Dr. Robert Drapkin has years of experience in the field of oncology. He has been serving as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, at the University Of South Florida School Of Medicine, since September 1980. Prior to this, from June 1978 to 1979, he was an Attending Physician, Clinician I, in the Department of Medicine A, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York. He has also served as a National Leukemia Association Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
2. Dr. Robert Drapkin Is Licensed To
Practice In Florida
•Florida based extensively experienced oncologist, Dr. Robert
Drapkin received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, from
Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, Michigan, in
June 1971.
•He attended the Union College in Schenectady, New York,
from September 1962 to June 1966, to pursue his Bachelor’s
degree (BS). Later, in July 1966, he joined Renssellaer
Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York, and received his
Master’s degree (MS) in August 1967.
3. Has Held Numerous Certifications and
Licensure
Dr. Robert Drapkin is licensed to practice in the state of
Florida. He has held a wide range of certifications and
licensure, including Diplomate of Internal Medicine (June,
1975), Diplomate of Medical Oncology (June, 1979), Fellow
of the American College of Physicians (April, 1981), Full
Member, American Society of Blood and Marrow
Transplantation (1995), and Member, Solid Tumor Panel
(1997). In addition to this, he is affiliated with the Florida
Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical
Oncology, American Medical Association, American
Society of Internal Medicine, Pinellas County Medical
Association, International Association for the Study of
Lung Cancer, and the American Society for Blood and
Marrow Transplantation.
4. Research Assistant Professor, Since
September 1980
Dr. Robert Drapkin has years of experience in the field of
oncology. He has been serving as a Research Assistant
Professor in the Department of Medicine, at the University
Of South Florida School Of Medicine, since September
1980. Prior to this, from June 1978 to 1979, he was an
Attending Physician, Clinician I, in the Department of
Medicine A, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, New York. He
has also served as a National Leukemia Association Fellow
at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Apart from this, from 1992 to 1997, Dr. Drapkin was the
Medical Director of the Stem Cell Program at Motor Plant
Hospital, Clearwater, FL.
5. Chief of Department of Internal Medicine
In 1988
In 1988, Dr. Robert Drapkin served as the Chief of Department
of Internal Medicine at Mease Dunedin Hospital and Mease
Countryside Hospital in Florida. Apart from this, from 1987 to
1992, he was the Chairman of Investigation and New Drugs
and Devices Committee at the Morton Plant Hospital. Based
in Florida, Morton Plant Hospital is a community based 687
bed hospital that delivers exceptional services in over fifty
specialty areas.
6. Co-Founder and Co-Director, The
Stem Cell Program
In 1977, Dr. Robert Drapkin along with Bayard Clarkson,
MD, carried out a clinical research on human peripheral
blood stem cells. This study was sponsored by National
Cancer Institute at Memorial Sloan, New York. In 1992, he
co-founded the stem cell program at Morton Plant
Hospital. Furthermore, he has also been a Member of the
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation,
since 1996.
