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FULL MEDICAL CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of this printing: December 2007

DR. ROBERT A. BUCKMAN
Medical Oncologist & Professor
Consultant in Education & Communication
Princess Margaret Hospital & Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research
Toronto, Canada

DEMOGRAPHIC

Name:
BUCKMAN, Robert Alexander Amiel
Date of Birth:
August 22, 1948 - London, England
Citizenship:
Canadian
Marital Status:
Married, 2 sons
Business Address:
Princess Margaret Hospital
610 University Avenue
Toronto ON M5G 2M9
CANADA
Telephone: 416.946.4501 ex 5759

CURRENT HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT/DIVISION FIELD OF INTEREST

Princess Maragaret Hospital Department of Radiatioin Medicine Oncology

EDUCATION

B.A. Cambridge University, United Kingdom 1969
M.B., B.Chir Cambridge University, United Kingdom 1972
Ph.D. London University, United Kingdom 1984
M.A. Cambridge University, United Kingdom 1984

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

M.R.C.P. (UK) - Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom - 1975
F.R.C.P. (C) - Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons Canada - 1989
F.R.C.P. - Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom - 1990

LICENSURE

General Medical Council (UK) - Full Registration - 1974
Medical Council of Canada - 1985

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Oct. 1975 - Feb. 1978 Registrar Rotation (resident)
University College Hospital/Whittington, London, U.K.
- Oct. 1975 - June 1976 - Neurology
- June 1976 - June 1977 - General Medicine & Gastroenterology
- June 1977 - Feb. 1978 - General Medicine & Cardiology

Sept. 1978 - Jan. 1979: Senior Registrar (Resident)
Medical Oncology - Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.

Jan. 1979 - May 1980: Sick Leave (Dermatomyositis)

May 1980 - Oct. 1982: Lecturer and Senior Resident
Ludwig Institute Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.

Nov. 1982 - Feb. 1985: Senior Resident
Medical Oncology and General Medicine University College Hospital, London, U.K.

Feb 1985 - March 2003-06-05: Medical Oncologist
Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto (part-time since October 1st 1993)

March 2003 - Present: Medical Oncologist
Princess Margaret Hospital, Copnsultant Communication & Education. Margaret Hospital

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

University of Toronto:
1991 - Present Department of Medicine Associate Professor
1985 - 1991 Department of Medicine Assistant Professor
1997 - Present Department of Medicine Professor
2002 - Present Department of Neuro-oncology,
2002 - M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas: Professor

COMMITTEES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member Interview Skills Task Force, University of Toronto 1986 - 1989

Member Ad hoc Committee on Complementary, Unproven & Alternative Therapies, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario 1996 - 1998

Member ASCO Committee on Doctor-Patient Communication 2003

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Journal of Supportive Oncology Member of editorial board 2003

PRIZES AND AWARDS

1986: Bronze Award, British Institute Scientific Films, "Why Won't They Talk To Me"

1986: Bronze Award, British Medical Association, "Why Won't They Talk to Me"

1986: Award of Merit: VIth International Conference on Care of Terminally Ill: for "Why Won't They Talk to Me"

1989: University of Toronto: W.T. Aikins Award for Innovative Teaching, University of Toronto.

1993: Evian Award for Medical Information J.Cleese R.Buckman What You Really Need To Know About...

1994: British Medical Association Silver Award & Bronze Award J.Cleese R.Buckman What You Really Need To Know About...

1994: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Televison: Gemini award 1994 for Magic or Medicine? television series

1994: Canadian Humanist Association: Canadian Humanist of the Year

2003: Flemming Medal, Canadian Association for Advancement of Science

2004: Order of the Chevalier of the Hospitaller Society of St Lazarus (International Palliative Care)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS - PEER REVIEWED

1. Buckman R., Wiltshaw E.: Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy Successfully Treated with Cytosine Arabinoside. Br J Haematol; 34 (1): 153-155, 1976.

2. Buckman R., Dearnaley D.: Separation of breast cancer cells in bone marrow. Br. J. Cancer, 1981; 44:299.

3. Buckman R., Cuzick J., Galton D.A.: Long-term Survival in Myelomatosis. A Report To The MRC Working Party on Leukaemia in Adults. Br J Haematol; 52 (4): 589-599, 1982.

4. Buckman R.: Malignancy - Tumour Markers in Clinical Practice. Brit J Hospl Med; 8 (5): 355-360, 1982.

5. Coombes R.C., Dearnaley D.P., Buckman R., Jones J.M., Ormerod M.G., Sloane J.P., Powles T.J., Gazet J.C., Ford H.T., Neville A.M.: Detection of Bone Metastases in Patients With Breast Cancer. Invasion Metastasis; 2 (3): 177-184, 1982.

6. Buckman R., McIlhinney R.A.J., Shepherd V., Patel S., Coombes R.C., Neville A.M.: The Elimination of Carcinoma Cells From Human Bone Marrow. Lancet, 2 (8313): 1428-1430, 1982.

