B. J. Kennedy, MD, MACP - Medical Oncology

Healthwise is grateful for many years of excellent reviews by Dr. Kennedy prior to his death in 2003. Dr. Kennedy was a well-known educator and clinical investigator in the field of Medical Oncology. He focused his efforts on the use of chemicals and hormones in the control and cure of a wide variety of cancers. Dr. Kennedy was an Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Emeritus Masonic Professor of Oncology at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.

Dr. Kennedy was one of the leaders in establishing management therapies for breast cancer. He also initiated national efforts in chemotherapy for brain cancer and demonstrated the curability of advanced testis cancer. Dr. Kennedy is regarded as the Father of the specialty of Medical Oncology, and he stressed the importance of research of cancer in older persons (Geriatric Oncology).

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1958

Subspecialty, Medical Oncology, 1979

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Cancer Antigen

Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Melanoma

Education

MD: University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 1946

Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1945–1946

Residency in Internal Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1946

Fellowship in Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1947–1949

Research Fellow in Medicine: McGill Medical School and University Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1949–1950

Fellowship in Medicine: New York Hospital and Cornell Medical College, 1950–1951

Residency in Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1951–1952

Teaching Fellow in Medicine: Harvard Medical School, 1951–1953

Academic/Hospital Appointments

University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis:

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, 1952–1957
• Associate Professor of Medicine, 1957–1967
• Professor of Medicine, 1967–2003
• Director, Division of Oncology, 1968–1990
• Masonic Professor of Oncology, 1970–1991; Emeritus, 1991–2003
• Regents' Professor of Medicine, 1988 - 1991; Emeritus, 1991–2003

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Cancer Education

American College of Physicians

American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Society of Hematology

American Society of Internal Medicine

American Society for Surgical Oncology

Selected Publications

1. Chan DW, Beveridge RA, Muss H, et al. (1997). Use of Truquant BR radio-immunoassay for early detection of breast cancer recurrence in patients with stage II and stage III disease. Journal of Clinical Oncology 15(6): 2322–2328.
2. Kennedy BJ, et al. (1997). Management of stage IIIB breast cancer. Cancer Investigation 15(4): 369–371.
3. Ginder GD, Kennedy BJ (1997). Impact of technology change and managed care on medical oncology.Journal of Cancer Education 12(2): 73–76.
4. Kennedy BJ, et al. (1998). National Cancer Data Base report on Hodgkin's disease: Cancer, 83:1041–1047.
5. Kennedy BJ. (1998). The snail pace of lung cancer chemotherapy: Cancer, 82: 801–803.
6. Kennedy BJ (1999). Medical oncology: Its origin, evolution, today, future. Cancer, 85:1–8.

Financial Disclosure

No financial report received from reviewer.