James T. Casper, MD

Titles
Medical director, Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Hematology, Oncology and Transplant

Research interests
Cancer, Infectious/immunological diseases

Study interests
Hematology, immunodeficiency diseases, immunology, immunotherapy, pediatric oncology, stem cell transplant.

Education
Medical degree, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1970; residency, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1971-1972; fellowships, Milwaukee Blood Center and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1972-1974.

Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1971; American Board of Pediatrics, 1975; American Board of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 1976.

Representative publications

• Wexler L, Thiele C, McClure L, Chanock S, Mertins S, Tsokos M, Avila N, Reynolds J, Ognibene F, Venzon D, Castleberry R, Casper J, Truitt R, Yannelli J, Schwartzentruber D, Rosenberg S, Horowitz M. Adoptive Immunotherapy of Refractory Neuroblastoma with Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes, Interferon-Gamma and Interleukin-2. American Society of Clinical Oncology. 1992.
• Pietryga D, Casper J, Margolis D, Camitta B, Garbrecht F, Drobyski W, Horowitz M, Burns W, Juckett M, Rowlings P, Passweg J, Lawton C, Taylor C, Baxter-Lowe L, Murray K, Pierce K, McAuliffe T, Flomenberg N. Bone Marrow Transplantation Using Genotypically Haploidentical Fonors. American Society of Hematology. 1996.
• Drobyski WR, Horowitz M, Pietryga D, Margolis D, Juckett M, Burns W, Camitta B, Rowlings P, Keever-Taylor C, Casper J. Unrelated Donor Marrow Transplantation for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Myelodysplasia and Secondary AML. American Society of Hematology, 1996.
• Keever-Taylor CA, Passweg J, Kawanishi Y, Casper J, Flomenberg N, Baxter-Lowe LA. Association of Host-reactive Cytolytic and Helper T-cells with Outcome Following Alternative Donor T-cell Depleted Bone Marrow Transplantation. American Society of Hematology, 1996.
• Porter D, Collins R, Mick R, Kernan N, Giralt S, Flowers M, Casper J, Drobyski W, Leahey A, Parker P, Bates B, King R, Antin J. Unrelated Donor Leukocyte Infusions to Treat Relapse or EBV-lymphoproliferative Disease after Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation. American Society of Hematology, 1997.
• Baxter-Lowe LA, Parrish R, Margolis D, Szmania S, Seurynck K, White J, Wank T, Molter M, Hazlett L, Drobyski W, Garbrecht F, Pietryga D, Horowitz M, Camitta B, Vesole D, Burns W, Flomenberg N, Casper J, Keever-Taylor C. HLA Disparity Detected by Automated Nucleotide Sequencing may Aid in Selection of Alternative Donors. American Society of Hematology, 1997.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 456-4170
Fax: (414) 456-6543
E-mail: jcasper@mcw.edu