​James A. DeCaprio, MD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology

Dr. DeCaprio

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Mayer 440
Boston, MA 02215
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Dr. DeCaprio received his MD in 1984 from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago, and his medical oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 1992, he joined the faculty of Dana-Farber, where his laboratory has focused on mechanisms of cellular transformation and oncogenesis

Positions

1987-1992    Research Fellow, Laboratory of David Livingston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 
1989-1992    Instructor in Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School 
1989-            Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 
1992-1998    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School 
1998-2014    Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School 
2003-2013    Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center 
2014-            Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School 
2020-            Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

​Scientific Appointments

2003-2013    Director, Monoclonal Antibody Core, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center 
2020-            Chief, Division of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Awards and Honors

1983             Elected member, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) 
1998             Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 
2001             Harvard Medical School, Biological and Biomedical Sciences Award for Teaching 
2002             The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Stohlman Scholar 
2004             Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Excellence in Mentoring Award 
2004             Elected member, Association of American Physicians (AAP) 
2014             Master of Arts (Hon), Harvard University, Cambridge MA 
2016             Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 
2019             NIH/NCI Outstanding Investigator Award