Catherine G. Lam, MD, MPH
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Medical Director, Philippines Program and Asian Development, International Outreach Program
Departments
Oncology
Divisions
Solid Tumor
Contact Information
Catherine Lam, MD, MPH
Oncology
MS 721, Room S2014B
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: catherine.lam@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-2094
FAX: (901) 595-5319
Education
BSc – Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada (2000)
MD – University of Toronto, Canada (2004)
MPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (2010)
Research Interests
- Pediatric hematology-oncology in resource-limited settings: evaluating outcomes, applying quality improvement efforts and implementing best practices
- Improving patient outcomes by addressing timely diagnosis, treatment abandonment and palliative care needs
- Advancing outcomes in rare solid tumors, including adrenocortical tumors and nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Health disparities research; health literacy and patient education
- Optimizing treatment and research for children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors
Selected Publications
Lam CG, Cohen KJ, Roter DL. Coping Needs in Adolescents with Cancer: A Participatory Study. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2(1):10-16, 2013.
Gupta S, Yeh S, Martiniuk A, Lam CG, Chen HY, Liu YL, Tsimicalis A, Arora RS, Ribeiro RC. The magnitude and predictors of abandonment of therapy in paediatric acute leukaemia in middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer 2013 Apr 15. doi:pii: S0959-8049(13)00258-X. 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.03.024.
Lam CG, Roter DL, Cohen KJ. Survey of Quality, Readability, and Social Reach of Websites on Osteosarcoma in Adolescents. Patient Educ Couns 90(1):82-87, 2013. First published Sep 4, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.006.
Lam CG, Rossell N, Ribeiro RC. Global Snapshots of Treatment Abandonment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Social Factors, Implications, and Priorities. J Healthcare, Science and Humanities 2(1):81-110, 2012.
Lam CG, Manlhiot C, Pullenayegum EM, Feldman BM. Efficacy of intravenous Ig therapy in juvenile dermatomyositis. Ann Rheum Dis 70(12):2089-2094, 2011.
Mostert S, Arora RS, Arreola M, Bagai P, Friedrich P, Gupta S, Kaur G, Koodiyedath B, Kulkarni K, Lam C, Luna-Fineman S, Pizer B, Rivas S, Rossell N, Sitaresmi MN, Tsimicalis A, Weaver M, Ribeiro RC. Abandonment of treatment for childhood cancer: position statement of a SIOP PODC Working Group. Lancet Oncol Aug;12(8):719-20, 2011.
Lam C, Bouffet E, Tabori U, Mabbott D, Taylor M, Bartels U. Rapamycin (Sirolimus) in Tuberous Sclerosis Associated Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors, Pediatric Blood & Cancer Mar;54(3):476-9, 2010.
Lam C, Bouffet E, Bartels U. Nimotuzumab in Pediatric Glioma. Future Oncology 5(9):1349-1361, 2009.
Porepa M, Lam C, Huber J, Au H, Birken C. Kids on Kids’ Health: Creating a Child Health Magazine with Students from an Urban, Multicultural, Low Income Elementary School. Paediatrics & Child Health Apr; 14(4):219-221, 2009.
Dipchand A, Friedman J, Bismilla Z, Gupta S, Lam C. The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics, 11th Edition, Elsevier Sciences, 2009.
Pullenayegum EM, Lam C, Manlhiot C, Feldman BM. Fitting marginal structural models: estimating covariate-treatment associations in the reweighted data set can guide model fitting. J Clin Epidemiol Sep;61(9):875-81, 2008.
Lam C, Tjon J, Hamilton J, Ahmet A. Recurrent anaphylaxis associated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs: case report and review of the literature. Pharmacotherapy Dec;26(12):1811-5, 2006.
Lam C, Young N, Marwaha J, McLimont M, Feldman BM. Revised versions of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) are more sensitive and suffer less from a ceiling effect. Arthritis & Rheumatism Dec15;51(6):881-9, 2004.
Lam C, Badiwala M, Froeschl M. Morning Report: Truth serum. Univ Tor Med J Mar;79(2):136-141, 2002.
Cowan KN, Heilbut A, Humpl T, Lam C, Ito S, Rabinovitch M. Complete reversal of fatal pulmonary hypertension in rats by a serine elastase inhibitor. Nature Medicine Jun;6(6):698-702, 2000.
Last update: April 2013