Joel Picus, MD

Joel Picus, MD

Professor

Address:
Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8056-0029-11
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110

11th Floor Mid Campus Center (office)

Admin:
Roslyn Davis
simmsr@wustl.edu

Research Interests
  • Clinical cancer research
  • Prostate cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Biliary cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
Research

My current interests are in clinical trials. I have conducted many clinical trials in GI and GU cancers, currently concentrating in GU malignancies. We have a long record in looking at angiogenesis inhibitors in prostate, bladder and kidney cancer. We are also involved in several of the key trials in immunotherapy in all of these diseases–both systemic immunotherapy and the development of tumor vaccines. Finally, we are conducting several phase I trials and first in human trials of novel agents in these diseases. We are fortunate to have a large number of patients to treat with these malignancies and enroll in these clinical trials.

Biosketch

Education

  • 1984 -1979: MD (Magna Cum Laude), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology
  • 1979-1975: BA in Honors Biology (Summa Cum Laude)
    • BS in Electrical Engineering (Highest Honors), University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Post-Graduate Training

  • 1991-1987: Fellow in Hematology-Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  • 1987-1985: Resident in Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • 1985-1984: Medicine Internship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Academic Positions

  • present-2010: Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2010-1999: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 1999-1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Washington University , St. Louis, MO

University & Hospital Appointments

  • present-2011: HRPO Committee Member
    • Co-Chair present-2013
  • 2020-1996: Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee, Washington University Cancer Center
    • Co-chair 2020-2002
  • 2019-1991: Barnes Hospital Cancer Committee
    • Co-chair Data Services Subcommittee
  • 2018-2005: Ethics Committee
  • 2010-2006: Director, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Washington University
  • 1998-1992: Therapeutic Nutrition Committee of Barnes Hospital
  • 1994-1991: Director, Hematology Laboratory, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 1990: Board Certified in Hematology
  • 1989: Board Certified in Oncology
  • 1987: Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

  • 1991-1989: American Cancer Society Physician Training Award
  • 1983-1982: Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Fellow

Professional Societies & Organizations

  • Alliance for Clinical Trials – GU Cadre
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Federation for Clinical Research
  • American Medical Association
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • American Urological Association