Emmanuel C Besa
Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Biography
Emmanuel C Besa completed his MD from the University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, finished his postdoctoral studies from the University of Pennsylvania at Presbyterian Medical Center in Hematology and Oncology. He joined the faculty of the Medical College of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor and promoted to full professor in 1994 and tenure in 1995. The institution evolved into the Drexel University College of Medicine by 2004. He moved to Thomas Jefferson University as Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center as part of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation program. He was an active member as part of the Educational Committee of the American Society of Hematology and has designed case teaching which is available at the ASH website. He was awarded the MDS Center of Excellence by the MDS Foundation in 2000 at Drexel and 2005 at Jefferson. He recently retired from his academic position in June 30, 2013 but continues to conduct CME lectures and is active as the Hematology Editor of Medscape Emedicine, an online medical text which is peer reviewed.