What is CPGR?

CPGR is the Consortium for Pediatric and wildtype GIST Research. It is composed of clinicians and research scientists who have an interest in GIST. CPGR members attend the Pediatric and wildtype GIST clinics, hosted by the NIH. This allows members to discuss the current state of pediatric and wildtype GIST and identify areas to move the field forward. Most importantly, it allows members the opportunity to become familiar with the medical histories of the patients who attend the clinic.

CPGR meets at the NIH twice yearly. The 2nd Pediatric and wildtype GIST Clinic is scheduled for January 2009.

All clinicians and researchers with an interest in pediatric and wildtype GIST are encouraged to join CPGR. Please contact us  if you would like to join.

Shown below are current members of CPGR, copies of their presentations and publications related to GIST, and their individual web pages.

Dr. Alberto S. Pappo, MD

Pediatric Oncologist
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Head, Solid Tumor Program
Texas Children’s Cancer Center

Dr. Constantine A. Stratakis,
    MD DSci

Pediatric Endocrinologist
Chief, Unit of Genetics &
    Endocrinology
National Institute of Child
   Health and Human
   Development

Dr. Cristina R. Antonescu, MD

Associate Attending Pathologist
Department of Pathology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
    Cancer Center

Dr. George D. Demetri, MD

Medical Oncologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Sarcoma
   and Bone Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dr. Katherine A. Janeway, MD

Pediatric Oncologist
Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital Boston
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dr. Jonathan C. Trent, MD PhD

Medical Oncologist
Assistant Professor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Lee J. Helman, MD

Pediatric Oncologist
Scientific Director for Clinical
    Research
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Margaret von Mehren, MD

Medical Oncologist
Director, Sarcoma Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Dr. Michael P. LaQuaglia, MD

Pediatric Surgeon
Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
    Cancer Center

Dr. Su Young Kim, MD PhD

Pediatric Oncologist
Assistant Clinical Investigator
National Cancer Institute

Dr. Suzanne George, MD

Clinical Director, Center for    Sarcoma and Bone Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School