Professional Bio
Dr. Bennett is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Boston University. Postgraduate training included an internship at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, a residency in medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, a fellowship in hematology at Boston City Hospital and Tufts University.
From 1963-1966 he was head of the hematology laboratories at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He served in the USPHS as Head of the diagnostic bone marrow laboratories in the NIH/Clinical Center from 1966-1968. Director of the Cancer center in 1974. A position he held until 1995. During this period he was the principal investigator of the University of Rochester ECOG membership.
He served as chair of the ASCO Public Relations Committee in the early 1980's as well as chair of the Education Committee for ASH. He was a founding member of the International Society for Geriatric Oncology.
He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer research, American Society for Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and the International Society of Hematology, and was the first chair of The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation from 1997-2010. Dr. Bennett has contributed over 500 publications to the medical literature as well as several books and currently is Editor-in-Chief of the Leukemia Research Journal.
| Award: Research Career Achievement in Clinical Hematology Award by Celgene |
2003 |
| Honorary Professor, Peking Union Medical College |
2001 |
| Guest Consulting Editor for Geriatric Oncology: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians |
2001 |
| National Counselor for the U.S.A.: International Society of Hematology |
1998 - Present |
| Chairman, The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation |
1996 - Present |
| Editor-in-Chief: Leukemia Research |
1993 - Present |
| The Best Doctors in America: Inclusion in the directory |
1992 |
| Chairman, Committee on Cancer, Medical Society of the State of New York |
1990 - Present |
| Chairman, Symposium on "Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Pathology and Management, 1988"; American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
1988 |
| Associate Director, Tutorial on Neoplastic Hematopathology |
1988 - Present |
| Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Boston University School of Medicine Alumni Association |
1986 |
| Marquis Who's Who Directory of Professionals and Resources in Cancer |
1984 |
| Chairman, Education Program Committee, American Society of Hematology |
1982 - 1983 |
| Chairman, Council for Research & Investigation Awards, American Cancer Society |
1982 - 1983 |
| Chairman, Public Relations Committee, American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
1982 - 1985 |
| Member, International Committee for Standardization in Hematology |
1982 |
| Chairman, Cancer Clinical Investigation Review Committee, NCI |
1979 - 1980 |
| C.H.A.M.P. Award: Jacob Gitelman Award for Cancer Action |
1977 |
| University of Rochester Faculty Senate |
1975 |
| Secretary of Steering Committee of the University of Rochester Faculty Senate |
1975 |
| Chairman, American Cancer Society Review Committee |
1975 |
| Executive Committee, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
1975 |
| Hematology Committee Chairman, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
1974 |
| Vice-Chairman, American Cancer Society Review Committee |
1974 |
| Founder: French-American-British Cooperative Leukemia Working Group |
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2013 May 7
Bennett JM. "The myelodysplastic syndromes: a personal recollection of four decades of classification and prognostic scoring systems." Leukemia & lymphoma. 2013 May 7; Epub 2013 May 07. |
2013 Apr 12
Gore SD, Fenaux P, Santini V, Bennett JM, Silverman LR, Seymour JF, Hellstrom-Lindberg E, Swern AS, Beach CL, List AF. "A multivariate analysis of the relationship between response and survival among patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes treated within azacitidine or conventional care regimens in the randomized AZA-001 trial." Haematologica. 2013 Apr 12; Epub 2013 Apr 12. |
2012 Jul
Reid R, Bennett JM, Becker M, Chen Y, Milner L, Phillips Ii GL, Liesveld J. "Use of eltrombopag, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist, in post-transplantation thrombocytopenia." American journal of hematology. 2012 Jul 0; 87(7):743-5. Epub 2012 May 10. |
2012 Jun
Bennett JM. "Leukemia Research welcomes a new co-editor-in-chief: Eric J. Feldman, M.D." Leukemia research. 2012 Jun 0; 36(6):663. Epub 2012 Apr 12. |
2012 Jan
Mathew RA, Bennett JM, Liu JJ, Komrokji RS, Lancet JE, Naghashpour M, Messina JL, List AF, Moscinski LC, Zhang L. "Cutaneous manifestations in CMML: Indication of disease acceleration or transformation to AML and review of the literature." Leukemia research. 2012 Jan 0; 36(1):72-80. Epub 2011 Jul 22. |
