Angela Babbo, M.D
Business Address
251 E. Huron, Galter LC-178
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact Information
angelababbo@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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2006-2010
Radiation Oncology Residency, Chief Resident; PGY5. Anticipated graduation: June 2010.
Technical experience: 3D-CRT, IMRT; Picker VoxelQ, ADAC, Gamma Knife.
Brachytherapy: Prostate LDR, Gyne HDR and LDR, Mammosite, Lung mesh and Sarcoma brachytherapy, Therasphere.
One month brachytherapy externship to be done at Brigham and Womens’ Hospital, Boston, MA (February 2010)
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Chicago, IL
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2005-2006
Post-doctoral fellowship. Translational research in Radiation Oncology and Nanotechnology.
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL
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2004-2005
Internal Medicine PGY-1 Preliminary Year.
Technical experience: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Endocrinology, Emergency Medicine.
Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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2000-2004
Doctor of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1994-1999
BS Degree in Biology and History.
RESEARCH
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
 Laboratory of Dr. Gayle Woloschak. Work with radiation inducible TiO2-DNA nanocomposites.
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2004-present
Techniques: cloning, autoradiography, cDNA libraries, gene promoter investigation using fluorescent protein
reporter genes, SDS-PAGE, gene sequencing, western blot, southern blot, cell/tissue culture, ELISA, COMET assay.
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chicago, IL
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2003–2004
Clinical research on locally advanced breast cancer and patient quality of life following prostate cancer brachytherapy.
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL
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2002-2003
Clinical breast cancer research with Dr. Atul Madan.
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chicago, IL
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2001
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery.
Techniques: histologic evaluation of elbow capsule specimen with bright-field, polarizing microscopy and IHC staining.
Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
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1999-2001
Pediatric oncology research looking at various inhibitors of angiogenesis.
Techniques: cell and tissue culture, DNA blotting, and PCR experiments, among other laboratory techniques.
University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, Department of Molecular Genetics, Chicago, IL
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1997-1999
Basic science research investigating the ability of various oncogenes to regulate DNA double-strand break-induced
homologous recombination and cell sensitivity to ionizing radiation.
Techniques: western blot, northern blot, southern blot, lab animal care, cell culture, ELISA, PCR, cDNA library.
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Chicago, IL
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1996-1997
Atherosclerosis research preparing slides, performing immunohistochemical experiments, and lab animal dissection.
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Department of Bioengineering, Chicago, IL
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1996-1997
Assisted in writing of grant proposals for research on acute phase proteins and cryopreservation of skin graft tissues.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Clinical Didactics Instructor, Northwestern University School of Radiation Therapy
2006-Present
PUBLICATIONS, ABSTRACTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
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Babbo, A. Kalapurakal, T. Garnett, K. Sathiasellan, V.Kalapurakal, J. Development of pituitary apoplexy following leuprolide injection for treatment
of prostatic adenocarcinoma. Being submitted to Images in Urology 10/09.
Babbo, A., The Use of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) Protein in Radiation-Mediated Cleavage of Oligonucleotides by Titanium DioxideDNA Nanocomposites In Vitro. Presented at the 12th Annual International Alexandria Clinical Oncology Conference, in Alexandria, Egypt, Jan 2009.
Babbo, A. Chokshi, M. Mittal, B. Effectiveness of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Patients with Cutaneous T- and B-cell Lymphomas. IRBapproved chart review, 8/28/08-4/1/09. Abstract accepted for 2009 annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting.
Szolc, B. Paunesku1, T. Lu, J. Cruz, C. Babbo, A. Haley, B. Wanzer, B. Flores, L. Jakubczak1, D. Mishra, M. Templeton,
I. Pearlman, A. Bigio, E. Hlatky, L. Woloschak, G. Perturbations in protein expression, apoptosis and cell cycle in the immune tissues of wasted mice
before and after γ-irradiation. Manuscript submitted to the International Journal of Radiation Biology in December 2008.
Wu, A. Paunesku, T. Brown, E. Babbo, A. Cruz, C. Aslam, M. Dravid, V. Woloschak, G. Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles assembled by DNA
molecules hybridization and loading of DNA interacting proteins. NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews. Vol.3, No.1 (2008) 27-36.
