Thomas P. Loughran, Jr. is an American physician-scientist specializing in cancer research and treatment. He became director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center, F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor of Oncology Research and Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia on 15 August 2013. Between 2003 and 2013, Loughran served as founding director of the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute and professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. Previous appointments include the leader of the hematology malignancy program at Cancer Center H. Lee Moffitt & Research Institute at the University of South Florida, associate director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the SUNY Health Science Center and head of hematology at Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Syracuse, NY Loughran completed his fellowship in medical oncology in 1985 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington under the direction of Nobel Laureate E. Donnall Thomas. He remained on the faculty there for seven years. Loughran earned his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia in 1979.
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Loughran's main research interest is massive granular lymphocyte leukemia (LGL), a hematologic malignancy he discovered in the mid-1980s. He is considered an international expert in this form of leukemia. He has received federal grant support continuously over the last 26 years and is currently the principal investigator on two R01 grants and a P01 grant from the National Cancer Institute, as well as a translation research grant from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Loughran has published many articles in journals with high impact assessments including The New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Blood.
Loughran holds the Council of America certification in internal medicine and medical oncology. In his clinical practice, he treats patients with bone marrow disorders and leukemia.
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External links
- UVA Health Systems Doctor Profile
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