Timothy S. Pardee, MD, PhD - Hematology and Oncology - Wake Forest Baptist Health

Dr. Timothy Pardee specializes in hematology and oncology with Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is also the director of Leukemia Translational Research. Learn more about Dr. Pardee: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Faculty/Par... Request an appointment online: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Request-an-... Hematology and Oncology at Wake Forest Baptist: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Hematology-... The Comprehensive Cancer Center: http://www.wakehealth.edu/Comprehensi... TRANSCRIPT: My name is Timothy Pardee and I'm an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the Section of Hematology and Oncology. I'm also the director of Leukemia Translational Research. My clinical specialties are in the leukemias in adults. So I treat both acute and chronic leukemias- as well as several related bone marrow disorders including myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms. I came to Wake Forest Baptist Health because I really respected the robust leukemia program that was here- as well as the clinicians who built that program- and felt that this would be a really ideal environment to set up my own research program on the acute leukemias as well as my own clinical practice to treat patients suffering from leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. I was drawn to the treatment of leukemia patients for several reasons. I have a PhD in Biochemistry which I got before I went to medical school and it was really focused on gene expression. Cancers in general are derived from abnormalities in gene expression. So it was a natural fit. The acute leukemias have really been well-studied in terms of the different mutations and the alterations in gene expression that drive the disease process- and so that was also a pretty natural fit. One of the great things about taking care of leukemia patients here at Wake Forest is there's an entire team that's really dedicated towards their treatment and care. And while I like to think that I do it well, you always do it better when you have a group of like-minded people around you. From our chemotherapy coordinators who make sure that all the protocols are carried out exactly as they should be, to our physician assistants and nurse practitioners who help us deal with the day-to-day phone calls that come in from our patients to make sure that their concerns are met. And just like me, they also have that same focus- just on the leukemias. As a result, there's a ton of expertise in those people around this disease state and I think as a group, it really allows us to provide superlative care to our leukemia patients.