Dr. James Douglas earned his bachelor of science degree
from Ohio State, his masters in science from University of Wisconsin,
and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
Ohio. He trained initially as a pediatrician in pediatric oncology and
practiced in that field for almost 10 years before retraining in radiation
oncology.
"My philosphy of patient care is to involve the patients
and their families in the care making decisions and to care for the whole
person, which involves not only the physical realm but the emotional and
spiritual realms as well," says Dr. Douglas. "I wanted to so something
that benefitted others and that I was interested in doing," he says. "I
love the science of medicine and enjoy my interactions with those under
my care."
Dr. Douglas enjoys skiing, tennis, and music. "However,
since I have two adolescents, most of my time away from work is spent
doing 'parenting' stuff," he says. Dr. Douglas shares his life with his
wife and their teeneaged daughter and son, and a cat, and a dog.
Education:
1969 - 73 B.S. (cum laude),
The Ohio State University,
honors program, Department of Biochemistry, Columbus, OH
1973 - 74 Graduate Program, Department of Microbiology
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1974 - 76 M.S., Medical Microbiology
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1976 - 80 M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH
Internship/Residencies:
1980 - 83 Pediatrics, University of Washington/Children's
Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA
1993 - 96 Radiation Oncology
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995 - 96 Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Fellowship:
1984 - 86 Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
National Cancer Institute, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Bethesda, MD
Positions Held:
1983 - 84 Emergency Room Attending
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA
1986 - 88 Private Practice, Pediatrics/Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Pocatello, ID
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
1988 - 93 Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Group Health Cooperative, Federal Way, WA
1988 - present Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
1996 - present Clinical Assistant Professor, Department
of Radiation Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
State Licensure:
Washington State, 1981
Honors and Awards:
1972 Phi Beta Kappa
1973 B.S. (cum laude), The Ohio State University, honors
program,
Department of Biochemistry, Columbus, OH
1990 & 1992 Outstanding Teaching Award for Pediatrics,
Tacoma
Family Medicine Residency Program, Tacoma, WA
1995 - 96 American Cancer Society (ACS) Fellowship recipient
Research Experience:
1975 - 76 Monospecific antibodies as anti-tumor agents.
Dr. Dean Manning
University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Microbiology, Madison,
WI
1977 - 78 Monospecific antibodies as anti-tumor agents.
Dr. George Bernier
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
1985 - 86 Cloned a mouse galactosyl transferase gene.
Dr. John Minna, Dr. Ilan Kirsch, Dr. Greg Hollis
Navy Medical Oncology Branch, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Teaching Experience:
1975 - 76 Teaching Assistant
University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Microbiology, Madison,
WI
1983 - 84 Attending Physician
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA
1986 - 88 WAMI Coordinator, Pocatello, ID. Responsible
for the teaching program for third year medical students and second
year Pediatric residents from the University of Washington and Children's
Hospital, Seattle, WA
1988 - 93 Pediatric Attending for Tacoma Family Medicine
residents.
