Items Tagged ‘Dr. Richard Besser’
October 21, 2014
Director of Pharmacogenomics Receives Honor From Mayo Clinic
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., Director of the Pharmacogenomics Program at the Center for Individualized Medicine, is being honored by the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors as a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni. This is the highest award that Mayo can confer on its staff. Dr. Weinshilboum studies pharmacogenomics — the role of inheritance and individual variation in […]
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October 15, 2013
By AJ Montpetit
Today’s Twitter Chat with Dr. Richard Besser from ABC on the topic of Breast Cancer touched on the need for mammogram testing and the need for patient education. The discussion also took a turn to BRCA testing, as well as genetic testing. One area that the Center for Individualized Medicine focuses on is understanding why […]
Tags: ABC, beauty project, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Genome-Guided Therapy, center for individualized medicine, chat, chemotherapy, Dr. Richard Besser, Genomic Sequencing, neoadjuvant therapy, personalized care, personalized medicine