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Eric J. Small, MD

Biographical Sketch

BS, 1980, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Biology

MD, 1985, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Residency, 1988, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, Internal Medicine

Fellowship, 1991, University of California, San Francisco, CA, Hematology / Oncology

 

 

1991–1997

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

1997–2001

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

2001–Present

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

 


Eric Small, MD received his Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University. He subsequently attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated with honors. While in medical school, Small completed a fellowship in pathology. Thereafter, he undertook his post-graduate residency training in internal medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital at Harvard University, Boston, MA. Small completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco. He received training in molecular biology and developed an interest in prostate cancer and the mechanisms of metastasis. On joining the clinical faculty at UCSF, Small helped to organize the multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Program, which he currently co-directs with Peter Carroll, MD, MPH. Small holds joint appointments in the Department of Urology and Department of Medicine, and is currently Clinical Professor. In addition to co-directing the Urologic Oncology Program, Small directs the Urologic Oncology Research Office, coordinating over thirty active protocols for the treatment of urologic malignancies. He is an active member of numerous professional medical societies, including the American Urological Association and American Society of Clinical Oncology. Small sits on the Board of Directors for the American Prostate Cancer Foundation. He chairs the Prostate Cancer Correlative Sciences Working Group within the Cancer and Leukemia Group B Cooperative Oncology Group.