Amy Mimi Lin, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF

Phone: (415) 353-7171 (appts)
Box 1711, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-1711

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

Education

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, AB, 1989-1993, Biology
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1994-1996
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL MD, 1996-1999, Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, New York, NY, Internship/ residency, 1999-2002, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Fellowship, 2002-2005, Medicine (Hematology Oncology)
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Fellowship, 2005-2006, Medicine (Urologic Oncology)

Professional Experience

• 2006-2008
  Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, UCSF
• 2006-present
  Staff physician, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center (SF VAMC), Medicine (Hematology/Oncology
• 2008-present
  Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine, UCSF

Honors & Awards

• 1990-1991
  Harvard College Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Harvard University)
• 1991-1992, 1990-1991
  Elizabeth Agassiz Award for Academic Excellence (Harvard University)
• 1991-1992
  John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Harvard University
• 1993
  Magna cum laude in Field of Biology (Harvard University)
• 1994
  Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship (UCLA School of Medicine)
• 1995
  Short-Term Training Program (STTP) grant (UCLA School of Medicine)
• 1998-1999
  Calvin Fentress Research Fellowship Award, University of Chicago
• 2004
  American Association of Clinical Research (AACR)/American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop
• 2005
  ASCO Multi-disciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium Merit award
• 2005-2006
  ASCO Young Investigator Award
• 2007-2008
  Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Foundation Young Investigator Award

Selected Publications

1. Harzstark AL, Small EJ, Weinberg VK, Sun J, Ryan CJ, Lin AM, Fong L, Brocks DR, Rosenberg JE. A phase 1 study of everolimus and sorafenib for metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2011 Sep 15; 117(18):4194-200.
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2. Chow H, Jung A, Talbott J, Lin AM, Daud AI, Coakley FV. Tumor fistulization associated with targeted therapy: computed tomographic findings and clinical consequences. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2011 Jan-Feb; 35(1):86-90.
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3. Friedlander TW, Weinberg VK, Small EJ, Sharib J, Harzstark AL, Lin AM, Fong L, Ryan CJ. Effect of the somatostatin analog octreotide acetate on circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 and related peptides in patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: results of a phase II study. Urol Oncol. 2012 Jul-Aug; 30(4):408-14.
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4. Fong L, Kwek SS, O'Brien S, Kavanagh B, McNeel DG, Weinberg V, Lin AM, Rosenberg J, Ryan CJ, Rini BI, Small EJ. Potentiating endogenous antitumor immunity to prostate cancer through combination immunotherapy with CTLA4 blockade and GM-CSF. Cancer Res. 2009 Jan 15; 69(2):609-15.
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5. Lin AM, Small EJ. Prostate cancer update: 2007. Curr Opin Oncol. 2008 May; 20(3):294-9.
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6. Lin AM, Small EJ. Management of hormone refractory prostate cancer. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2007 Oct; 1(3):187-91.
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7. Lin AM, Rini BI, Derynck MK, Weinberg V, Park M, Ryan CJ, Rosenberg JE, Bubley G, Small EJ. A phase I trial of docetaxel/estramustine/imatinib in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2007 Jun; 5(5):323-8.
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8. Lin AM, Small EJ. Prostate cancer update: 2006. Curr Opin Oncol. 2007 May; 19(3):229-33.
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9. Lin AM, Ryan CJ, Small EJ. Intermittent chemotherapy for metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2007 Mar; 61(3):243-54.
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10. Lin AM, Rini BI, Weinberg V, Fong K, Ryan CJ, Rosenberg JE, Fong L, Small EJ. A phase II trial of imatinib mesylate in patients with biochemical relapse of prostate cancer after definitive local therapy. BJU Int. 2006 Oct; 98(4):763-9.
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11. Lin AM, Hershberg RM, Small EJ. Immunotherapy for prostate cancer using prostatic acid phosphatase loaded antigen presenting cells. Urol Oncol. 2006 Sep-Oct; 24(5):434-41.
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12. Lin AM, Rini BI, Small EJ. Clinical trials in patients with biochemically relapsed prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2006 May; 97(5):905-10.
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13. Ryan CJ, Lin AM, Small EJ. Angiogenesis inhibition plus chemotherapy for metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer: history and rationale. Urol Oncol. 2006 May-Jun; 24(3):250-3.
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