Faculty
Oncology Division
Russell K. Pachynski, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Oncology Division
Molecular Oncology
Clinical Interests
- Prostate cancer
- Genitourinary cancers
Research Interests
- Tumor immunology
- Leukocyte trafficking
- Immunotherapy
Contact
- 314-362-5677 (office)
- 314-362-7086 (fax)
- rkpachynski@wustl.edu
- Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8069-0012-05
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Room 554B, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building (office)
- Room 554, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building (lab)
- Pachynski Lab Website
Biosketch
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 1990-1994 | BS, Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1998-2003 | MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, WI |
| Post-graduate Training | |
| 2003-2006 | Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 2006-2010 | Oncology Fellowship, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| Academic Positions & Employment | |
| 1995-1998 | Research Associate, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001-2002 | HHMI Research Scholar, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
| 2009-2014 | Instructor, Division of Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 2011-2014 | Staff Oncologist, Palo Alto VA Hospital, Palo, Alto, C |
| 2014-2021 | Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| 2021-present | Associate Professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| University & Hospital Appointments & Committees | |
| 2012-2014 | Stanford Cancer Center Data Safety Monitoring Committee |
| 2012-2014 | Developmental Therapeutics Committee - Stanford Cancer Institute |
| 2010-2014 | VA VISN-21 Oncology Task Force Committee |
| 2014-present | Washington University/Siteman Cancer Center Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee |
| 2017-present | Prostate Cancer Foundation YIA and Challenge Award Review Committees |
| 2018-present | SITC Fellowship Awards Review Committee |
| 2019-present | American Cancer Society “Leukemia, Immunology and Blood Cell Development” Review Committee |
| 2019-present | BMS CheckMate 650 Steering Committee |
| 2020-present | NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program, Cancer Immunopathology and Immunotherapy (CII) Study Section (NCI) |
| 2022 | NIH Cancer Biotherapeutics Development (CBD) SBIR/STTR SEP Study Section (ad hoc) |
| Board Certification | |
| Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine | |
| Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine | |
| Honors & Awards | |
| 1996-1998 | UCSF Outstanding Performance Award |
| 1998-2003 | University of Wisconsin Medical School Graduate Fellowship |
| 1999 | Ohiyesa Foundation Scholarship |
| 2001-2002 | Temple University Minority Trainee Research Forum - Research Award |
| 2002 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Continuing Fellowship Award |
| 2002 | AMA Research Seed Grant Award |
| 2006, 2008 | National Lung Cancer Partnership Travel Grant Award |
| 2007 | AACR Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology Workshop Travel Award |
| 2007 | NCCN Fellows Recognition Program |
| 2007 | ASCO Fellows Travel Grant Program (Sanofi-Aventis) |
| 2009 | ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop Travel Award |
| 2009 | California Breast Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Fellowship Award |
| 2009 | ASCO Young Investigator Award |
| 2010 | AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award |
| 2012, 2013 | Stanford Translational Research & Applied Medicine Program Pilot Award |
| 2013 | American Cancer Society Mentored Research Scholar Grant |
| 2014 | Ferring Pharmaceuticals Innovation Grant |
| 2015 | Washington University School of Medicine Faculty Diversity Scholar |
| 2016 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| 2016 | Kimmel Scholar Award |
| 2016 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Team Challenge Award |
| 2017 | Skandalaris Center LEAP Award (chemerin fusion protein) |
| 2018 | Cares for Cures Grant |
| 2019 | Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Research Fund Award |
| 2019 | Siteman Investment Program Award |
| 2019 | CUREiosity Event - Siteman Rock Docs Honor |
| 2020 | Skandalaris Center LEAP Award (ctDNA liquid biopsy) |
| 2021 | DeNardo Research and Education Foundation Award |
| 2021 | Siteman Investment Program Award (basic science) |
| Editorial Boards | |
| Clinical Genitourinary Cancers | |
| Frontiers in Oncology | |
| Professional Societies | |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology | |
| American Association for Cancer Research | |
| Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group | |
| Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology | |
| Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer | |
