John Cole MD

John Cole MD

Director of Clinical Cancer Research

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
7/87 – 6/89

Staff Member, Section of Hematology/Oncology
Ochsner Clinic
7/89 - present

Section Head
Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Ochsner Clinic
10/89 - present

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1984
Hematology, 1986
Oncology, 1987

Committees & Administrative Responsibilities

Acting Section Chief-  Hematology/Oncology, LSUHSC,  2008-2014

Selected Publications

Publications:

Claudia P. Hernandez, Kevin Morrow, Lluis A. Lopez-Barcons, Jovanny Zabaleta, Rosa Sierra, Cruz Velasco, John Cole, and Paulo C. Rodriguez. Pegylated arginase I: a potential therapeutic approach in T-ALL Blood, Jun 2010; 115: 5214 - 5221.

Lee, C., Das, B., Lin, T., Grimes, C., Zhang, X., Lavezzi, T., Huang, L., Cole, J., Yau, L., Li, L.  A rare fraction of drug-resistant follicular lymphoma cancer stem cells interacts with follicular dendritic cells to maintain tumourigenic potential.  British Journal of Hematology, 2012, 158, 79-90.

Perez EA, Suman VJ, Fitch TR, Mailliard JA, Ingle JN, Cole JT, Veeder MH, Flynn PJ, Walsh DJ, Addo FK: A Phase II Trial of Docetaxel and Carboplatin as First-Line Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer: NCCTG Study N9932. Oncology 2005; 69:117-121.

Cole JT, McElroy EA, Marques CB, Castillo RA, Gralla RJ: Phase I study of weekly paclitaxel and vinorelbine in patients with advanced solid tumors. Proceedings of American Society of Clinical Oncology 22:606-150, 2003.

Gonzales-Angulo AM, Suarez J, Fuloria J, Cole JT, Kardinal CG: Prognostic implications of immunohistochemical detection in sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients. Proceedings of American Society of Clinical Oncology 21:3568-887, 2003.

“Locally Advanced Breast Cancer” John T. Cole in Cancer of the Breast, 5th Edition, Donegan WL and Spratt JS, Ed. W.B. Sanders. pg 579 – 595, 2002.

Natale RB, Skarin A, Maddox AM, Hammond LA, Thomas R, Gandara DR, Gerstein H, Panella T, Cole J, Jahanzeb M, Kash J, Hamm J, Langer C, Saleh M, Stella P, Heyes A, Helms L, Ochs J, Averbuch S, Wolf M, Kay A: Improvement in symptoms and quality of life for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving ZD1839 (“Iressa”) in IDEAL 2. Proceeding of American Society of Clincal Oncology 21:1167-292A, 2002.

Buckner JC, Schomberg PJ, McGinnis WL, Cascino TL, Scheithauer BW, O’Fallon J, Morton RF, Kuross SA, Mailliard JA, Hatfield AK, Cole JT, Steen PD, Bernath AM: A Phase III Study of Radiation Therapy plus Carmustine with or without Recombinant Interferon-α in the Treatment of Patients with Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma. Cancer 92:420-33, 2001.

Textbook chapters:

Kardinal CG, Cole JT; Breast Cancer (in) The Chemotherapy Source Book. 5th edition. JW Pine, Editor, Chapter 32, 401-444.  Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins. 2012.

LCRC Faculty

Asim Abdel-Mageed DVM PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Tulane University School of Medicine
Suresh K. Alahari PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
LSU Health - New Orleans
Wayne L. Backes PhD
Tumor Biology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Victoria P. Belancio PhD
Genes & Environment
Tulane University School of Medicine
Earl "Nupsius" Benjamin-Robinson DrHSc CPH
Population Sciences
Louisiana Cancer Research Center
Tom Bishop PhD
Genes & Environment
Louisiana Tech University
David Blask MD PhD
Tumor Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Levon Bostanian PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Xavier University
J. Quincy Brown PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Tulane University School of Medicine