EDUCATION

Saint Mary’s High School, Manhasset
New York 1961

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Indiana B.S. 1965

Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts M.D. 1969

CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
1970

Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
1976

American Board of Internal Medicine -Sub-Specialty Boards in Oncology
1977

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Instructor in Medicine
Hanover, New Hampshire
July 1975 – June 1976

Jackson Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory
Trustee
Bar Harbor, Maine
August 1976- August 1980

Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
Director, Cancer Research
New York, New York
September 1976 – May 1995

Chief, Oncology Section, Department of Medicine
September 1976 – May 1995

Saint Francis Hospital
Consultant Staff
Roslyn, New York
1982 – Present

American Cancer Society
Trustee
New York City
1978 – May 1995

New York Medical College
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Valhalla, New York
July 1978 – Present

ANCILLARY HONORS

Spokesperson for the American Cancer Society

Multiple television appearances including
CNN, Good Morning America, Nightline with Ted Koppel,
Fox News and CNBC News.

Finisher of the Ironman – World Professional Triathlon Championship,
Kona, Hawaii.
October 6, 1984

Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York,
Internship Straight Medical
New York
July 1, 1969- January 1,1970

Residency Internal Medicine,
January 1, 1970- June 30, 1971

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship Hematology/Oncology
Hanover, New Hampshire
July 1, 1974- June 30, 1975

HONORS

Boston University School of Medicine
Student Body President,
Boston, Massachusetts
1968-1969.

Member, Student Committee on Medical School Affairs
1968-1969

Beggs Medical Honor Society of Boston
1967-1969

Castle Connolly Guide To Top Doctors
Medical Oncology – NY Metro Area
1997
1999
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008

Consumers’ Research Council of America
America’s Top Physicians
Hematology & Oncology
2003
2007
2008

Better Living Magazine
Best Doctors
2004

MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

New York Cancer Society
Member President 1989

American Society of Clinical Oncologists
Program Committee

New York State Society of Oncologist – Hematologist
President 1989

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Cancer Project

American Society of Cancer Research

Medical Society, County of New York

Medical Society, Stare of New York

Associations of Community Cancer Centers

MILITARY SERVICE

Naval Medical Corps
Lieutenant Commander – ActiveDuty
Naval Research Institute
Bethesda Naval Hospital
National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
August 1971 – July 1974

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fisher JC, Grace WR and Mannick JA: The Effect of Non-specificImmune Stimulation with Corynebacterium Parvum on Patterns of Tumor Growth. Cancer 1970; 26:1397.

2. Thurman GB, Ahmed AA, Strong DM, Knudsen RC, Grace WR and Sell KW: Lymphoctye Activation in Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Virus or Cytomegalovirus Virus Infections. J. Exptl. Medicine. October 1973, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 839-846.

3. Ahmed AA, Strong DM, Sell KW, Thurman GB, Knudsen RC, Wistar R and Grace WR: Demonstration ofBlocking Factor in the Plasma and Spinal Fluid of Patients with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: 1. Partial Characterization. J. Expt. Medicine, April 1974, Vol. 139, No 4, pp. 902-924.

4. Lakin JD, Grace WR and Sell KW: Ige-mediated Hypersensitivity to Polymyxin B associated with T Cell Suppression. J. Allergy and Applied Immunol. Abstract, Vol. 55, No. 2, February 1975, p. 103.

5. Lakin JD, Grace WR and Sell KW: Ige Anti-polymyxin-B Antibody Formation in a T-Cell Depleted Bone Marrow Transplant Patient. J. Allergy and Applied Immunol. August 1975, Vol. 56, No. 2 pp. 94-103.

6. Cahill RA, Strong DM, Cahill RA, Ahmed AA, Hartzman RJ, and Sell KW: The Occurrence of a Histiocytic Lymphoma Following Bone Marrow Transplantation in a Patient with Acute Lymphyocytic Leukemia. Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society of Experimental Hematology, Yugoslavia, September 23, 1975.

7. Hartzman RJ, Wistar R, Strong DM, O’Donnell MT, Cahill RA, Engler JE, Grace WR and Sell KW: Description of a Unique Cytotoxic Antibody in the Plasma of a Patient Following Bone Marrow Transplantation. Accepted for presentation oat the Society of Experimental Hematology Yugoslavia, September 23, 1975.

