Professor of Medicine
Portland VA Health Care System and OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Dr. Michael Heinrich is currently a Professor of Medicine and a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. Dr. Heinrich is also the head of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute GIST Translational and Clinical Research Programs. He earned his medical degree in 1984 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at OHSU. His primary research interest is in the development of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors for treatment of GI stromal tumors and CML. Dr. Heinrich’s research includes both pre-clinical identification of novel molecular targets and testing of new agents in the laboratory and the clinic. Additional information on his research program is available at www.heinrich-corless.net.