Program affiliated with the University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
Pediatric Attending for Physician Assistant students
from
The University of Washington
Board Certification:
1986 American Board of Pediatrics
1997 American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiology
Administrative Experience:
1983 - 84 Began and oversaw a new Emergency Room/night
float attending position. Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle,
WA
1988 - 91 Member of the South Region Ethics Committee
Group Health Cooperative, Federal Way, WA
1990 - 93 Chair of the South Region Ethics Committee
Group Health Cooperative, Federal Way, WA
1989 - 93 Chair, Pediatric Preventative Care Committee
Group Health Cooperative, Federal Way, WA
1992 - 93 Chief of Pediatrics, South Region, Group Health
Cooperative
(Administrative position overseeing 17 medical staff members)
Federal Way, WA
1996 - 2000 Medical Director, Department of Radiation
Oncology
MultiCare Hospital, Tacoma, WA
1998 - 2000 Member of the MultiCare Cancer Planning Committee,
Tacoma, WA
1998 - present Radiation Oncology Editorial Group Co-chair,
Doody Publishing
Membership:
1986 -1993 American Academy of Pediatrics
1993 - present American College of Radiology
1993 - present American Society for Therapeutic Radiology
and Oncology
Clinical Investigative Experience:
1996 - 2000 Radiation Oncology representative, Melanoma
Committee,
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)
1999 Protocol Study Coordinator: A Phase II Study of
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Limited Malignant Melanoma Brain Metastases,
SWOG 9903
1998 - present Member of SWOG Radiation Oncology Committee
and Brain Committee
1998 - 2000 Radiation Oncology Study Coordinator for
RTOG, Northwest CCOP
Publications:
Douglas JG,
Manning DD: Suppression of Myeloma Establishment in Adult Mice with
Anti-µ Antiserum. Cell Immunol 30: 100 - 106, 1997.
Shaper NL, Hollis GF, Douglas
JG, Kirsch IR, Shaper JH: Characterization of the Full Length
c DNA for Murine ß-1, 4-Galactosyltransferase. J Biol Chem 263(21),
1420-1428, 1988.
Hollis GF, Douglas JG,
Shaper NL, Shaper JH, Stafford-Hollis JM, Evans JJ, Kirsch IR: Genomic
Structure of Murine ß-1, 4-Galactosyltransferase. Biochem Biophys
Res 162(3), 1069-1075, 1989.
Thomas Jr. CR, Wood LV, Douglas
JG, Stelzer KJ, Koh WJ, Panicker R: Common Emergencies in
Cancer Medicine: Infectious and Treatment-Related Syndromes, Part I.
J Natl Med Assoc 86, 765-774, 1994.
Thomas Jr. CR, Stelzer KJ, Douglas
JG, Koh W-J, Wood LV, Panicker R: Common Emergencies in Cancer
Medicine: Infectious and Treatment-Related Syndromes, Part II. J Natl
Med Assoc 86, 839-852, 1994.
Douglas JG, Laramore
GE, Austin-Seymour M, Koh W, Cho P, Griffin TW: Neutron Radiotherapy
for Adenoidcystic Carcinomas of Minor Salivary Glands. Int J Radiat
Oncol Biol Phys 32: 195, 1995 (abstract).
Greer BE, Goff B, Koh W, Douglas
JG, Petersdorf S: Treatment of Cancer During Pregnancy, in
Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, second edition, 1996.
Eds. Hoskins WJ, Perez CA, and RC Young. J.B. Lippincott Co.
Douglas JG, Lee S,
Laramore GE, Austin-Seymour M, Koh W, Griffin TW: Neutron Radiotherapy
for Treatment of Locally Advanced Tumors of Major Salivary Glands. (Abstract)
Fourth International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, July 1996.
Douglas JG, Laramore
GE, Austin-Seymour M, Koh W, Cho P, Griffin TW: Neutron Radiotherapy
for Adenoidcystic Carcinomas of Minor Salivary Glands. Int J Radiat
Oncol Biol Phys 36: 87-93, 1996.
Koh W, Douglas JG:
Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer (abstract). RSNA Annual Proceedings,
1997.
Douglas JG, Laramore
GE, Austin-Seymour M, Griffin TW: Treatment of Locally Advanced Adenoid
Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region with Neutron Radiotherapy
(abstract). Proceedings of the American Radium Society Annual Meeting,
Monte Carlo, Monaco, May 1998.
Lindsley KL, Smith SC, Douglas
JG: Wilm's Tumor and Neuroblastoma, in Textbook of Radiation
Oncology; Eds. Leibel SA, Phillips TL. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia,
PA, 1998.
Cho PS, Lindsley KL, Douglas
JG, Griffin TW: Digital Radiotherapy Simulator. Computerized
Medical Imaging and Graphics 22: 1-7, 1998.