Sejpal, S. Koneru, N. Babbo, A. Cruz, C. Paunesku, T. Woloschak, G. Increased expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in
irradiated PC12 cells with overexpressed heterogeneous ribonuclear protein K (hnRNP K). Abstract presented at the annual ASTRO meeting in 11/
2006.
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Babbo, A. Paunesku, T. Link, J. Cruz, C. Wong, Y. Woloschak, G. The Role of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) Protein in RadiationMediated Cleavage of Oligonucleotides by Titanium Dioxide - DNA Nanocomposites In Vitro. Abstract presented at ASTRO Translational Research
Symposium in Boston in 9/2006, also presented at ASTRO annual meeting in 11/2006.
Madan AK. Sapozhnik J. Babbo A.M. Beech DJ. Clinical versus pathologic assessment of pre-operative breast cancer size. Archives of Surgerysubmitted for publication November 2006.
Babbo, A., Intracellular localization and radiation induced cleavage of titanium dioxide DNA nanocomposites. Presented at the International Institute
for Nanotechnology in April 2006.
Babbo A., Paunesku T, Link J, Woloschak G. The role of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) protein in radiation-mediated cleavage of
oligonucleotides by titanium dioxide-DNA nanaocomposites. Presented at the International Radiation Oncology Translational Research Conference in
Lugano, Switzerland, March 2006.
Paunesku, T. Flores, L. Protic, M. Cruz, C. Petrikas, J. Shivnani, A. Babbo, A. Hlatky, L. Woloschak, G. In vivo and in vitro activity of mutant
PCNA promoter from radiation sensitive wasted mice. Abstract presented at the 2005 annual Radiation Research Society meeting.
Petrikas, J. Shivnani, A. Cruz, C. Babbo, A. Paunesku, T. Woloschak, G. Differential response to irradiation of wild-type proliferating cell nuclear
antigen (PCNA) promoter and mutant PCNA promoter from radiation sensitive wasted (wst) mice. Abstract presented at 2005 annual Radiation
Research Society meeting.
Khan A. Dickler A. Marcus E. Coon J. Ali A. Babbo A. Gupta-Burt S. Clinical outcome correlation of positron emission tomography (PET) in patients
with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) treated with neoadjuvant doxorubicin and docetaxel. Abstract presented at the annual American Society for
Therapuetic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, October 2003.
Madan AK. Sapozhnik J. Babbo A.M. Posner M. Beech DJ. Education of medical students in clinical breast examination during surgical clerkship.
American Journal of Surgery; 184(6):637-640; discussion 641, 2002 Dec.
Huang D. Rutkowski JL. Brodeur GM. Chou PM. Kwiatkowski JL. Babbo A. Cohn SL. Schwann cell-conditioned medium inhibits angiogenesis in
vitro and in vivo. Medical & Pediatric Oncology; 35(6):590-2, 2000 Dec.
Huang D. Rutkowski JL. Brodeur GM. Chou PM. Kwiatkowski JL. Babbo A. Cohn SL. Schwann cell-conditioned medium inhibits angiogenesis.
Cancer Research. 60(21):5966-71, 2000 Nov 1.
Li W. Hesabi B. Babbo A. Pacione C. Liu J. Chen DJ. Nickoloff JA. Shen Z. Regulation of double-strand break-induced mammalian homologous
recombination by UBL1, a RAD51-interacting protein. Nucleic Acids Research. 28(5):1145-53, 2000 Mar 1.
Babbo, A. Regulation of the self-association of RAD 52 by UBC9 protein in a yeast three-hybrid system. Presented at the Midwest Regional
Conference of the National Biological Honor Society, April 1999.
HONORS/AWARDS
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Residency: Cancer Education Consortium Molecular and Translational Oncology Research Workshop Travel Award, ASTRO Translational
Research Symposium Travel Grant, Goldberg Research Award.
Medical School: Rush University Scholarship, McGaw Scholarship, Raymond Morris Endowment Scholarship. Basic Laparoscopic Skills
Certification.
Clinical Rotation Honors: Radiation Oncology, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Subinternship, Urology, Radiology, Psychiatry.
Undergraduate: American Cancer Federation Scholarship Award, National Biological Honor Society research grant recipient, Chancellor’s Student
Service Award, President of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology,
American Brachytherapy Society, American Medical Association, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America,
Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology, Physicians for Human Rights.