Dr. Karen Lynn Reckamp MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
1500 E. Duarte Rd. Duarte CA, 91010About
Dr. Karen Reckamp is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Duarte, CA. Dr. Reckamp specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly: defining treatment options.
- The role of targeting mammalian target of rapamycin in lung cancer.
- Mammalian target of rapamycin, Akt, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling.
- Management of non-small-cell lung cancer in the older adult.
- Combination chemotherapy for older adults with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Novel mechanisms and targets: miscellaneous agents.
- Antiangiogenic agents as second-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
- Is benefit of maintenance therapy for NSCLC best defined by progression-free survival?
- Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway.
- Intraventricular chemotherapy for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from lung cancer: a feasible and beneficial treatment option?
- Myeloid clusters are associated with a pro-metastatic environment and poor
- EGFR-mutated lung cancer with T790M-acquired resistance in the brain and histologic transformation in the lung.
- The FEN1 E359K germline mutation disrupts the FEN1-WRN interaction and FEN1 GEN activity, causing aneuploidy-associated cancers.
- Future of ALK inhibition in non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Phase I study of the halichondrin B analogue eribulin mesylate in combination with cisplatin in advanced solid tumors.
Awards
- 2012 Southern California Super Doctors
- 1997 Alpha Omega Alpha
- 1994 Phi Beta Kappa
- 2006 Phase One Foundation, Clinical Investigator Award
- 2003 UCLA/Amgen Oncology Research Award
- 1998 American Medical Women's Associate Award for Scholastic Achievement
- 1991 Bausch and Lomb Science Award
Treatments
- Lung Cancer, Thoracic Cancer, Blood Disorders
Fellowships
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship 2001
Experience & Accolades
- Associate Professor 2012 - 2014Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
- Member2012 - 2014 Co-chair, Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
- Assistant Professor 2007 - 2012 Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte
- Assistant Professor 2005 - 2007 Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Member West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
- Clinical Instructor 2004 - 2005 Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
- Member2004 - 2005 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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