EMIL J FREIREICH, M.D., D.Sc.(Hon.)
MARITAL STATUS:
Married, Four
Children
EDUCATION:
1947 - B.S. University
of Illinois College of Medicine
1949 - M.D. University
of Illinois College of Medicine (with honors)
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
1957 - American
Board of Internal Medicine
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
1949 - 1950 Internship,
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
1950 - 1953 Residency
in Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT:
1953 - 1955 Research
Associate in Hematology, Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1955 - 1965 Senior
Investigator and Head, Leukemia Service, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda,
Maryland
1965 - Present Internist and
Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, Texas
1965
- 1972 Assistant Head, Department of Developmental Therapeutics,
Chief,
Research Hematology
1972 - 1983 Head,
Department of Developmental Therapeutics
1981
- Present Ruth
Harriet Ainsworth Professor of Developmental
Therapeutics
1983 - 1985 Chairman,
Department of Hematology
1985 - Present Director,
Adult Leukemia Research Program
1987
– Present Professor
of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Laboratory Medicine
1990
- 1991 Project Reassignment:
Special Assistant to Samuel Broder, M.D.,
Director, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
2000
– Present Director,
Special Medical Education Programs
1966 - Present Professor of Medicine, Faculty Member, The University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
1973 - Present Professor of
Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
1973
- 1981 Chief, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine
1977 - Present Clinical Professor, Department of Biophysical Sciences,
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Houston
HONORS (* Most significant)
1947 Alpha
Omega Alpha
1970 President's
Award for Outstanding Service, Leukemia Society of America, Inc.
1972* Albert Lasker Medical Research Award
1974 Alumnus
of the Year for Service to Education or Research, University of Illinois
College of Medicine Alumnus Association
1976* Seventh
Annual David A. Karnofsky Award and Lecture.
American Society of
Clinical
Oncology
1977 Third Annual Distinguished Leukemia
Lectureship, Alabama Chapter of the Leukemia Society
of America
1977 Fourth Annual John Hoover Moon Memorial
Lectureship, Medical College of Virginia
1978 Fourth Annual Myron Karon Memorial Award,
Childrens' Hospital of Los Angeles
1979* Robert Roesler de Villiers Award of the
Leukemia Society of America, Inc.
1979 Who's Who in America
1979* Fifteenth Annual Guest Lecturer, Leukemia
Research Fund, Great Britain
1980 Gifford-Hill
Visiting Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas
1980 Texas
Gulf Coast Chapter, Leukemia Society of America Award for Outstanding Service
to Mankind
1980 Ruth Harriet Ainsworth Professor of
Developmental Therapeutics
1981 Fortieth
Anniversary Commemorative Medal of Achievement in Clinical Science,
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1981 Sixth
Annual J. A. Gottlieb Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer
Therapeutic Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1982*
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of Illinois College of
Medicine Centennial Celebration
1982 Fourteenth Annual Danely Slaughter
Lecturer, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois 1983 Alpha Epsilon Delta, The Prehealth Honor Society,
Honorary Member
1983* Fifth Charles F. Kettering Prize of the
General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
1984 First Harold Lupiloff Award in Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 1985* Outstanding Investigator Award, National Cancer Institute, Initial Awardee of New
Seven-Year Grant Mechanism
1987 Biomedicine
and Pharmacotherapy Prize, International Society of Medical Ethics, Philosophy,
Methodology and Economy, Paris, France
1988* Henry M. and Lillian Stratton Lecture, XXII
Congress of the International Society
of
Hematology, Milan, Italy
1989 Outstanding
Achievement Award in Recognition of Notable Contributions in Cancer. 24th Annual Meeting American Society of
Contemporary Medicine and Surgery, Hollywood, Florida
1990* Recipient of the First National Institutes
of Health Distinguished Alumni Award
1991*
First Allen Latham, Jr. Award for Scientific Contribution to the
Development of Apheresis of the European Society of Haemapheresis, Wurzburg,
Germany
1992 Gold Medal of the Faculty of Medicine of
Masaryck University, Brno, Czechoslovakia
1992 Silver
Medal of the Faculty of Pediatrics of the Charles University, Prague,
Czechoslovakia
HONORS (continued):
1993 Listed
in The Best Doctors in America,
Second Edition, Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, South Carolina.
1993 Chairman, Faculty Senate, The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
1994* E.J. Cohn-C.G.P. de Laval Award for
Scientific Contribution to Apheresis, World Apheresis
Association, Houston, Texas.
