Title: Robert Drapkin MD Started The Stem Cell Program At Morton Plant
1Robert Drapkin MD Started The Stem Cell Program
At Morton Plant
2An extensively experienced individual, Robert
Drapkin MD is licensed to practice in Florida and
has been working as Research Assistant Professor,
in Department of Medicine at the University of
South Florida School of Medicine since September
1980. In addition to this, he is also a Moffit
Cancer Center Affiliate physician and has been
working at Morton Plant and Mease for 32 years.
3 Present
affiliations
Currently, Robert Drapkin MD is affiliated to
Largo Medical Center, Helen Ellis Memorial
Hospital (Tarpon Springs, Florida), Morton Plant
Hospital (Clearwater, Florida), Morton Plant
Mease- Countryside Hospital (Clearwater,
Florida), and Morton Plant Mease- Dunedin
Hospital, Dunedin, Florida. He holds many
certifications, including Diplomate of Internal
Medicine (June, 1975), Diplomate of Medical
Oncology (June, 1979), Fellow of the American
College of Physicians (April, 1981), full member
of the American Society of Blood and Marrow
Transplantation (1995), and Member of Solid Tumor
Panel (1997).
4Contribution to stem cell program
In 1975, Robert Drapkin MD undertook the clinical
responsibility at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York City, under the supervision of
Bayard Clarkson, MD. He contributed a lot on the
clinical research about human peripheral blood
stem cells with Bayard Clarkson, MD. The research
was sponsored by National Cancer Institute at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. From 1978
to 1979, he served as Attending Physician with
bone marrow transplant service responsibility, at
Roswell Park Memorial Institute, with Edward
Henderson, MD. In this capacity, he also taught
Oncology Fellows. agencies.
5Special interests
Aside from his professional commitments, Robert
Drapkin also takes special interest in art and is
a trustee for the Museum of Fine Arts, St.
Petersburg, Florida. Moreover, he is also serving
on the Collection Committee of Harvard Art Museum
since 1996.
6Publications
- Throughout his career, Robert Drapkin MD has
contributed to various publications, including
Acquisition of a Pyloric Septum or Pyloric
Duodenal Fistula Prophylactic Heparinization
with Daunomycin (Dauno) and Arabinosylcytosine
(Ara-C) in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) A
Three Year Evaluation of Prophylactic Heparin
Therapy During Remission Induction In Acute
Promyelocytic Leukemia in Adults
Characterization of Normal Human Myeloid
Progenitor Cells in Myeloblast-Promyelocyte
Enriched Samples of Normal Bone Marrow and more.