston, 1986, Washington State University, 1986, Boston University, 1986, Wayne State University/Harper Grace Hospitals, 1987, University of Illinois, 1987, Medical College Wisconsin, 1987., University of Chicago, 1987, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Omaha, 1988, U. Nebraska, Omaha, 1988, University of Minnesota/Minnesota Veterans Administration Hospital., 1988, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston., Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, American Cancer Society, Kalamazoo,1989, Gainesville, Florida, 1990, Orlando, Florida, 1990, Pezcoller Symposium, Rovereto, Italy, 1990, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 1990, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, 1990, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1990, Texas S.W. U., Dallas, 1990, Michigan State University, 1991.
Lecturer University of Michigan, 1990. Member National Institutes of Health Site Visit team University of California Cancer Research Laboratory, Berkeley, 1985. Ad hoc member cell biology and physiology study section National Institutes of Health, 1985, 86, study section, Bethesda, 1991.
Member NCISite Visit team Norris Cotton Dartmouth Cancer Ctr, 1989, Howard U., Washington, 1989, Howard U. Parent Committee, 1989, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1992. Science advisor U. Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, 1990, SamuelWaxman Cancer Research Foundation, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, 1988-1993. Member National Cancer Institute Advisory Panel, Bethesda, 1991.
Member science advising committee University Texas San Antonio Cancer Center, U. Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Norris-Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, N.H., Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, V. T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, since 1992, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, since 1992. Member extramural science advisory board UCI Clinical Cancer Center, University of California Irvine, Orange, since 1992. Member National Cancer Institute SPORE in Prostate Cancer Study Section, 1992.
Chair National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Review Committee, 1993. National Cancer Institute Site Visit chair Jefferson Cancer Center, Philadelphia, 1992, Worcester (Massachusetts) Cancer Foundation, 1993, Duke U. Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1993, Lineberger Comprehensive Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1993. Member National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers Review, 1993, chairman parent committee Cancer Center Support Review Committee, since 1992.
Consultant Warner Lambert Company, since 1980.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Public Health Service, 1977-1980. Member AAASN, American Association for Cancer Research (state legislation committee since 1992, finance committee since 1992), American Federation for Clinical Research (selections committee midwest section since 1986, committee committee, since 1986, awards committee, since 1986), American Society for CellBiology, American Society Hematology (commission on publications 1991-1993), Association American Cancer Institutions (board directors since 1993), American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society Clinical Oncology (award selection committee since 1992), Control Society for Clin.Rsch., Michigan Society Hematology and Oncology, Southwest Oncology Group, Association Community Cancer Centers.
Connections
M. Sheila Crowley; children: Jason, Allyson.
