Vincent T DeVita MD
Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupCancer Center, Yale: Developmental Therapeutics
School of Public Health
Internal Medicine: Medical Oncology
Biography
Dr. DeVita, the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at the Yale Cancer Center and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, was the Director of the Yale Cancer Center from 1993 to 2003. He spent the early part of his career at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and in 1980, the President of the United States appointed him director of the NCI and the National Cancer Program, a position he held until 1988. From 1988 until be returned to Yale in 1993, he was Physician in Chief and Attending Physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a member of the Program of Molecular Pharmacology. Dr. DeVita has earned international recognition for his accomplishments as a pioneer in the field of Oncology. While at the NCI, he was instrumental in developing combination chemotherapy programs that ultimately led to an effective regimen of curative chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and diffuse large cell lymphomas. Along with colleagues at the NCI, he developed the four-drug combination, known by the acronym MOPP, which increased the cure rate for patients with advanced Hodgkin's disease from nearly zero to over 70%. In addition, in collaboration with Dr. George Canellos, he developed the combination chemotherapy CMF, which still remains a useful therapy for breast cancer. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the College of William and Mary in 1957. He was awarded his M.D. degree with distinction from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1961. Dr. DeVita currently serves on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals and is the author or co-author of more than 450 scientific articles. He is one of the three editors of "Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology," and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Cancer Journal and Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.
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Education
- M.D., George Washington University , 1961
Selected Publication
- Seam P, Janik JE, Longo DL, DeVita VT Jr. Role of Chemotherapy in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Cancer J 2009 Mar-Apr 15(2): 150-4.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Elected, European Academy of Sciences(2002) , European Academy of Sciences
Articles
Autumn 2011
Lasker Award recognizes research on protein folding
More than two decades of research into protein folding have led to a Lasker award for Arthur L. Horwich, M.D., HS ’78,...
Winter 2002
Targeting cancer by subtype
Drawing from an archive of 3 million tissue samples, Yale investigators are applying the latest in microarray...
Winter 2008
Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual, 2007
by Edward Chu, M.D., professor of medicine (medical oncology) and pharmacology, and Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS...
Winter 2010
DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 8th ed.
by Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine and professor of epidemiology; Theodore S....
Autumn 2005
Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2005
by Edward Chu, M.D., professor of medicine (oncology) and pharmacology, and Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS ’66, the...
Spring 2005
Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 7th ed.
by Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS ’66, the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, Samuel Hellman, M.D., HS ’62,...
Summer 2001
Clinical development fund makes first round of awards
Two years ago, when Yale University and the Yale New Haven Health System signed their first formal affiliation...
Winter 2002
Discovery channel taps YSM
When the breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec made headlines, Yale Cancer Center Director Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS...
Spring 2000
YCC director will guide revision of National Cancer Act
In the 29 years since the Nixon administration and Congress declared war on cancer with the passage of the National...
Autumn 2003
New hand on the Cancer Center tiller
When Richard L. Edelson, M.D. ’70, came to Yale in 1986 as professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology, the...
Autumn 2002
New leaders announced in four disciplines
Dean David A. Kessler, M.D., has announced the appointments of four new departmental and section leaders.Charles J....
Summer 2004
Former Cancer Center director honored with professorship
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., has been named the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine in recognition of his...
Summer 1998
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., director of the Yale Cancer Center and professor of internal medicine (oncology) and of...
Spring 2008
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D.
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine at Yale Cancer Center, was presented with...
Autumn 2002
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS ’66, professor of medicine and of epidemiology and public health and director of the...
Summer 2005
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., HS ’66, the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, has been named editor in chief...
Autumn 2007
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D
Vincent T. DeVita Jr., M.D., the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Oncology at the Yale Cancer Center (YCC),was...
Winter/Spring 1998
Vincent T. DeVita, M.D.
Vincent T. DeVita, M.D., director of the Yale Cancer Center and professor of medicine (oncology) and epidemiology and...
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