1994 First
Dr. Arlan J. Gottlieb Memorial Award, Leukemia Society of America, Central New
York Chapter
1994 Dean's Excellence Award, Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas
1995 Distinguished
Service to Graduate Medical Education, The Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education
1996 Medical
Oncology Fellows Teacher of the Year Award, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, Texas
1996 Medicus Hippocraticus Award, First
International Medical Olympiad, Kos, Greece
1996 Member, The University of Texas
System Faculty Advisory Council
1996* Return of the Child Award, Leukemia Society of
America
1997* Festschrift
Symposium in Honor of 70th Birthday (Clin Cancer Res
3(12):2550-2734, 1997)
1997 March
14, 1997 Dr. Emil J Freireich Day, City of Houston, Texas
1999 Partners
in Courage Achievement Award, American Cancer Society, Houston, Texas
1999 Nagib
Taleb Award, 4th Middle East Oncology Congress, Beirut, Lebanon
1999
50th
Anniversary Commemorative Award, Leukemia Society of America
2000
Signator of
The Treaty of Paris Against Cancer, Paris, France (A World Event: One hundred figures of international renown
commit to waging the “Second World War Against Cancer”)
2000* University of Illinois Alumni
Achievement Award
2000 Faculty Achievement Award for Education, M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2000 Charles A. LeMaistre, M.D. Outstanding
Achievement Award in Cancer, M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
2000 The President’s Award, M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas
2001 Cino del Duca Award (11th
International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatment),
Paris, France
2003 Pollin
Prize for Pediatric Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York, NY
2005 Gerald
P. Bodey, Sr., M.D. Distinguished Professor Award, July 8, 2005, Houston, TX
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American
Association for Advancement of Science (Fellow, 1997)
Association of
American Physicians (1975)
American Society
for Clinical Investigation (1969)
American
Federation for Clinical Research
American Society
of Clinical Oncology (President, 1980)
American
Association for Cancer Research
American Society
of Hematology
International
Society of Hematology
American Society
for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Fellow, American
College of Physicians
Fellow,
Molecular Medicine Society
Association for
Patient-Oriented Research (Founding Member, 1998; Board of Directors, 1998- Present; Secretary/Treasurer, 2004;
President, May 2005-present)
Global
Organization Against Leukemia (Organizing Committee 1998; President 1999;
Member,
Scientific
Committee 2001-Present)
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
1973 - 1983 Journal
of the American Medical Association
1973 - 1986 Cancer
Research (1977 - 1986, Associate Editor)
1974 - 2003 Medical
and Pediatric Oncology
1975 - 1989 Oncology
News
1975 - 2006 Cancer
1976 - 1980 Cancer
Treatment Reports
1976 - 1987 Leukemia
Research
1992 - Present Leukemia
Research
1978 - 1998 American
Journal Clinical Oncology, Cancer Clinical Trials
1982 - 1987 Journal
of Clinical Oncology
1983 - 1988 Investigational
New Drugs
1983 - 1997 Cancer
Investigation
1987 - 1998 Hematopathology
and Molecular Hematology
1987 - 1996 Leukemia
(Honorary
Member 1996 - Present)
1993 - 1999 Cancer
Biotherapy
1995 - Present Journal
of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology
1997 – Present International
Journal of Clinical Oncology
1998 - Present Current Therapeutic
Research
ELEEMOSYNARY ORGANIZATIONS:
President, Gulf
Coast Chapter, Leukemia Society of America (1968 - 1970)
Chairman,
National Chapter of Medical Advisors Committee, Leukemia Society of America (1969-1970)
Member, National
Board of Trustees, Leukemia Society of America (1968 - 1970)
Member,
Committee on Unproven Methods of Cancer Treatment, American Cancer Society
(1972-1984)
Board of
Directors, American Cancer Society, Gulf Coast Chapter (1975 - 1985)
American Cancer
Society, Greater Houston Unit
1. Public Information Committee (1967 - 1985)
2. Medical and Scientific Committee (1976 -
1985)
3. Public Education Committee (1975 - 1976)
Review Committee
of Drug Development, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer
Institute,
National Institutes of Health (1975 - 1979)
Clinical
Research Committee, Association of American Cancer Institutes (1975 - 1980)
Member, Blue
Ribbon Committee on Future Directions of the Roswell Park Memorial
Institute
(1985-1987)
Grant Review
Subcommittee, Leukemia Society of America (1986 - 1989)
Scientific
Advisory Board, Woodlands Venture Fund, L.P. (1987 - Present)
Texas Cancer
Council's Texas Cancer Plan Task Force for Research & Development (1990)
External Review
Committee, Wayne State University Cancer Center (1991 - Present)
American Cancer
Society Ad Hoc Education Committee (1992)
Food and Drug Administration
Orphan Drugs Review Committee (1992 - Present)
Oncology
Advisory Board, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993 - Present)
Cancer Research
Center's External Advisory Board, Temple University School of Medicine and Fels Institute (1993 - Present)
Member, Board of
Trustees, Gulf Coast Chapter, Leukemia Society of America (1996)
Member,
Scientific Advisory Board of Eleos, Inc. (2003)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Oncology and
Hematology (Internal Medicine)
Natural History
and Therapy of Human Acute Leukemia
Clinical Trial
Experimental Design
Platelet and
Leukocyte Physiology, Biochemistry and Transfusion
ADDRESS:
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E-mail: efreirei@mdanderson.org
(Revised 7/8/05)