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Elizabeth M. Bengtson MD

Contact Information:
Phone: (603) 650-5747
Fax: (603) 650-5830
Email: not given

Institution Affiliations:
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Department of: MEDICINE
Section: Hematology/Oncology
Specialty: Hematology
Joined Staff: 2000

Cancer Center Membership:
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Lymphoma / Leukemia Clinical Oncology Group

Clinical Interests:
Hypercoagulable States
Bone Marrow Biopsy / Harvest
Blood and Marrow Transplant Auto / Allo
Board Certified:
Hematology 2000
Oncology 2001
Internal Medicine 1996
Degree(s): MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 1992

Internship(s):
Riverside Methodist Hospitals, Columbus, OH, (Internal Medicine) 1992-93

Residency:
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, (Internal Medicine) 1993-95
Boston University Medical Center/Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, (Medicine) , Chief Resident 1995-96

Fellowship(s):
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, (Hematology/Oncology) 1997-00
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, (Bone Marrow Transplant)

Biography:
Dr. Bengston received her BS in 1984 from College of William and Mary and her MD from Ohio State University College of Medicine. She completed her internship in 1993 from Riverside Methodist Hospital and her residency in 1995 from Boston University Medical Center where she was chief resident from 1995 to 1996. In 1997 she joined the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program and completed the program in June 2000. Dr. Bengtson is currently a Clinical Associate in Medicine and an Instructor in Medicine for the Section of Hematology/Oncology at the DHMC.

Research Interests:
Bone Marrow Transplant and related immune reconstitution and manipulation.
Leukemia/Lymphoma Clinical Trials
Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials
Myelodysplastic Clinical Trials

Selected Publications:
Abstracts:

Bengtson EM, Wu JY, Fitzmaurice TF, Cornell CJ, Ely P, Gautier M, Lowrey CH, Meehan KR. Immunotherapy and Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma: Early Recovery of Aggressive Cytotoxic Cells and Improved Immune Recovery. Tandem BMT Meetings, 2005.

Bengtson EM, Wu JY, Fitzmaurice TF, Cornell CJ, Ely P, Gautier M, Lowrey CH, Meehan KR. Immunotherapy and Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma: Early Recovery of Aggressive Cytotoxic Cells and Improved Immune Recovery. 46th ASH Annual Meeting.
 
Bengtson EM, Fitzmaurice TF, Ely P, Gautier M, Cornell CJ, Lowrey CH, Hill JM, Meehan KR.   Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy for Multiple Myeloma using GM-CSF and low dose IL-2.  Proc Amer Soc Clin Onc.  2003.

  

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