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Vanessa B. Wookey, MD

Vanessa B. Wookey
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  • Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology

Specialties

Medical Oncology

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About Me
Publications
About Me
Education
  • Advanced Gastrointestinal Oncology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2022
  • Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center: Memphis, TN, 2021
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2018
  • MD, Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, 2015
  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry minor, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 2010
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Hematology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
Memberships
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member, 2017-present
  • American Medical Association, Member, 2011-present
  • American Society of Hematology, Member, 2018-present
Awards and Honors
  • Scholarship Pathways Program, Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD. 2012-2015.
  • Avera Health Scholarship, 2011-2015.
  • SDSMA DakotaCare Scholarship, 2013-2014.
  • Faithe Opportunity Scholarship, 2013-2014.
  • Dr. Walter Hard Excellence in Anatomy Scholarship, 2012.
  • Scholarship Pathways Program, Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD. 2012-2015.
  • Avera Health Scholarship, 2011-2015.
  • SDSMA DakotaCare Scholarship, 2013-2014.
  • Faithe Opportunity Scholarship, 2013-2014.
  • Dr. Walter Hard Excellence in Anatomy Scholarship, 2012.
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Offices

Office Locations

Fox Chase Cancer Center

333 Cottman Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19111

Phone: 888-369-2427

Publications
Publications

Wookey V, Hall M. Detecting molecular residual disease to inform CRC treatment: are we ready for universal postoperative ctDNA screening? ASCO Daily News. June 16, 2022.

Gile J, Wookey V, Zemla T, Hassan H, Shi Q, Borad M, Bekaii-Saab T, Tran N, Mahipal A. Outcomes following FGFR inhibitor therapy in patients with cholangiocarcinoma: Multi-center single institution cohort experience. Poster Presentation. European Society for Medical Oncology World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer Annual Meeting. Barcelona, Spain, June 2022.

Soderberg L, Wookey V, Mitchell J, Jochum J, Tran N, Halfdanarson T, Hubbard J, Graham R, Mathis K, Mahipal A, Jin Z. Clinical outcomes of neoadjuvant treatment strategies in localized mismatch repair-deficient rectal cancer. Poster Presentation. American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. San Francisco, CA, January 2022.

Wookey V, Mehler S, Stein M, Norton A, Grothey A, Somer B. “Impact of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) on clinical decisions in the adjuvant setting in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC)”. Poster Presentation. European Society for Medical Oncology World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer Annual Meeting [Virtual]. July 2021.

Wookey V, Schwartzberg L. Chapter 52: Hematologic support of the cancer patient; pp 766-784. In Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, 5th edition: Wolters Kluwer; Philadelphia, PA; 2021. Ed: Berger AM, O’Neill JF.

Wookey V, Grothey A. Update on the role of pembrolizumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. June 2020; 14: 1-9.

Wookey V, Bufalino G, Vidal G, Somer B, Schwartzberg L, Grothey A. “Racial and Socioeconomic disparities in overall survival in colorectal cancer (CRC) at West Cancer Center (WCC), Memphis, TN”. Poster Presentation. American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. San Francisco, CA, January 2020.