Professor of Medicine

Special Interests:

• Thoracic Oncology Malignancies
• Cancer

Medical Degree: Albany Medical College

Residency: Naval Hospital, San Diego

Fellowship: Naval Hospital, San Diego, Hematology/Oncology

Certification: Internal Medicine; Hematology/Oncology

Biography:

Dr. Martin J. Edelman is Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of Solid Tumor Oncology and Co-Leader of the Experimental Therapeutics Program for the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center (UMGCC). He received his medical degree from the Albany Medical College and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in mematology and oncology at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.

After leaving military service, Dr. Edelman joined the faculty at the University of California at Davis and the VA Northern California Health Care System in 1990. He later became Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the VA. While at Davis he was co-director of the thoracic oncology program and developed several trials in lung cancer. He also initiated trials in genito-urinary malignancies, developmental therapeutics, and supportive care. Dr. Edelman was a member of the lung cancer and genito-urinary committees of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and has chaired two national trials in lung cancer.

Dr. Edelman joined the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center in 1999. He is a member of the thoracic oncology program and currently chairs several trials in thoracic malignancies. He is institutional Principal Investigator for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B at the University of Maryland. He is also a member of the Respiratory Core Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B and the Lung Cancer Committee of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. He currently leads two national studies (CALGB 30801 and RTOG 0839), both based upon pilot studies done at the UMGCC.

He is the author of over 200 articles, abstracts, and book chapters.

Ask Dr. Edelman your lung cancer/drug therapy questions.

Contact Information:

Patient Appointments/General Information
(410) 328-2999 or (800) 492-5538

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(800) 373-4111