Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Robert E. Schoen, MD, MPH
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Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
Office: PUH - Mezz. 2 - C Wing
200 Lothrop St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-648-9825
Fax: 412-648-9378
E-mail: schoen@dom.pitt.edu
Education
AB, Columbia College, 1979
MD, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1984
MPH, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
Training
Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1987
Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1991
Fellowship, General Medicine, New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, 1988
Profile
Dr. Schoen's research interests are in early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC). He is a principal investigator in the PLCO cancer screening trial, which is a randomized trial evaluating flexible sigmoidoscopy. Dr. Schoen is the head of the Colorectal subcommittee of the PLCO trial. He has conducted primary research on acceptability and implementation of CRC screening and in studies of surveillance colonoscopy and colonoscopy quality. From an etiologic standpoint, he has investigated the relationship of insulin and insulin-like growth factor to adenomatous polyps and CRC. More recently he has explored new endoscopic imaging modalities, including detection of aberrant crypt foci as an intermediate endpoint for CRC, and use of the confocal endomicroscope. Dr. Schoen is an investigator for the NCI sponsored Early Detection Research Network and is exploring the use of nuclear matrix proteins as a means of early detection of CRC.
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