8. Mills RC, Maurer LH, Forcier RJ Grace WR, Burke GP, Karp DD, Smith RC, MCIntytre OR and Bean C: Clinical Trial of Combined Therapy with Adriamycin and Cis-Dichloroplatinum. Cancer Treatment Reports, May/June 1977, No. 1, pp. 477-479.

9. Grace MP, Batist, G, Grace WR, and Gillooley JF: Aortico-Pulmonary Paraganclioma and Gastric Leiomyoblastoma in a Young Woman. The American Journal of Medicine, June 1981, Vol. 70, pp. 1288-1292.

10. Carey RZ, Grace WR, Sarg MJ: Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer in a Pilot Study with Cytoxan, Methotrexate, 5-FU, Bleomycin and Cis-Platinum. ASCO Proceedings, C-763, April 1982.

11. Cooperman A. Grace WR, Van Heertum R, Geiss A: The Problem of Liver Metastasis. Surg Annu, 1984: 16:151-75.

12. Grace WR, Cooperman AM: Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Surgical Clinics of North America, Vol. 65, No. 1, February 1985.

13. Henderson IC, Wolff S, Allegra J, Silver R, Grace WR, Spicer D, Dao T Sartiano GP, Bitran JD, Bryan S, Reisman A, Duchart, G: Phase II Mitoxantrone vs. Doxorubicin. Proc. Symposium on Mitoxantrone, Scottsdale, Arizona 1985.

14. Kriegel RK, Slymotsky CM, Lonberg M, Green MD, Andes WA, Kempf R, Gupta S, Grace WR, Spiegel RJ, Muggia FM, Grossberg H: Treatment of Epidemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma with a Combination of Interferon Alfa 2B and Etoposide. J. Biol. Response Mod., August , 1988, 7 (4); pp 359-64.

15. Senaldi, E, Lee HL, Toth I, Grace WR: Hodgkin’s Disease Following Non-Hodgkin’s Malignant Lymphoma in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Cancer, September, 1990; 66 (5): pp. 960-4.

16. Louis AL, Meitner PA, Myers TJ, Grace WR, Gajewski WH, Fingert HJ, Rotman B: Predictive Value of the Flourescent Cytoprint Assay (FCA): A Retrospective Correlation of In Vitro Chemosensitivity and Individual Responses to Chemotherapy. Cancer Investigation, 1991, 9 (5): pp. 491-503.

17. Bufill JA, Grace WR, Astrow AB: Phase II of Prolonged, Low-Dose, Oral VP-16 in Aids-Related Kaposi’s Sarcoma. ASCO Proceedings, March 1992.

18. Bufill JA, Grace WR, Neff R: Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for the Palliation of Fungating Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. AM J of CL Onc, Pending.

19. Von Roenn JH, Gordon LI, Grace WR, Lee S: Phase I Trial of rLL-3 in HIV Sero-positive Patients with Neutropenia. Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois and St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

20. Von Roenn JH, Gordon LI, Grace WR, Lee S: Phase I Trial of rLL-3 in HIV Positive Patients with CYTOPENIAS. Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, New York for the Easter Cooperative Oncology Group.

21. Khan, Sarah, Neff, Richard – Department of Radiology, Grace, WR - Department of Oncology, Young, Iven – Department of Endocrine/Metabolism-St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York. Sharabi, Abdelsalam – Department of Pathology at St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York. Metastatic Hurthle Cell Carcinoma – A Unique Case Report and Review of the Literature.

22. Raccuia, Joseph; Grace WR; Steele, Justin; Neff Richard; Stavropoulos, Christos – Divisions of: Hepatobiliary Surgery; Medical Oncology; Interventional Radiology; Thoracic Surgery;
    Anesthesiology – St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY Multimodality Treatment with Hepatectomy of Hepatocelluar Carcinoma and Portal Vein Tumor Thrombosis From Hepatitis B Virus 17 Years After Seroconversion Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dr. Grace was portrayed by actor Tim Ahern in the recent motion picture Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool based on the Gloria Grahame Memoir with the same title by Peter Turner