Dr. Margaret Tempero is a gastrointestinal oncologist and the director of the UCSF Pancreas Center and leader of the Pancreas Cancer Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In research, Tempero was a pioneer in applying radioactively tagged antibodies for cancer therapy. She has led national research projects on gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
Tempero has held editorial positions on such prestigious journals as Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research and American Journal of Medicine. She is the Rombauer Family Distinguished Professor in Pancreas Cancer Clinical and Translational Science. Prior to joining UCSF, she was deputy director of the University of Nebraska's cancer center.
University of Nebraska School of Medicine, 1977
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1980
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer, Hematology, 1981
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Oncology, 1983
Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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