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Dr. Caroline M. Behler
CURRENT TITLE
Hematologist-Oncologist
Pacific Hematology Oncology Associates
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Malignant Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant
August 2007-April 2012
Chief, Malignant Hematology
San Francisco V.A. Medical Center
August 2007-April 2012
EDUCATION
University of California, San Francisco
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
2004-2007
University of California, San Francisco
Internal Medicine Residency
2001-2004
University of Washington School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine with Honors, 2001
University of Washington School of Public Health
Master of Science, Pathobiology, 1999
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program Bachelor of Science, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cum Laude, With Distinction, 1994
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine:Hematology, 2008
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine: Oncology, 2007
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine, 2004
HONORS AND AWARDS
Excellence in Teaching Award, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators.
University of California, San Francisco, 2010
Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, 2000
Hematology Award, American Federation for Medical Research, 1998
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington, 1993
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Hematology, 2004-present
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Wieduwilt MK, Valles F, Behler CM, Hwang J, Issa S, McDermott M, Treseler P, O’Brien J, Shuman MA, Cha S, Damon LE and Rubenstein JL. Immunochemotherapy with Intensive Consolidation for Primary CNS
Lymphoma: A Pilot Study and Prognostic Assessment by Diffusion-Weighted MRI, manuscript submitted.
2. Lu CM, Zhou L, Wang E, Feng S, Sebastian S, Behler C. Development of refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts associated with thrombocytosis from pre-existing refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts through acquisition of Jak2 V617F mutation. Leuk Lymphoma. 2011; [Epub ahead of print]
3. Van Allen EM, Miyake T, Gunn N, Behler CM, Kohlwes J. Off-label use of rituximab in a multipayer insurance system. J Oncol Pract. 2011;7(2):76-9.
4. Behler CM, Terrault NA, Etzell JE, Damon LE. Rituximab therapy for pure red cell aplasia due to anti-epoetin antibodies in a woman treated with epoetin-alfa: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2009; 3: 7335.
5. Behler CM, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Chung RT, Peters MG, Robbins GK, Volberding PA. Hematologic Toxicity Associated with Interferon-Based Hepatitis C Therapy in HIV-1 Co-Infected Subjects. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2007; 44(10): 1375-1383.
6. Behler CM, Shade SB, Gregory K, Abrams DI, Volberding
PA. Anemia and HIV in the Antiretroviral Era: Potential Significance of Testosterone. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2005; 21(3): 200-6.
7. VM, Ketteler M, Frank RD, Schmitt H, Floege J, Behler
CM, Riehl J. Bone pain with scintigraphy suggestive of widespread metastases - do not forget phosphate. Brandenburg Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2002; 17(3): 504-7.
8. VanDevanter DR, Choongkittaworn NM, Dyer KA, Aten J, Otto P, Behler C, Bryant EM, Rabinovitch PS. Pure chromosome-specific PCR libraries from single sorted chromosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 1994; 91(13): 5858-5862.
Review Articles and Chapters
Caroline Behler, Lawrence Kaplan. AIDS-Related
Lymphomas. Management of Hematologic Malignancies. Susan O’Brien, Hagop Kantarjian and Julie Vose, Ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY 2011.
2. Behler CM and Kaplan LD. Advances in the Management of HIV-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Current Opinion in Oncology 2006 18(5): 437-443.
3. Caroline Behler, Patricia Cornett. Anemia in HIVInfection. Viral and Immunological Malignancies. Atlas of Clinical Oncology. Volberding PA and Palefsky JM, Ed. Black and Decker Inc., Hamilton, Ontario 2006.