Physician Information

GARY EDWARD GROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P.
825 Medical Drive
Tyler, Texas 75701

EDUCATION

1972-1976 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, NY
Degree: MD
1971-1972 U.C.S.D., LaJolla, California
Undergraduate course work
1966-1970 Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA
Degree: BA History/Anthropology
1968-1969 Whittier College, Copenhagen, Denmark

FELLOWSHIP

1981-1983 Medical Oncology
Department of Medicine/Oncology
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
1982-1983 Research Fellowship
American Cancer Society
1981-1982 Clinical Fellowship
American Cancer Society

INTERNSHIPS & RESIDENCEY

7/1976-6/1979 University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio, Texas
Department of Internal Medicine

HONORS & RECOGNITION

1995 "Boning up on Bedside Manner"
Article Featured in Texas Medicine, March 1995
1989 American Society of Clinical Oncology
Abstract selected as "one of top twenty research papers" for the annual meeting
1976 Recipient of Reader's Digest International Medical Assistant Program Fellowship
for work in Behrhorst Clinic, Chimaltenango, Guatemala

BOARD CERTIFICATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

May/2003-Present Blood & Cancer Center of East Texas, PA
Tyler, Texas
Practice specializing in cancer and diseases of the blood. CLIA
certified lab, infusion center, patient resource center and bone density
studies.
1994 Founding physician for East Texas Medical Center's prospective
planning conferences for oncology patients.
July/1984-May/2003 Tyler Hematology Oncology, PA
Tyler, Texas
Founding Partner of a six physician group practice with offices in
Athens, Jacksonville, and Tyler offering an IV fusion center, CLIA
certified lab, patient resource center and electronic medical records.
1985 Founding physician of the East Texas Community Oncology Program
clinical trials program with East Texas Medical Institutional Review
Board, Tumor Board
1984-Present Founder of East Texas Medical Center Athens Oncology Program
July/1979-June/1981 La Clinica Amistad
United States Public Health Service, San Antonio, Texas

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1985-Present Founding physician and principle investigator of the East Texas
Community Oncology Program (CGOP): SWOG, ACCC, NSABP, Independent Pharmaceutical Company Phase II Trials.

PUBLICATIONS

Von Hoff, D.D. Gross, G.E., Kuhn, J.G.:
Miscellaneous anticancer agents. In: Cancer Chemotherapy IV. H. Pindo(ed.) Excerpts Medica, Amsterdam, 1982
Gross, G.E.:
Granulacytosis associated with Sulindac (Clinoril) overdose.
Annuals on Internal Medicine, 96: 793-794, June 1982
Von Hoff, D.D., Gross, G.E., Kuhn, J.G.:
Miscellaneous anticancer agents: New anticancer agents. In: The Cancer Pharmacology Annual B.A. Chabner, H. Pinedo (eds.) Excerpts Medica, Amsterdam, 1983
Gross, G.E., Clark, G.M., Chamness, G.D:, and McGuire, W.L.:
Multiple progesterone receptor assays. Cancer Research, 44:835-840,
February 1984
Gross, G.E. Boldt, D.H., Osborne, C.K.:
Perturbation of human breast cancer cell cycle kinetics by insulin. Cancer Research, 44:3570-3575, August 1984
Gross, G.E.:
The Role of the Tumor Board in a Community Hospital. CA-A
Journal for Clinicians, 37(2): 88-92, March-April 1987
Gross, G.E.:
The Role of the Tumor Board in a Community Hospital. American Cancer Society Professional Education Publication, 1987
Gross, G.E.:
Islet Cell Tumors. East Texas Medicine, Tyler, Texas October 1989
Gross, G.E.:
Oncology Corner, East Texas Medicine, 2(6): 26-27 December 1990 Community Treatment of Lung Cancer, A Panel Discussion, Phillip D. Bonomi, M.D. Moderator. Monograph published by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 1990

ABSTRACTS

Gross, G.E., Clark, G.M., McGuire, W.L.:
Multiple progesterone receptor (PR) assays in human breast cancer. ASCO Meeting 1983.
Gross, G.E., Boldt, D.H., Osborne, C.K.:
Perturbation of human breast cancer cell cycles kinetics by insulin. The Endocrine Society Meeting 1983
Gross, G.E.:
The progesterone receptor in human breast cancer, Texas Medical Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas 1984
Gross, G.E.:
The Cold Agglutinin Syndrome, Texas Medical Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas May 1986
Gross, G.E.:
Phase II Study of Gemcitabine (GEM) and Carboplatin (CBDCA) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Eli Lilly Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, March 1998, The First International Chicago Symposium Malignancies of the Chest and Head/Neck, Chicago, IL, October 1999
Gross, G.E.:
Combined Gemcitabine and Carboplatin in Advanced Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma. The First International Lung Cancer Congress, Maui, Hawaii, July 2000
Gross, G.E.:
Early Toxicity Profile of Gemcitabine/Carboplatin Chemotherapy with Neumega for Prevention of Drug Induced Thrombocytopenia in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. The First International Lung Cancer Congress, Maui, Hawaii, July 2000

MEMBERSHIPS

COMMITTEES

Texas Society of Internal Medicine Board of Directors; 1996-2000
East TexPAC Board Member, 1996-2000
American Cancer Society: Region 21, Medical Director, 1987-1989 and Board Member, 1985-2000
HealthCare Partners HMO: Physician Advisory Panel, 1995-2001
Hospice of East Texas, Board Member, 1985-Present
Council of Communications, Texas Medical Association, 1990-1998
Blood Banking Committee, Texas Medical Association, 1986-1989
Committee on Cancer, Texas Medical Association, 1990-1991
Texas Society of Medical Oncology: Alternate Delegate, ASCO Clinical Practice
Committee1994; Newsletter Co-Editor 1994
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Mother Frances Hospital 1998
Newsletter Editor, Texas Society of Internal Medicine, 1998

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