Title

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Phone

(212) 659-6815

Education

A.B. – Magna Cum Laude, Yeshiva University, 1957
M.D. – Yale University School of Medicine, 1961
Ph.D. – London University, 1969. Zoology

Fellowship

Yale University School of Medicine

Board Certifications

1. Allergy & Immunology
2. Hematology
3. Internal Medicine
4. Oncology

Clinical
Expertise

1. Chemotherapy
2. Anemia
3. Leukemia

Website

Biography/CV (will open new window)

Dr. Robert N. Taub is a leader in the field of mesothelioma research and medical techniques. He is the Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a medical oncologist who directs the Connective Tissue Oncology Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, where there are several ongoing multimodality studies of patients with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. He has been developing a highly effective technique involving combinations of chemotherapy with surgery.

Dr. Taub also serves on the Science Advisory Board of the Mestohelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF). MARF is a non-profit organization dedicated to stopping mesothelioma as a life-ending disease.

His work has been recognized and awarded by the Israel Cancer Research Fund, the Mount Sinai Hospital and the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Robert Taub has been published in several medical publications including Biochemistry, Seminars in Oncology, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Current Therapy in Cancer.

Dr. Taub has served the medical community for more than 40 years in the areas of medical oncology, immunology, hematology, and internal medicine. Highlights of his career include:

• Director, Inpatient Medical Oncology Unit, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1985-91
• Deputy Director for Clinical Research and Patient Care, Columbia University Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1989-91
• Co-Director, Columbia University Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY. 1981- 84
• Deputy Director for Cancer Control, Columbia University Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1981-89
• Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology; Chairman, Division of Medical Oncology; Chief Attending Oncologist. Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 1976-81
• American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, 1977-81
• Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, MCV-VCU Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 1977-81
• Associate Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Associate Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 1973-76
• Director, Transplantation Immunology Laboratory, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 1970-76
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Assistant Attending Physician (Hematology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 1969-73
• Associate in Medicine and Hematology, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, New York, 1968-69
• Research Fellowship (Immunology), National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill, London, England, 1968-69
• Assistant Residency, Internal Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965-66
• Clinical and Research Fellowship, Hematology, Blood Research Laboratory, New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1963-65
• Internship and Research Fellowship, Pathology. Yale University School of Medicine. New Haven Connecticut, 1962-63
• Internship, Medical Service. New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961-62