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Michael G. Douvas

Michael G. Douvas

Associate Professor, Medicine- Hematology and Oncology

Primary Location
PO Box 800716
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number
434.982.6399
Fax Number
434.243.6086
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=douvas+mg%5Bauthor%5D

Bio & Overview

Dr. Douvas participates in clinical research primarily through the Hematologic Malignancy Clinical Research program headed by Dr. Michael E. Williams. He is a principal and co-investigator on several clinical trials for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and sarcoma. He is board-certified in Adult Hematology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and serves as a co-investigator on Children's Oncology Group clinical research protocols as they pertain to the care of young adults with cancer. He also has research projects in symptom management in young adults/adolescents with cancer and in fertility preservation.

Academic Information

Department
Medicine- Hematology and Oncology
Academic Title
Associate Professor

Primary Education

  • AB, Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988
  • MD, Medicine, University of Virginia, 1996
  • Chief Residency, Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001
  • Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002
  • Clinical Fellowship, Adult Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2003
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCnull
  • Research Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005
  • Residency, Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCnull

Other Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Medicine

Other Affiliations

  • Member, Immunology/Immunotherapy Program

Research Interests

Clinical research in hematologic malignancies, fertility preservation, and quality improvement.

Selected Publications

Dunlap NE, Woodford RL, Shoushtari AN, Reibel JF, Douvas MG, Cousar JB, Read PW, Primary nasopharyngeal interdigitating dendritic cell tumor presentation and response to radiation therapy., 2010; Rare tumors. 2(1) e9. PMID: 21139954 | PMCID: PMC2994498

Aregawi DG, Sherman JH, Douvas MG, Burns TM, Schiff D, Neuroleukemiosis: case report of leukemic nerve infiltration in acute lymphoblastic leukemia., 2008; Muscle Nerve. 38(3) 1196-200. PMID:

Gorczynski MJ, Grembecka J, Zhou Y, Kong Y, Roudaia L, Douvas MG, Newman M, Bielnicka I, Baber G, Corpora T, Shi J, Sridharan M, Lilien R, Donald BR, Speck NA, Brown ML, Bushweller JH, Allosteric inhibition of the protein-protein interaction between the leukemia-associated proteins Runx1 and CBFbeta., 2007; Chem Biol. 14(10) 1186-97. PMID: