Associate Professor of Medicine

2020 Gravier St.
7th Floor, Suite D
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-5722
Fax: 504-464-8525
lantho@lsuhsc.edu

Degrees:
MD - 1979
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Biography:
Dr. Lowell Anthony is Director of Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology where he was Acting Director prior to assuming his current post. Dr. Anthony also served on staff at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

A fellow of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Anthony is an active member of several professional organizations. He served on Committees with the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and he is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Hematology and the American Federation of Medical Research. He is also a member of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation.

Dr Anthony also serves as Chairman of the Cancer Committee for the Medical Center of Louisiana Hospital Cancer Program and is on the Advisory Board for the General Clinical Research Center. His work has appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Italian Journal of Gastroenterology, Cancer Research, Clinical Pharmacology Therapeutics, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, the American Journal of Surgery, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine. He has written and co-authored many book chapters, abstracts, and audiovisual media. In addition, he is on the editorial board of the Journal of Peptide Therapy: Index and Reviews and is a reviewer for the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer among other publications. He has been a guest lecturer at numerous national and international scientific forums.

Dr. Anthony earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University where he also did his residency in Internal Medicine and later completed fellowships in Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacologyt. Dr. Anthony is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.

Clinical Interests:
Pancreatic Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Colon Cancer
Liver Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Anal Cancer
Cloacal Cancer
Carcinoid Cancer
Neuroendocrine Malignancies

Research Interests:
Antineoplastic agents in patients with gastrointestinal neoplasms
Somatostatin receptor targeted analogs in neuroendocrine malignancies

Teaching Activities:
Current management of Colorectal Cancer
Supportive Care in Oncology

Selected Publications:
Anthony L, Bowen J, Garden A. “New thoughts on the pathobiology of regimen-related mucosal injury.” J Supportive Care 14: 2006. 516-518.

Kwekkeboom DJ, Mueller-Brand J, Paganelli G, Anthony LB, Pauwels S, Kvols LK, O’Dorisio TM, Valkema R, Bode L, Chinol M, Maecke HR, Krenning EP. “Overview of results of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with 3 radiolabeled somatostatin analogues.” J Nucl Med 46: 2005. 62S-66S.

Boudreaux JP, Putty B, Frey DJ, Woltering E, Anthony L, Daly I, Ramcharan T, Lopera J, Castaneda W. “Surgical treatment of advanced-stage carcinoid tumors: Lessons learned.” Ann Surg 241(6):2005. 839-845. Discussion 845-846.