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Wolfram Samlowski, MD, FACP
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Medical oncologist, clinical professor, researcher and skin cancer expert, Dr. Wolfram Samlowski, is a consummate learner. Even after nearly 40 years of treating patients with cancer, conducting and participating in national research studies and teaching future physicians, he continues to seek opportunities that will teach him new ways to beat the disease. A physician with Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN), Dr. Samlowski focuses on finding new treatments for advanced stages of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, such as Merkel Cell carcinoma, as well as renal cancer and sarcomas. He is currently involved in multiple clinical research studies available in Las Vegas, including those that are testing exciting new treatment options. He has participated in hundreds of clinical research studies throughout his career, testing new medications and therapies against multiple types of cancers. His work has contributed to the approval of many new drugs in the United States, and has earned three patents. Dr. Samlowski is passionate about developing novel cancer immunotherapy agents and gene therapies, which use the body’s own defenses to fight the disease, and translational medicines, which use results from basic research advances to create new treatments or procedures. He has earned numerous awards for his research and medical skills, including “America’s Top Doctors,” “America’s Top Doctors for Cancer” by US News and World Report, and “Health Care Headliner.” Dr. Samlowski earned his bachelor’s and medical degree from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed his internal medicine residency at Wayne State University in Detroit, and his hematology oncology fellowship at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Prior to joining CCCN in 2011, Dr. Samlowski served as director of Translational Research, Multidisciplinary Melanoma program at the m4 M e d i c a l P R O F ILES
Huntsman Cancer Institute. He was professor of oncology and adjunct professor of pathology and dermatology at the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, and was subsequently Chief, Section of Melanoma, Renal Cancer and Immunotherapy at the Nevada Cancer Institute. He also has a teaching appointment as clinical professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine, Dr. Samlowski has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and editorials. He is a member of multiple professional organizations, including the American College of Physicians, American Society for Clinical Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research.
LOCATION Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada Wolfram Samlowski, MD, FACP 9280 W. Sunset Road, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89148 702.952.1251