Robert B. Epstein, MD

Veterans Affairs Medical Center
921 N.E. 13th VAMC, Room 111J
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

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Education:

• University of Illinois
  B.S. - Medicine (1957)
• University of Illinois
  College of Medicine
  M.D. - Medicine (1959)

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Clinical/Research Interests:

•  Blood and Marrow Transplant
• Oncology
• Hematology

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Select Publications:

1. DeLeve LD, McCuskey RS, Wang X, Hu L, McCuskey MK, Epstein RB, and Kanel GC. Characterization of a reproducible rat model of hepatic veno-occlusive disease.Hepatology. 1999; 29: 1779-1791.

2. Mandanas RA, Carter T, Epstein RB, Roy V, and Selby, GB. Marrow and stem cell transplantation in Oklahoma: Fifteen years experience and results. J. Okla. State Med.Assoc. 9/1998.

3. Saez RA, Slease RB, Strnad C, Selby GB, Confer DL, and Epstein RB. High dose carboplatin, etoposide and cyclophosphamide with autologous bone marrow transplant (ABMT) for advanced malignancies: A phase I study. Bone Marrow Transplant. 1995; 16: 507-514.

4. Saez RA, Selby GB, Strnad C, Slease RB, Epstein RB, and Confer DL. Long term survival following autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast carcinoma. South Med. J. 1995; 88(3): 320-326.

5. Carr ML, Lerner MR, Hanas JS, Pennington LR, Brackett DJ, Epstein RB. A rat model of syngeneic bone marrow transplantation during breast cancer therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2003 Jun;31(11):1037-41.

6. Zhang Y, Lin HK, Frimberger D, Epstein RB, Kropp BP. Growth of bone marrow stromal cells on small intestinal submucosa: an alternative cell source for tissue engineered bladder. BJU Int. 2005 Nov;96(7):1120-5.