John Glaspy, MD, MPH Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“Medical marijuana has some effect on nausea and vomiting, but it is a weak effect, and it doesn’t compete well with the targeted [pharmaceutical] drugs that have been developed.”
Michelle Caruso, “Medicinal Marijuana Helped Melissa Etheridge through Cancer,” New York Daily News, Oct. 15, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor and Physician, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Chief, Department of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA
- Director, 100 Medical Plaza Community Oncology Practice, UCLA
- Director, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Protocol-Specific Research Support Shared Resource, UCLA
- Director, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Women’s Cancers Program Area, UCLA
- Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1982-1983
- Education:
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- Residency, Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 1980-1982
- Internship, Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 1979-1980
- MD, UCLA School of Medicine, 1979
- MPH, UCLA School of Public Health, 1979
- Other:
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- Recipient, Hematology Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
- Recipient, Medical Oncology Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985
- Recipient, Internal Medicine Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982
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