| James D. Griffin | |
| Birth Name: | James Douglas Griffin |
| Birth Place: | Syracuse, New York |
James D. Griffin is an American physician-scientist. He is currently Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chair of Medical Oncology at Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, and Director of Medical Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[1] [2] He is considered an expert in medical oncology and is widely recognized for his research in the clinical and biologic aspects of hemotologic malignancies.
Griffin completed a Bachelor of Arts at Brown University in 1970. He attended Harvard Medical School, earning his M.D. in 1974. Griffin completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a hematology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a medical oncology fellowship at Dana–Farber Cancer Institute.[3]
He is on the scientific advisory boards of Phio Pharmaceuticals, the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Johns Hopkins Cancer Center.[4]
Griffin was born in Syracuse, New York. He is a seventh-generation Irish American.[5]