Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona It was circa 1999. I can picture the patient vividly: A mustachioed, unfailingly polite – but exhausted – middle-aged man holding a white tissue to his bleeding nose. [...]

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona The daily circus of recent world events has left me wondering whether it is truly plausible that I share a genome with the other half of the population, [...]

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona Here, Dr. Stewart gives his take on whether cytotoxic chemotherapy should be declared a thing of the past. As ward rounds ended last Saturday, a slow-brew blend of [...]

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona I am truly curious as to why doctors in training choose a career in hematology, particularly malignant hematology. My ASH Clinical News editorial colleague, David Steensma, MD, said [...]

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona It seems that my last “Editor’s Corner” column (“These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things …,”) resonated with many of my fellow hematologists. I’ve convinced myself that [...]

Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBACarlson and Nelson Endowed Director, Center for Individualized Medicine, and Vasek and Anna Maria Polak Professor of Cancer Research, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona Although not validated by CLIA-certified genomics testing, I believe that I am certifiably of Scottish descent and, therein, probably have the genome of a marauding Viking crossed with [...]