Additional Resources

• A system-wide Institutional Review Board that meets monthly to review clinical trial information.
• National Institute of Health and Federal Drug Administration registration number: IRB00005278.
• Institutional Organization Number (IORG) is IORG0004448.
• We are a research affiliate of UCSF for The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.

Our research program  was established in 2008. Sponsors have included: Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Spectrum, Celgene, Genentech, Amgen, Genentech, Tragara, Bracco Diagnostic, Eisai, PUMA, Novartis, Incyte, Pharmatech, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical.

Our clinical research efforts include cardiology, hematology/oncology, imaging, internal medicine, primary care, orthopedics and pediatrics. Each discipline has a set of principle investigators:

• Cardiology
  • Edward Toggart, MD
  • Jeff Hsing, MD
  • Thomas Marker, MD, FASNC
  • Matthew Lindberg, MD, FACC, FASN
  • Sridhar Vijayasekaran, MD
  • Kim Montagne, FNP-C
• Hematology/Oncology
  • David Hufnagel, DO
  • Farnoush Abar, MD
  • Wei Bai, MD
  • Jonathan Gross, MD
  • Vicky Lee, MD, PhD
  • Ike Onwere, MD
  • Holly Almond, RNP, OCN
  • David Faddis, MD, FACS
  • Mary Austin-Seymour, MD
  • Patrice McGowan, MD
  • Kenneth Nitta, MD

Emerging disciplines that may be included in the future include bariatrics, endocrinology, orthopedics and sports medicine, rheumatology, neurology and pediatric and adult vaccines.