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Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Oncologist

Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, M.D., Ph.D., is a medical oncologist with an interest in developing new cancer therapeutics, including small molecules, cell therapy and immunotherapy. He has more than 20 years' experience in clinical management of skin cancer and melanoma, in designing and leading clinical trials for cancer therapy, and in the field of tumor angiogenesis, signal transduction, and cancer immunotherapy.

His translational research is focused on understanding of interplay between tumor angiogenesis and tumor immunology.

Dr. Dudek's clinical goal is to provide multidisciplinary care for treatment of skin cancer, malignant melanoma of eye, skin and mucosa.

Focus areas

  • Understanding biology of uveal melanoma.
  • Identifying and testing novel therapeutics for melanoma.
  • Developing cell therapies for melanoma.
  • Early phase therapeutics for cancer treatment
  • Developing safe immunotherapy of cancer in patients with organ transplant.

Significance to patient care

The focus of Dr. Dudek's translational research is identifying targets for therapy of melanoma of eye, skin cancer, and melanoma of skin and mucosa.

Dr. Dudek believes that designing new treatments for uveal and mucosal melanoma, skin cancers, such as cutaneous melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, squamous or basal cell carcinomas will lead to improvements in length of disease control and the survival of melanoma and skin cancer patients.

  1. 1998
    Ph.D. - Medical Sciences, OncologyMilitary Medical Institute
  2. 1997
    Fellowship - Hematology, Oncology, and TransplantationUniversity of Minnesota
  3. 1994
    Clinical Residency - Internal MedicinePolyclinic Medical Center
  4. 1994
    Visiting Resident - Gastroenterology Rheumatology The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, University Hospital, Penn State College of Medicine
  5. 1993
    Clinical Fellowship - Bone Marrow TransplantationJohns Hopkins University Hospital
  6. 1992
    Clinical Internship - Internal MedicinePolyclinic Medical Center
  7. 1989
    Doctor of MedicineMedical University of Warsaw
  8. 1988
    Externship - CardiologyGroupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, University of Sorbonne

Certifications

  1. 1998
    Medical OncologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 1997
    HematologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. 1994
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Professional memberships

  1. 2018 - 2022
    MemberNCI, GI Steering Committee
  2. 2016 - 2022
    Director, Early Phase Therapeutic ProgramCancer Research Center, HealthPartners
  3. 2016 - 2017
    Senator, Member of the Senate Budget, Planning and Priorities CommitteeUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  4. 2013 - 2017
    Steering Committee MemberBig Ten Cancer Research Consortium
  5. 2013 - 2016
    Leader, Cancer Target and Therapeutics ProgramCancer Center, University of Illinois
  6. 2013 - 2016
    Director, Clinical Trials OfficeUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center
  7. 2013 - 2016
    Director, Phase 1 UnitUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center
  8. 2013 - 2016
    Executive committee memberUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center
  9. 2012
    Member, Executive CommitteeMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
  10. 2012 - present
    MemberAlliance Respiratory Committee
  11. 2008 - 2022
    MemberInternational Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  12. 2008 - 2012
    Director, Solid Tumor Oncology, Cancer Experimental Therapeutics InitiativeMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
  13. 2005 - 2008
    Clinical Research Director, Division Hematology, Oncology and TransplantationUniversity of Minnesota
  14. 2002 - 2022
    FellowAmerican College of Physicians
  15. 1999 - 2012
    MemberUniversity of Minnesota Cancer Center
  16. 1998 - 2022
    MemberAmerican Association for Cancer Research
  17. 1998 - 2012
    Co-Chair, Thoracic Oncology ProgramUniversity of Minnesota Comprehensive Cancer Center
  18. 1997 - 2022
    MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
  19. 1997 - 2012
    MemberAmerican Society of Hematology
  20. 1988 - 2022
    MemberEuropean Society of Medical Oncology

Publications