Winston Tan, MD
- Position
- Immediate Past President
- Office address
- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
DR. WINSTON TAN IS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE MAYO CLINIC. AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE GENITOURINARY CANCER AND MELANOMA. HE IS FOCUSED ON TRANSLATING BASIC SCIENCE PRINCIPLES INTO TANGIBLE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER. HE IS INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL TARGETS OF THERAPY INCLUDING IMMUNOTHERAPY THAT WOULD LEAD TO LESS TOXIC TREATMENTS FOR CANCER. THESE TREATMENTS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO LEAD TO MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE, PROLONGATION OF THE TIME TO CANCER PROGRESSION AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVED SURVIVAL. DR. TAN’S PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS ARE HIS LEADERSHIP ROLES AS VICE CHAIR OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY MAYO CLINIC FLORIDA FOR EDUCATION, ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR FACULTY FAULTY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, MAYO CLINIC FLORIDA, FORMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTOR HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, MAYO CLINIC FLORIDA, BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR OF THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE, AND MEMBER OF PROGRAM COMMITTEE IN THE FLORIDA SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. CURRENTLY VICE PRESIDENT OF FLASCO. HE IS A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AND MEMBER SURVIVORSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. DR. TAN IS A PASSIONATE, EMPOWERING AND FOCUSED CANCER RESEARCHER AND EDUCATOR.
Education
- Clinical Fellowship – Hematology and Medical OncologyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Research Fellowship – Translational laboratory breast cancer research under Dr. Douglas Yee and Adrian Lee- insulin growth factor pathways in breast cancerUniversity of Texas, San Antonio
- Resident – Internal MedicineMaimonides Medical Center
- Resident – Internal MedicineChinese General Hospital
- Rotating Internship – General Medical, Pediatric, Obstetrics & Gynecology, General Surgery TrainingChinese General Hospital
- MD – Doctor of MedicineUniversity of Santo Tomas
- BS – BiologyUniversity of Santo Tomas
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Medical Oncology
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Academic rank
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Interests
- Cancer clinical trials and drug development
- Genitourinary malignancies (prostate, kidney and bladder)
- Breast cancer
- Melanoma
Publications
Research
See a description of research activities.