Joseph P. Lynch, MD, MS – Medical Director of the Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program
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Medical Degree
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Internship / Residency
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
Internal Medicine - West Virginia University, Morgantown
Fellowships
Medical Oncology - Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh
Bone Marrow Transplantation - University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Advanced Degree
MS, Physiology & Biophysics - Georgetown University
Certifications
Medical Oncology & Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Practicing Since
1992
"I’m proud to be part of the comprehensive cancer program at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, providing leading medical treatments in addition to therapies that support and improve patients’ quality of life."
Dr. Joseph P. Lynch
Medical Director of the Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program & Medical Oncologist
Dr. Joseph Lynch joined Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in October 2012.
“I consider myself one of the luckiest men in the world to be able to take care of people during a time in their lives when they really need to be taken care of,” says Dr. Lynch. The experienced medical oncologist cares for patients who are fighting hematologic malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
“I like that the doctors and other care providers at CTCA work together with the best interests of patients in mind, in addition to patients’ families,” says Dr. Lynch.
Board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine, Dr. Lynch earned a medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Before pursuing a medical degree, he received a master’s degree in physiology and biophysics from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in biologic sciences from St. John’s University in Queens, New York.
Dr. Lynch completed an internship at Cleveland Clinic, an internal medicine residency at West Virginia University in Morgantown and a medical oncology fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Additionally, he completed a bone marrow transplantation fellowship at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and served as a visiting fellow in the bone marrow transplantation program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
In addition to caring for patients at hospitals in Tulsa and Morgantown, West Virginia for a number of years, Dr. Lynch was the founding Director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at West Virginia University. While there, he was also an associate professor of medicine. He also has served as clinical associate professor at the University of Oklahoma Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.
Dr. Lynch has conducted clinical research on multiple hematologic malignancies as it relates to blood and marrow transplantation. He has published his work extensively in The New England Journal of Medicine, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Leukemia and Lymphoma and other clinical publications.
Dr. Lynch is a member of several professional associations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the American Society of Hematology. He is a president of the Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology. He serves on the national board of the Community Oncology Alliance and is a certified inspector for the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy.
He enjoys spending his spare time with his grown children, including twin boys and a daughter who lives in Dallas.
Other Medical Oncologists at Southwestern
- Simeon Jaggernauth, DO
Medical Oncologist - Petra Ketterl, MD
Medical Oncologist/Intake Physician - Ritwick Panicker, MD, FACP
Hematologist-Oncologist & Medical Oncologist - Theodore Pollock, DO, FACOI
Director of Medical Oncology & Vice Chief of Staff - George Lambert River, MD, FACP
Hematologist-Oncologist & Medical Oncologist - Sagun Shrestha, MD
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