Joseph N. Contessa, MD, PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of PharmacologyCards
About
Research
Overview
Therapeutic approaches for the treatment of EGFR and FGFR addicted lung cancer
Radiosensitization of malignant gliomas
Novel small molecule inhibitors of N-linked glycosylation
Molecular Imaging of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Drug Discovery and High Throughput Screening
Targeted therapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Medical Research Interests
Clinical Care
Overview
Joseph N. Contessa, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist, is the director of Yale Medicine’s Central Nervous System Radiotherapy Program. He specializes in treating patients with primary tumors of the brain, head and neck, and at the base of the skull.
“Due to Yale's large referral base, I frequently see relatively rare tumors,” he says, including low-grade and malignant gliomas, ependymomas, high-grade meningiomas, hemangiopericytomas, paragangliomas, and schwannomas. His expertise in treating uncommon cancers benefits patients diagnosed with these tumor types. “I look forward to helping patients have the best possible outcome when they are faced with a challenging diagnosis,” he says.
Dr. Contessa is also an associate professor of therapeutic radiology and of pharmacology at Yale School of Medicine where he is part of a team of physicians and scientists who are actively researching the cellular mechanisms that tumors use to evade or “outsmart” standard cancer therapies in hopes of identifying new approaches that improve treatment.
“We are all working together to increase our knowledge, improve our care and beat cancer,” Dr. Contessa says.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Radiation Therapy with Gamma Knife
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Yale Medicine News
News & Links
News
- November 11, 2024
Yale Cancer Answers with Dr. Joseph Contessa: Using Radiation to Treat Rare Brain Tumors
- May 28, 2021
Recent Research Sheds Light on Link Between Meningiomas and Seizures
- May 21, 2021
Faculty Entrepreneurs Receive Research Support from Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
- April 19, 2021
Yale Cancer Center Researchers Identify New Role for Immune-Boosting Protein “STING” in Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
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Therapeutic Radiology
PO Box 208040
New Haven, CT 06520-8040
United States
Locations
Yale Therapeutic Radiology
Academic Office
Hunter Building
15 York Street, Ste HRT 139
New Haven, CT 06510
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