7. Stuart-Harris R., Buckman R., Starke I., Wiltshaw E.: Chlorpromazine, Placebo and Droperidol in the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting Associated with Cisplatin Therapy. Postgrad. Med. J.; 59 (694): 500-503, 1983.

8. Buckman R., Redding W.H., Dearnaley D.P, Smith S., Coombes R.C.: Evaluation Of A Rosetting Method In Detection Of Breast Cancer Cells. Br. J. Cancer, 49 (1): 103-106, 1984.

9. Buckman R., Coombes R.C., Dearnaley D.P., Gore M., Gusterson B., Neville A.M.: Breast Cancer: Some Clinical Uses of Biological Markers. Cancer Invest Manage; 1: 109-126, 1984.

10. Buckman R., Coombes R.C., Forester A.J.; Shepherd V., McIlhinney R.A.J., Neville A.M.: Elimination of Malignant Cells From Bone Marrow In Autologous Rescue (Meeting Abstract). Proc Ann Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 25: 156, 1984.

11. Buckman R.: Breaking bad news: Why is it still so difficult? BMJ (26th May) 288: 1597-1599, 1984.

12. Souhami R.L., Finn G., Gregory W.M., Birkhead B.G., Buckman R., Edwards D., Goldstone A.H., Harper P.G., Spiro S.G., Tobias J.S., Geddes D.: High-Dose Cyclophosphamide in Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 3(7) 958-963, 1985.

13. Crawford S.M., Buckman R.: Nabilone and Metoclopramide in the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting due to Cisplatinum: A Double Blind Study. Med. Oncol. & Tumor Pharmacother, 3(1): 39-42, 1986.

14. Coombes R.C., Buckman R., Forrester J.A. et al: In Vitro and in Vivo Effects of a Monoclonal Antibody-Toxin Conjugate for Use in Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation for Patients with Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 46 (8): 4217-4220, August 1986.

15. Maher E.R., Buckman R.: Intrapericardial Installation of Bleomycin in Malignant Pericardial Effusion. Am Heart J; 111 (3): 613-614, 1986.

16. Wodinsky H.B, DeAngelis C., Rusthoven J.J., Kerr I.G., Sutherland D., Iscoe N., Buckman R., Kornijenko M.: Re-Evaluating The Cost Of OutPatient Cancer Chemotherapy. CMAJ; 137 (10): 903-906, 1987.

17. Shaw P., Buckman R., Law J., Baumal R., Marks A.: Reactivity of Tumor Cells in Malignant Effusions with a Panel of Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies. Tumour Biol 9 (No. 2-3): 101-109, 1988.

18. Marks A., Buckman R., Kwok C.-S. et al.: Preclinical and clinical studies of radioiodinated monoclonal antibody 2G3 for therapy of intraperitoneal effusions associated with carcinoma of breast and ovary. Antibody, Immunoconjugates and Radiopharmaceuticals, 2 (2): 83-92, 1989.

19. Buckman R.: Communicating with cancer patients. The Practitioner 233: 1393-1396, 1989.

20. Buckman R, Pritchard KI, Sutherland DJA, MacKenzie RG, Ackerman I, Doherty M, Catton P: Adjuvant therapy for node-negative breast cancer. (Letter) New Engl J Med 321: 471, 1989.

21. Buckman R., Senn J.: Eligibity for CPR: Is every death a cardiac arrest? CMAJ, Vol. 140, pp. 1068-1069, May 1, 1989.

22. Buckman R., Doan B: Enhancing the quality of life of the cancer patient and the oncologist: Referrals to the psychologist - who and when? In Press, Cancer In Ontario 1991, Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation.

23. MacCormick I., Kerr J., Jeffrey R., Buckman R., Trott M., MacDonald M.: 5-Florouracil (FU) & Folinic Acid (FA) as salvage therapy in heavily pre-treated ovarian cancer (OV CA). Abstract: Program/Proceedings ASCO Vol. 10 March 1991, Houston, Texas.

24. Simpson M., Buckman R., Stewart M., Maguire P., Lipkin M., Novack D., Till J.: Doctor-Patient Conference: The Toronto Consensus Statement. BMJ vol 303 (6814):1385-1387, Nov 30, 1991.

25. Stewart D.J., Eisenhauer E.A., Skillings J., Pritchard K.I., Buckman R., Vandenberg T., Verma S., Aitken S., Norris B.: Phase II study of oral menogaril as first line chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer: A National Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group Study. Annals of Oncology 3: 201-204, 1992.

26. Buckman R., DeAngelis C., Shaw P., Covens A., Osborne R., Kerr I., Reed R., Michaels H., Woo M., Reilly R., Law J., Baumal R., Groves E., Marks A.: Intraperitoneal therapy of malignant ascites associated with carcinoma of the ovary and breast using radioiodinated monoclonal antibody 2G3. Gynecologic Oncology, 47(1): 102-9, 1992.

