Tanya Dorff, MD

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Title:

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Specialties:

  • Oncology

Background:

Following a residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, Dr. Dorff came to LAC+USC Medical Center on a hematology and medical oncology fellowship. She currently teaches in the Division of Cancer Medicine and Blood Diseases at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In addition to being a devoted clinician and researcher, Dr. Dorff has authored numerous published articles and serves as a reviewer for many journals, including Cancer and Current Cancer Drug Targets. She has lectured on the topic of prostate cancer, both in English and in Spanish, across California and has been either the principal or co-investigator on a dozen clinical trials.

Education:

  • UCLA School of Medicine M.D., AOA
  • University of Houston - Honors College, Houston, TX B.S., Biology, summa cum laude

Internships:

  • Mount Sinai Hospital Internal Medicine

Residencies:

  • Mount Sinai Hospital Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center Chief Fellow, Medical Oncology
  • LAC+USC Medical Center Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship

Board Certification:

  • ABIM - Medical Oncology
  • ABIM - Internal Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Southwest Oncology Group
  • American Society of Hematology
  • International Society for Biologic Therapy
  • American College of Physicians
  • Medical Oncology Association of Southern California

Awards:

  • Fellowship Teaching Award, 2005
  • AOA - Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honors Society, 2000
  • AMWA Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, 2000
  • ACP/ASIM James R. Klinenberg Certificate of Merit, 2000
  • National Merit Scholar, 1992

Languages:

  • English
  • Lithuanian
  • Spanish