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Alison Amsterdam

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Overview

Gender Female
Education and Training M.D., George Washington University
  B.A., Cornell University
  Internship, NYU Downtown Hospital
  Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Residency, NYU Medical Center
Awards Alpha Omega Alpha Student Research Fellowship
  Sigma Xi Student Research Assistant Grant
  2006
ACP Internists as Artists Award
  2005
AMA Physician's Recognition Award

Training

Education and Training M.D., George Washington University
  B.A., Cornell University
  Internship, NYU Downtown Hospital
  Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  Residency, NYU Medical Center

Research

  • WOMEN'S HEALTH
  • WELL-CARE OF THE ONCOLOGY PATIENT

Publications

Puc HS, Bajorin DF, Bosl GJ, Amsterdam A, Motzer RJ. Phase II trial of topotecan in patients with cisplatin-refractory germ cell tumors: A brief report.. Invest New Drugs 1995; 13(2): 163-165.


Ghossein RA, Scher HI, Gerald WL, Kelly WK, Curley T, Amsterdam A, Zhang ZF, Rosai J. Detection of circulating tumor cells in patients with localized and metastatic prostatic carcinoma: Clinical implications. J Clin Oncol 1995; 13(5): 1195-1200.


Motzer R, Mazumdar M, Bosl GJ, Bajorin DF, Amsterdam A, Vlamis V. High-dose carboplatin, etoposide, and cyclophosphamide for patients with refractory germ cell tumors. J Clin Oncol 1996; 14(4): 1098-1105.


Berg WJ, Schwartz L, Amsterdam A, Mazumdar M, Murray-Law T, Vlamis V, Nanus D, Motzer RJ. Clinical studies with 13-cis-retinoic acid in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Invest New Drugs 1997; 15(4): 353-355.


Motzer RJ, Amsterdam A, Prieto V, Sheinfeld J, Murty VV S, Mazumdar M, Bosl GJ, Chaganti RS K, Reuter VE. Teratoma with malignant transformation: Diverse malignant histologies arising in men with germ cell tumors. J Urol 1998; 159(1): 133-138.


Motzer RJ, Mazumdar M, Bacik J, Berg W, Amsterdam A, Ferrara J. Survival and prognostic stratification of 670 patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. J Clin Oncol 1999; 17(8): 2530-2540.


Vuky J, Tickoo SK, Sheinfeld J, Bacik J, Amsterdam A, Mazumdar M, Reuter V, Bosl GJ, Motzer RJ. Salvage chemotherapy for patients with advanced pure seminoma. J Clin Oncol 2002; 20(1): 297-301.


Amsterdam A, Kauff N, Castiel M. Managing menopause in the cancer patient. The Female Patient 2004; 29(6): 21-24.


Krychman M, Amsterdam A, Carlson E, Carter J, Castiel M. Women's cancer health in the 21st century: Sexuality, sexual expression and intimacy. The Female Patient: Primary Care Edition 2004; 29(3): 1-4.


Amsterdam A, Krychman M, Carlson E, Carter J, Castiel M. Women's cancer health in the 21st century: Sexuality, sexual expression and intimacy. The Female Patient: OB/GYN Edition 2004; 29(9): 1-4.


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