Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology / Oncology
Room 42-121 CHS
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1678
Office (310) 825-5513 - Fax (310) 825-2309
Dr. Gary Schiller is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology; he is the Medical Director of the Hemapheresis Unit and Chairman of the Medical Specialties College of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Schiller received a Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, in Biology and an M.D. from the University of Southern California. He did his post-doctoral training, including a Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, at UCLA.
Dr. Schiller is a well-published investigator in leukemia, multiple myeloma, and other hematologic malignancies, as well as in stem cell and bone marrow transplantation. He lectures extensively, and has also written for the popular press. He is Chairman of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
His research projects include clinical studies of new drugs, therapies, and bone marrow/stem cell transplantation for patients with malignancies of the blood or bone marrow such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma. He has carried out studies of stem cell transplantation following high-dose chemotherapy and radiation for acute myelogenous leukemia, one of the most common types of leukemia in adults. He has also carried out work with purified stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma.
He has ongoing studies using new drugs and therapeutics for acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia, and multiple myeloma; he also has studies going on in certain kinds of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His approach is to put into clinical trials new treatments developed in the laboratory for patients with blood stem cell diseases or cancers of the bone marrow and blood.
Multiple Myeloma / Stem Cell & Bone Marrow Transplantation / Cancer - Breast & Lung
"Test Pilots", a documentary which follows six patients through
a bone marrow and stem cell transplant at UCLA with Dr. Schiller.
If you would like to order a copy please go to our ordering information page.
If you have any questions regarding the Test Pilots video send email to aig@kusm.montana.edu
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