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Dr. Michael Paul Link MD

Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

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Childrens Hospital At Stanford 725 Welch Rd Palo Alto CA, 94304
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Dr. Michael Link is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Link specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Link treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Link can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.

Education and Training

Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1974

Board Certification

PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP

DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Expert Publications

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Awards

  •  2004 Annual Memorial Lectureship, Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation 
  • Washington University School of Medicine 2000 Ben Abelson Memorial Visiting Professor 
  •  1974 Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Omega Alpha 
  •  2013 21st Annual W.W. Sutow Visiting Lecturer in Pediatric Oncology, MD An 
  • Brent Eley Visiting Professor in Pediatric Oncology, 2009 University of Colorado Cancer Center and the Childrens Hospital, Denve 
  •   Phi Beta Kappa 
  • The Royal Academy of Paediatrics and Child Health (June) 2013 Honorary Fellow 

Treatments

  • Stem Cell Transplant

Fellowships

  • Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA    1979
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA    1979
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute MA    1979
  • Children's Hospital Boston MA    1979

Publications

  • JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORKAdolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Version 2.20142014
  • PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCERRelapse after treatment of pediatric hodgkin lymphoma2013
  • NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINEThe Impact of Drug Shortages on Children with Cancer - The Example of Mechlorethamine2012
  • BLOOD CANCER JOURLExtremely low-frequency magnetic fields and survival from childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia2012
  • Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer NetworkAdolescent and young adult oncology. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.2012
  • PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCERALK+ aplastic large cell lymphoma exhibits phosphatidylinositol-3 kise2012
  • JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAssociation Between Radiotherapy vs No Radiotherapy Based on Early Response to VAMP Chemotherapy2012
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYChemotherapy Drug Shortages in the United States: Genesis and Potential Solutions2012
  • PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERYComplete Ocular Paresis in a Child with Posterior Fossa Syndrome2012
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYSecond Malignt Neoplasms in Survivors of Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treated With Low2010
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYThe Impact of the Privacy Rule on Cancer Research2009
  • PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCERNon-aplastic peripheral T-cell lymphoma in childhood and adolescence2008
  • APPLIED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR MORPHOLOGYNodular lymphocyte-predomint Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as fulmint hepatic failure in a pediatric2008
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYOsteosarcoma: The addition of muramyl tripeptide to chemotherapy improves overall survival2008
  • PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCERTreatment of metastatuc Ewing Sarcoma2007
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYFil results of a prospective clinical trial with VAMP2007
  • BLOODTherapy-related myelodysplasia and acute myeloid leukemia after Ewing sarcoma and primitive2007
  • BIOELECTROMAGNETICSMagnetic field exposure and prognostic factors in childhood leukemia2007
  • BRITISH JOURL OF CANCERMagnetic field exposure and long-term survival among children with leukaemia2006
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYIntensive therapy with growth factor support for patients with Ewing tumor metastatic at diagnosis2006
  • PEDIATRIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGYReview of tonsillar lymphoma in pediatric patients from the Pediatric Oncology Group2005
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYOsteosarcoma: A randomized, prospective trial of the addition of ifosfamide and2005
  • PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCEREpstein-Barr virus-associated peripheral T-cell lymphoma2005
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYHigh-dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem2004
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYRisk-adapted, combined-modality therapy with VAMP2004
  • CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCHCyclophosphamide dose intensification during induction therapy for intermediate2004
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYTreatment of metastatic Ewing's sarcoma or primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone2004
  • CANCERHigh-dose methotrexate pharmacokinetics and outcome of children and young adults with osteosarcoma2004
  • Patrick, D. L., Ferketich, S. L., Frame, P. S., Harris, J. J., Hendrictiol Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Symptom Magement in Cancer0
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPrognostic factors for children with Hodgkin's disease treated with combined-modality therapy2003
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPresurgical chemotherapy compared with immediate surgery2003
  • NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINEAddition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy2003
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPrognostic factors and clinical outcomes2003
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYChildren from ethnic minorities have benefited equally2002
  • CA: a cancer jourl for clinicianstiol action plan for childhood cancer: report of the tiol summit meetings on childhood cancer.2002
  • PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICAAssessment of lymphadenopathy in children2002
  • STATISTICS IN MEDICINEMinimax two-stage-designs with applications to tissue banking case-control studies2002
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYTreatment of unfavorable childhood Hodgkin's disease with VEPA and low-dose2002
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYVAMP and low-dose, involved-field radiation for children and adolescents with favorable2002
  • LEUKEMIABone marrow stroma-supported culture of T2002
  • CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCHDose escalation and pharmacokinetics of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin2002
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPhase II/III trial of etoposide and high-dose ifosfamide2002
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYEfficacy of ifosfamide2001
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYWhich patients with microscopic disease2001
