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Brian Ball,

Hematologist-Oncologist

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Location
Duarte Comprehensive Cancer Center
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Specialties
Hematologic Oncology
Education
Medical school:
Degrees

  • 2010-2014, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, cum laude, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

  • 2009-2010, M.D., Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

  • 2002-2006, B.S., Biology, Minor in German Studies, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Fellowship

  • 2017-2020, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Residency

  • 2014-2017, Internal Medicine Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Internship

  • 2011, Research Internship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Hematology and Oncology Department, Boston, MA

Professional Experience

  • 2020-present, Assistant Professor, Division of Leukemia, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

  • 2015-2017, Myelodysplastic Syndromes Research, Hematology and Oncology Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT

  • 2013-2014, Gastrointestinal Malignancies Research, Hematology and Oncology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

  • 2006-2009, Research Technician, Hematology and Oncology Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Academic Appointments
  • Assistant Professor, Division of Leukemia, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
About Me
It is an exciting time to be at City of Hope as it stands at the forefront of cancer discovery.
Brian Ball, M.D., specializes in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, and is driven to improve the lives of patients with myeloid malignancies. It’s been his focus ever since his undergrad days in Boston when, as a lab assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “I observed oncologists in clinic and was inspired by their competence, empathy and commitment ... I also witnessed the limitations of current leukemia therapies, which motivated my interest in understanding the genetic basis of cancer.”
 
Dr. Ball received his medical degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, then continued his training at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. At Yale, he co-directed the school’s Refugee Health Clinic. He’s earned numerous honors and awards, including being selected as chief fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Yale’s coveted Global Health Scholar program enabling him to study in South Africa.
 
Dr. Ball has a keen interest in researching the molecular mechanisms mediating resistance to current leukemia treatments. One of his proposals for overcoming resistance to apoptosis therapies earned him the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He expects to advance and grow his research at City of Hope, a place he lauds as “a leading institution in the field of leukemia and bone marrow transplant.”
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