27. Buckman R. Whos for CPR? Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. August 1992.

28. Vandenberg T.A., Pritchard K.I., Eisenhauer E.A., Trudeau, M.E., Norris B.D., Lopez P., Verma S.S., Buckman R.A., Muldal, A.: Phase II study of weekly edatrexate (10-Edam) as first line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. J. Clin Oncol, March 1993

29. Garg A., Buckman R., Kason Y Teaching medical students how to break bad news CMAJ 1997 56: 408 - 414

30. Frankel A., Buckman R., Kerbel R Abrogation of Taxol-induced G2M-arrest and apoptosis and human ovarian cancer cells grown as multicellular tumor spheroids Cancer Research 1997 June 2388-93

31. Buckman R. Talking to patients about cancer. Bmj 1996;313(7059):699-700.

32. Buckman R. One example is worth a million words. Can Fam Physician 2000;46:1003-4, 1011-3.

33. Baile WF, Buckman R, Lenzi R, Glober G, Beale EA, Kudelka AP. SPIKES-A six-step protocol for delivering bad news: application to the patient with cancer. Oncologist 2000;5(4):302-11.

34. Buckman R. Communication skills in palliative care: a practical guide. Neurol Clin 2001;19(4):989-1004.

35. Daly MB, Barsevick A, Miller SM, Buckman R, Costalas J, Montgomery S, et al. Communicating genetic test results to the family: a six-step, skills-building strategy. Fam Community Health 2001;24(3):13-26.

36. Baile WF, Lenzi R, Parker PA, Buckman R, Cohen L. Oncologists' attitudes toward and practices in giving bad news: an exploratory study. J Clin Oncol 2002;20(8):2189-96.

OTHER

1. Gore M., Buckman R., Stern G.: Intrathecal cytarabine in multiple sclerosis. Lancet, 1979; ii:202.

2. Buckman R.: Book Review; The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture, by James T. Patterson. CMAJ, Vol. 138, June 15, 1988, pp. 1121 1122.

3. Buckman R., Senn J.: Eligibility for CPR: Is Every Death A Cardiac Arrest?. CMAJ, Vol. 140, May 1, 1989.

4. Saunders C., Baines M.: Living with dying: The management of terminal disease. Foreward written by Buckman R.- A foreword for people who are not experts in palliative care. pp. v-vi, 1989.

5. Buckman R: Book Review; Awkward Questions: Introducing New Treatments for Cancer: Practical, Ethical and Legal Problems: Ed CJ Williams, pp. 492 - for the British Medical Journal, August 1992.

6. Doctor-Patient Communication: the Toronto consensus statement. Simpson M, Buckman R Stewart M, Maguire P, Lipkin M et al BMJ 1991 303: 1385-7

7. Buckman R: Who's for CPR? J Roy Coll Phys London 26: 461-2, 1992.

8. Buckman R, Lewith G. What does homeopathy do - and how? BMJ 309: 103-6, 1994.

9. Buckman R (Editorial) Talking to Patients About Cancer BMJ 1996 313:699-670

10. Buckman R, Tozer R Metastatic breast cancer responsive to low dose continuous chemotherapy combined with low molecular weight heparin and low-dose prednisone: threrapy with negligible toxicity and anti-angiogenic potential Chronicle of Cancer Therapy Winter 2003 18-19

11. Breaking Bad News – Yes, But How? (leter) Buckman R Baile W J Clin Oncol 2007

VIDEOS

1. “Why Won’t They talk To Me?” Five-part video series on breaking bad news 1986. (Won British Medical Association Bronze award 1987)

2. “Who’s Talking?” Three-part video series on basic communication skills for physicians (Won British Medical Association Silver award 1993)

3. "What You Really Need To Know About ...” A series of medical information videos for patients and the general public, devised and introduced by John Cleese, presented and written by R. Buckman. Forty-five titles currently available (total library will comprise about 120 titles) in pharmacies and by phone in the U.K. and Canada. (Won British Medical Association Bronze award 1993).

TELEVISION

1. Dont Ask Me Top ten science programme ITV (U.K.) 1976-1980

2. Where Theres Life... Top ten medical programme ITV (U.K.) 1981-1986

3. The Buckman Treatment Two ITV series on medicine in the U.S. and Canada 1987, 1989

4. Vital Signs TVOntario medical documentary series weekly 1988 - 1994

5. Magic or Medicine? Devised, wrote and presented four-part television series on complementary medicine. [Shown in U.K. and Canada, 1994] Won Gemini Canadian television award 1994.

6. Human Wildlife The Life That Lives On Us Devised wrote and presented six-part series on human parasites and commensals (Discovery Canada September 2002)

7. Your Health TVOntario Contributing Editor and Regular Guest 2002

8. Without God (Documentary CBC Newsworld Vision TV) March 2004

9. Balance (daily medical programme, CTV national television) Regular contributor and co-host 2004 & 2005