Chief Academic Officer, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Northern Lead, Melanoma and Soft Tissue Oncology Program
Medical Director, The Melanoma Center, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Franz Omar Smith, MD, FACS, is a fellowship trained surgeon certified in advanced complex surgical oncology and general surgery. He has expertise in cutaneous oncology and sarcoma, as well as breast cancer. Dr. Smith sees patients at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Clara Maass Medical Center, and Jersey City Medical Center. He embraces the multi-disciplinary approach to cancer care at RWJBarnabas Health by providing an individualized treatment plan for each of his patients. During his residency Dr. Smith completed a three-year clinical research fellowship in Tumor Immunotherapy and Surgical Oncology in the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The focus of his research was on high dose Interleukin-2, tumor vaccines and cell-based therapies for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Upon graduation from residency he completed a two-year surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center/ University of South Florida in Tampa, FL.
Dr. Smith has published numerous peer reviewed articles, book chapters and presents at national meetings. In addition to his clinical responsibilities Dr. Smith is the Chief Academic Officer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. Dr. Smith has been recognized by the American Cancer Society for his outstanding outcomes, dedication to quality, and commitment to service excellence. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Association of Academic Surgery, and American Society of Breast Surgery.
Professional Membership:
Clinical Interests: General surgery, breast cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, thyroid/parathyroid, laparoscopic surgery, and clinical trials
University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Long Island Jewish/North Shore Universit Hospitals, New Hyde Park, NY, 2003
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, 2005
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, NJ, Livingston, NJ, 2011
NCI, National Institute of Health, Tumor Immunology and Surgical Oncology, Bethesda, MD, 2006
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Surgical Oncology, Tampa, FL, 2013
Masters in Academic Medicine (MAcM), Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Masters of Applied Science (MAS) in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Univ
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Professions Education, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (in p
| Title: | Falconer HG Case Report: Gestational Trophoblastic disease presenting as hemiparesis in a teenager |
| Authors: | Gokula RM, Smith FO |
| Publisher: | West Indian Medical Journal |
| Date: | 2002 Jun |
| Issue: | 57(136)Vol 2 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Risk of bowel perforations in patients receiving high dose Interleukin-2 after therapy with anti-CTLA 4 monoclonal antibody |
| Authors: | Smith FO, Downey SG, Klapper JA, Levy CL, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Journal of Immunotherapy |
| Date: | 2007 Jan |
| Issue: | 30(1):130 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Prognostic factors related to clinical response in patients with metatastic melanoma trated by CTL-associated antigen-4 blockade |
| Authors: | Downey SG, Klapper JA, Smith FO, Yang JC, Sherry RM, Royal RE, Kammula US, Highes MS, Allen TE, Levy CL, Yellin M, Nichol G, White DE, Steinberg SM, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Clinical Cancer Research |
| Date: | 2007 Nov 15 |
| Issue: | 6681-8 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | High-dose interleukin-2 for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of response and survival in patients treated in the surgery branch at the National Cancer Institute between 1986 and 2006 |
| Authors: | Klapper JA, Smith FO, Downey SG, Yang JC, Hughes MS, Kammula US, Sherry RM, Rotal RE, Steinberg SM, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Cancer |
| Date: | 2008 Jul 15 |
| Issue: | 113(2): 293-301 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Treatment of metastatic melanoma using interleukin-2 alone or in conjunction with vaccines |
| Authors: | Smith FO, Downey SG, Klapper JA, Yang JC, Sherry RM, Royal RE, Kammula US, Huges MS, Resitfo NP, Levy CL, White DE, Steinberg SM, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Clinical Cancer Research |
| Date: | 2008 Sep 1 |
| Issue: | 14(17): 5610-8 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Adoptive cell therapy for patients with metastatic melanoma: evaluation of intensive myeloablative chemoratiation preparative regimens |
| Authors: | Dudley ME, Yang JC, Sherry R, Hughes MS, Royal R, Kammula U, Robbins PF, Huang J, Citirin DE, Leitman SF, Wunderlich J, Restifo NP, Thomasian A, Downey SG, SMith FO, Klapper JA, Moron K, Laurencot C, White DE, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
| Date: | 2008 Nov 10 |
| Issue: | 26(32): 5233-9 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Single pass closed rapid expansion system for lymphocyte cultures for adoptive cell therapy |
| Authors: | Klapper JA, Thomasian AA, Smith DM, Gorgas CC, Smith FO, Wunderlich JR, Smith F, Dudley ME, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Journal of Immunologic Methods |
| Date: | 2009 Jun 30 |
| Issue: | 32(8): 870-4 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Gene Therapy with high avidity human and mouse T cell receptors breaks tolerance and elicits cancer regression |
| Authors: | Johnson LA, Morgan RAA, Dudley ME, Cassard L, Yang JC, HUghes MS, Kammula US, Royal RE, Sherry RM, Wunderlich JR, Lee CR, Zhao Y, Cohen CJ, Restifo NP, Smith FO, Cogdill AP, Zheng Z, Bishop RJ, Kim HJ, Brewer CC, Rudy SF, Vanwaes C, Davis JL, Mathur A, Ripley RT, Nathan DA, Laurencot CM, Rosenberg SA |
| Publisher: | Blood |
| Date: | 2009 Jul 16 |
| Issue: | 114(3): 535-46 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Impact of a Recombinant Fowlpox Vaccine on the Efficacy of Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma |
| Authors: | Smith FO, Klapper JA, Wunderlich J, Rosenberg SA, Dudley ME |
| Publisher: | Journal of Immunotherapy |
| Date: | 2009 Oct |
| Issue: | 32(8): 870-4 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma: Analysis of Tumors Resected for TIL |
| Authors: | Goff SL, Smith FO, FLapper JA, Rosenberg SA, Dudley ME |
| Publisher: | Immunotherapy |
| Date: | 2010 Oct |
| Issue: | 33(8): 840-7 |
| Description: | Article |
| Title: | Thoracic Metastasectomy for Melanoma Immunotherapy |
| Authors: | Klapper JA, Davis JL, Smith FO, Ripley RT |
| Publisher: | Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Date: | 2010 Dec |
| Issue: | 140(6): 1276-82 |
| Description: | Article |
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