David Flockhart, Cancer Research Pioneer

Dr. David Flockhart was a pioneering pharmacogeneticist at the Indiana University School of Medicine who was diagnosed with advanced gliobastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer. He passed away on November 26, 2015. In 2014 and 2015, Sound Medicine aired a series of interviews with him about his dual role as a researcher and a patient. Scroll down to explore the interviews and an essay from his friend and interviewer, Barbara Lewis.

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A Pioneering Medical Researcher Kept Learning Even Through His Own Fight With Cancer

David A. Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D. was a renowned researcher and physician who transformed care for patients by personalizing treatments and making…
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Remembering David Flockhart, M.D.

David A. Flockhart, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally renowned researcher and physician who transformed care for patients by personalizing treatments and…
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Sometimes The Most Effective Form Of Cancer Therapy Is Just Caring

In this latest edition in our continuing series of conversations about cancer with Dr. Flockhart, he answers the question: "Where do you think American…

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