  • Semirs in pediatric surgeryControversies in the magement of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma2001
  • JOURL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGYPresurgical window of carboplatin and surgery and multidrug chemotherapy2001
  • Arndt, C. A., Doldson, S. S., Anderson, J. R., Andrassy, R. J., LaurieWhat constitutes optimal therapy for patients with rhabdomyosarcoma of the female genital tract?2001
  • JOURL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGYThyroid carcinoma after successful treatment of osteosarcoma: A report of three patients2001
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYAttitudes and practices among pediatric oncologists regarding end-of-life care2001
  • BLOODNew recurring cytogenetic abnormalities2000
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYBenefit of intensified therapy for patients with local or regiol embryol rhabdomyosarcoma2000
  • LEUKEMIAEffects of cranial radiation in children with high risk T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia2000
  • Hutchison, R. E., Finch, C., Kepner, J., Fuller, C., Bowman, P., Link,Burkitt lymphoma is immunophenotypically different from Burkitt-like lymphoma in young persons2000
  • LEUKEMIASignificance of commonly used prognostic factors differs1999
  • LEUKEMIAIntensive high-dose asparagise consolidation improves survival for pediatric patients with T cell1999
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYTreatment of localized primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone in children1999
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the MLL-ENL fusion1999
  • LEUKEMIAAcute lymphoblastic leukemia with the (8;14)(q24;q32) translocation1999
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYTreatment of metastatic osteosarcoma at diagnosis: A pediatric oncology group study1998
  • INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSA multidiscipliry study investigating radiotherapy in Ewing's sarcoma: End results of POG #83461998
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYRandomized trial of r1998
  • BLOODE2A-PBX1 chimeric transcript status at end of consolidation is not predictive of treatment outcome1998
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYFractioted cyclophosphamide and back to back high dose methotrexate and cytosine arabinoside1997
  • NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINETreatment of children and young adults with early-stage non-Hodgkin's lymphoma1997
  • LEUKEMIALack of ETV6 (TEL) gene rearrangements or p16(INK4A)1997
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYAltered expression of p531997
  • JOURL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGYA feasibility, toxicity, and early response study of etoposide, ifosfamide, and vincristine for the1997
  • CANCER RESEARCHFrequent and selective methylation of p15 and deletion of both p15 and p16 in T1997
  • BLOODCase-control study suggests a favorable impact of TEL rearrangement in patients with B1997
  • ANLS OF ONCOLOGYUse of an anti-ALK antibody in the characterization of aplastic large-cell lymphoma of childhood1997
  • Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)NCCN pediatric osteosarcoma practice guidelines. The tiol Comprehensive Cancer Network.1996
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYImproved survival for children with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia1996
  • BLOODHigh incidence of potential p53 ictivation1996
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYUniform approach to risk classification1996
  • EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGYSTAGE-SPECIFIC AND LINEAGE1995
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYB-CELL LINEAGE CONFERS A FAVORABLE OUTCOME AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH LARGE1995
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYSAFETY AND EFFICACY OF L-LEUCOVORIN RESCUE FOLLOWING HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE FOR OSTEOSARCOMA1995
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYTREATMENT OF OSTEOSARCOMA WITH IFOSFAMIDE - COMPARISON OF RESPONSE IN PEDIATRIC1995
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYABVD/MOPP AND LOW-DOSE INVOLVED-FIELD RADIOTHERAPY1994
  • JOURL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICSHYPNOSIS IN THE PREVENTION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-RELATED USEA AND VOMITING IN CHILDREN1994
  • BLOODFREQUENCY AND PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE OF HRX REARRANGEMENTS IN INFANT ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC1994
  • LEUKEMIASIMULTANEOUS EXPRESSION OF RBTN-2 AND BCR1994
  • CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICSPRESENTING CHARACTERISTICS OF TRISOMY1994
  • HUMAN PATHOLOGYMIC2 ALYSIS IN PEDIATRIC LYMPHOMAS AND LEUKEMIAS1994
  • HUMAN PATHOLOGYEWINGS-SARCOMA - ROUTINE DIAGNOSTIC UTILIZATION OF MIC2 ALYSIS - A PEDIATRIC-ONCOLOGY-GROUP1994
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYSECONDARY BREAST-CANCER IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH OSTEOSARCOMA1994
  • Cleary, S. F., Link, M. P., Doldson, S. S.HODGKINS-DISEASE IN THE VERY YOUNG1994
  • HISTOPATHOLOGYIMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF 12E7 IN SMALL ROUND-CELL TUMORS OF CHILDHOOD1993
  • AMERICAN JOURL OF PATHOLOGYDETECTION OF THE (11 22)(Q24 Q12) TRANSLOCATION OF EWINGS1993
  • BLOODHRX INVOLVEMENT IN DENOVO AND SECONDARY LEUKEMIAS WITH DIVERSE CHROMOSOME 11Q23 ABNORMALITIES1993
  • JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYACUTE HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO ETOPOSIDE IN A VEPA REGIMEN FOR HODGKINS-DISEASE1993
  • Link, M. P., Stevens, J., Friend, S. H., Israel, M. A., Knudson, A. G.LABORATORY CLINICAL INTERFACE1993
  • BLOODCLINICAL-FEATURES AND OUTCOME OF T1993
  • BLOODA SERINE PROLINE-RICH PROTEIN IS FUSED TO HRX IN T(4-11) ACUTE LEUKEMIAS1993
  • Cancer treatment and researchThe multi-institutiol osteosarcoma study: an update.1993
  • MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGYLANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS PRESENTING WITH THE SUPERIOR VE-CAVA SYNDROME - A CASE-REPORT1993
  • Cancer treatment and researchOsteosarcoma in adolescents and young adults1993
  • INVESTIGATIOL NEW DRUGSA STUDY OF TOXICITY AND COMPARATIVE THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF VINDESINE-PREDNISONE VS VINCRISTINE1992
  • LEUKEMIACHILDHOOD MALIGNT NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS OF UNCOMMON HISTOLOGY1992
  • LEUKEMIAMORPHOLOGICAL, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND CYTOGENETIC STUDIES IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC0

Experience & Accolades

  • Member2010 - 2011President-Elect, American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Member2000 - 2010 Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Director Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Lucile Packard
  • Member2002 - 2010 Children's Hospital at Stanford
  • Lydia J. Lee Professor 2003 - 2014 Pediatric Cancer, Stanford University
  • Member2011 - 2012 President, American Society of Clinical Oncology

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Palo Alto, CA 94304
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