Balazs Halmos

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Balazs Halmos, MD, MS

Medical Oncology

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  • Director, Thoracic Oncology
  • Director, Clinical Cancer Genomics

Montefiore Medical Park at Eastchester
1695 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461-2374
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Balazs Halmos, MD received his medical degree summa cum laude from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed an internal medicine residency program at St.Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital/Columbia University in New York City followed by a hematology/oncology fellowship program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massaschuestts.

While in Dr. Halmos, also obtained an MS degree in Clinical Sciences from Harvard Medical School. Since completion of his fellowship, he has been a faculty member at Harvard, Case Western Reserve University and most recently an Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. There he served as Director of Thoracic Oncology from 2009-2014 and was also Chair of the Cancer IRB.

Dr. Halmos also oversees the thoracic clinical trials program of novel clinical studies at the Montefiore Albert Einstein Cancer Center and is spearheading the effort to develop a molecular testing paradigm for cancer patients managed within the Montefiore to facilitate a personalized cancer medicine approach throughout the health system.

He is the recipient of multiple awards from prestigious organizations such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research and the American Cancer Society, where he also serves as a permanent review board member.

Gender: Male

Credentials

Titles and Positions

  • Director, Thoracic Oncology
  • Director, Clinical Cancer Genomics

Education and Training

  • Fellowship  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Residency  St Lukes-Roosevelt Hosp Ctr

Areas of Expertise

Specialties

  • Medical Oncology
  • Lung Cancer
  • Mesothelioma
  • Thymoma
  • Oncology
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Cancer

Clinical Focus

Dr. Halmos is a thoracic medical oncologist focused on the management of patients with malignancies of the thoracic cavity, such as lung and gastroesophageal cancers as well as thymoma. He also oversees the thoracic clinical trials program of novel clinical studies at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center and is spearheading the effort to develop a molecular testing paradigm for cancer patients managed within the Montefiore Health System to facilitate a personalized cancer medicine approach throughout the health system.

Research Focus

Dr. Halmos’ research interests encompass clinical studies of experimental therapeutics, in particular studies of targeted agents for the treatment of thoracic malignancies as well as translational studies focused on different aspects of lung cancer biology, such as oncogenic tyrosine kinase targeting, resistance to chemotherapy, radiation and targeted therapeutics.

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