Douglas JG, Laramore
GE: The Use of Neutron Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer. Advances
in Oncol 14: 3, 1998.
Douglas JG, Lee S,
Laramore GE, Austin-Seymour M, Koh W, Griffin TW: Neutron Radiotherapy
for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Tumors of Major Salivary Glands.
Head & Neck 21: 225-263, 1999.
Douglas JG, Lee S,
Laramore GE, Austin-Seymour M, Koh W, Stelzer K, Griffin TW: Treatment
of Locally Advanced Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region
with Neutron Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 46: 551-557,
2000.
Douglas JG, Einck
JP, Gavin PR, Harker YD, Hartwell JK, Hawthorne MF, Laramore GE, Nigg
DW, Risler R, Schwartz JL, Stelzer KJ, Wemple CA. Neutron Capture Therapy
(NCT) Enhancement of Fast Neutron Radiotherapy: Application to Non-Small
Cell Lung Cancer, Application of Accelerator in Research and Industry
- Sixteenth International Conference: 881-884, 2001.
Goff BA, Paley PJ, Koh W, Petersdorf SH, Douglas
JG, Greer BE: Treatment of Cancer During Pregnancy, in Principles
and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, Third edition, (in press). Eds.
Hoskins WJ, Perez CA, and RC Young. J.B. Lippincott Co.
Douglas JG, Koh W,
Laramore GE: Metastasis to a Percutaneous Gastrostomy Site from Head
and Neck Cancer: Radiobiologic Considerations. Head & Neck (in press).
Douglas JG: The Use
of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Melanoma CNS Metastases.
Surgical Oncology (in press).
Douglas JG, Laramore
GE, Austin-Seymour M: Neutron Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Recurrent
Pleomorphic Adenomas of Major Salivary Glands (abstract accepted 5th
International Conference on Head Neck Cancer, San Francisco, CA, July
2000).
Douglas JG, Paschall
A: The Use of Sedation for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
in a Non-University Affiliated Children's Hospital (manuscript in preparation).
Presentations:
Cell Cycle Kinetics of Chemotherapeutic Agents. Pediatric
Oncology Branch (NCI) Grand Rounds, 1984.
Monoclonal Antibodies as Therapeutic Agents in Cancer.
Pediatric Oncology Branch (NCI) Grand Rounds, 1985.
Cloning a Galactosyl Transferase Gene in Mice. Pediatric
Oncology Branch (NCI) Grand Rounds, 1986.
Pediatric AIDS. Public Television, Pocatello, Idaho,
1987.
WAMI Site Pediatric Lecture Series: Basics of Pediatrics
1986 - 1988.
Pediatric Oncology Lecture Series, Tacoma Family Medicine
Residents 1988 - 1993.
Neutron Radiotherapy for Adenocystic Carcinomas of Minor
Salivary Glands. Poster presentation at the American Radium Society
(ARS) Annual meeting, April, 1995.
Neutron Radiotherapy for Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas of
Minor Salivary Gland Tumors. ASTRO 1995 presentation.
Neutron Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced
Tumors of Major Salivary Glands. Presented at the Fourth International
Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, July 1996, Toronto, Canada.
Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer Review Course, RSNA,
1997.
Radiobiology of Melanoma, Melanoma Group Grand Rounds,
University of Washington, 1998.
Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Melanoma, Melanoma Group
Grand Rounds, University of Washington, 1998.
Treatment of Locally Advanced Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
of the Head and Neck Region. American Radium Society (ARS) oral presentation,
May 1998, Monte Carlo.
MultiCare, "I Can" Cancer series, Tacoma, WA.
- Prostate Cancer talks, 1996 - 1999.
American Cancer Society Prostate Support Group - Treatment
of Prostate Cancer, Tacoma, WA, 1998.
Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Melanoma
Brain Metastases. Melanoma at the Millennium Conference, Phoenix, AZ,
February 2000.