Peter Forsyth, MD
Peter A. Forsyth, MD, is Department Chair of Neuro-Oncology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and Professor of Oncological Sciences at the University of South Florida Morsani Medical School. He received his MD from McMaster University, Canada, completed his residency in Neurology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and a fellowship in Neuro-Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
In addition to his neuro-oncology practice, Dr. Forsyth has been Primary Investigator of numerous grants and clinical trials of new drugs and approaches for brain tumor and LMD treatments. He is focused on immunocellular treatments for leptomeningeal disease and brain metastases using various laboratory, translational and clinical approaches. He is externally funded by NIH R21, DOD, Bankhead Coley, etc. for a basic and translational research program. He has several clinical trials open including Investigator Initiated clinical trials that are externally funded in leptomeningeal disease and brain metastases.
Dr. Forsyth has published over 250 manuscripts, serves on external review committees, study sections, NCCN and several others.
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