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Shiuh-Wen Luoh M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Specialty: Medical Oncology and Breast Cancer

Clinic Phone: 503.494.6594
E-mail: luohs@ohsu.edu

 

Shiuh-Wen Luoh MD PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.  Dr. Luoh is also a Staff Physician at Portland VAMC.  He received his medical degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1986.  He then received his PhD degree in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 1993.  Dr. Luoh received his clinical training in internal medicine and hematology and oncology from UCLA Medical Center, Westwood, CA from 1994 through 1999.  After serving as a clinical instructor for one year at UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Luoh moved to University of Cincinnati and Vontz Center for Molecular Studies to begin his independent academic career as an Assistant Professor of Medicine.  He returned to the west coast and joined the faculty of OHSU in Oct 2003.  Dr. Luoh was a Fellow Scholar from American Society of Hematology and authored ten articles or abstracts on various areas of biomedical research.  A devoted physician scientist, Dr. Luoh is actively conducting federally funded laboratory research in breast cancer.  His career goal is to bring the fruition of laboratory research to benefit patient care at the bedside.  His current research interest focuses on HER-2/Neu gene amplification in breast cancer.

 
Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology

 

Professional Education and Training

Undergraduate and Graduate
  • 1986 M.D. National Taiwan University
  • 1993 Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postgraduate:
  • 1993-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  • 1994 - 1995 Intern in Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, LA, CA.
  • 1995 - 1996 Resident in Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, LA, CA.
  • 1996 - 1999 Fellow in Hematology and Oncology, UCLA Medical Center, LA, CA.
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Selected Publications

  • Luoh, S.-W., N. Venkatesan, and R. Tripathi (2004) Over-expression of the Amplified Pip4k2 Gene from 17q11-12 in Breast Cancer Cells Confers Proliferation Advantage. Oncogene 23: 1354-1363.
  • Luoh, S.-W (2002) Amplification and Expression of Genes from the 17q11-12 Amplicon in Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 136: 43-47.
  • Luoh, S.-W., P. A. Bain, R. D. Polakiewicz, M. L. Goodheart, H. Gardner, R. Jaenisch, and D. C. Page (1997) Zfx mutation results in small animal size and reduced germ cell number in male and female mice. Development 124: 2275-2284.
  • Luoh, S.-W., K. Jegalian, E. Y. Chen, A. Lee, A. Ridley, and D. C. Page (1995) CpG islands in human ZFX and ZFY and mouse Zfx genes: sequence similarity and methylation difference. Genomics 29: 353-363.
  • Luoh, S.-W., and D. C. Page (1994) The Structure of the Zfx gene on the mouse X chromosome. Genomics 19: 310-319.

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