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Terry Fry, MD


Center of Excellence, Departments, and Programs
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Division Chief, Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Division Chief, Immunology

Children’s Research Institute (CRI)
Center for Cancer and Immunology Research
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Specialties: Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Bone Marrow Harvests

Board Certifications American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
National Provider Identifier 1538360185

Practice Locations
Children's National Medical Center - Main Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-476-5000
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Biography
Terry Fry, MD, is chief of the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and acting chief of the Divsion of Immunology. His clinical interests include allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for malignancies.

Aside from seeing patients at Children's National, Dr. Fry is an adjunct scientist for the Pediatric Oncology Branch at the National Cancer Institute, where he studies immunotherapy for pediatric cancer. He is frequently invited to lecture nationally and internationally.

Dr. Fry lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.

Education
TypeSchoolLocationDegreeField of StudyYears
Undergraduate Education Colgate University Hamilton, NYBachelor of Arts 1984 -1988
Medical School Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DCDoctor of Medicine 1988 -1992

Training
TypeInstitutionLocationPositionSpecialtyYears
Internship Program Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DCIntern 1992 - 1993
Residency Program Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DCResident 1993 - 1995
Residency Program Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DCPediatric Residency 1995 - 1996
Fellowship Program Johns Hopkins Hospital, Inc Baltimore, MDFellow 1996 - 1999

National and International Recognition
AwardInstitutionEventYear
Ad Hoc ReviewerNational Institutes of HealthRecombinant DNA Advisory Committee2007
Teaching AwardNational Institutes of Health Postbac IRTA Committee2005

Affiliations and Memberships
TitleInstitutionCommittee / SectionYears
Vice ChairPediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant ConsortiumOncology Strategy Group2009 - 2012
MemberAmerican Society of Hematology1999 - 2009
MemberAmerican Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantat2007 - 2009
MemberAmerican Association of Immunologists2003 - 2009
Member National Cancer InstituteInternal Review Board2005 - 2007

Research
TitleStudy NameInstitutionYears
Principal InvestigatorPre-clinical and clinical investigations into the mechanisms and efficacy of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in the abrogation of graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) and facilitation of graft-vs-tumor (GVT) immunity in pediatric patients.National Institutes of Health2008 - 2009
Principal InvestigatorTargeting solid tumors with dendritic cell vaccines following allogeneic transplantation.Lisa's Heart Foundation2007 - 2008
Principal InvestigatorPre-clinical development of tumor-specific vaccines targeting pediatric ALL following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.Children's Cancer Foundation Grant.2005 - 2008
Read more about the research interests of Terry Fry

Publications
Journal Article, Capitini C.M., Herby S., Milliron M., Anver M.R., Mackall C.L., Fry T.J.. (2009), Bone marrow deficient in IFN-{gamma} signaling selectively reverses GVHD-associated immunosuppression and enhances a tumor-specific GVT effect., Blood, 113, 20 , 5002-5009.

Journal Article, Fry T.J., Shand J.L., Milliron M., Tasian S.K., Mackall C.L. (2009), Antigen loading of DCs with irradiated apoptotic tumor cells induces improved anti-tumor immunity compared to other approaches, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, 58, 8 , 1257-1264.

Journal Article, Dean R.M., Fry T., Mackall C., Steinberg S.M., Hakim F., Fowler D., Odom J., Foley J., Gress R., Bishop M.R. (2008), Association of serum interleukin-7 levels with the development of acute graft-versus-host disease, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26, 35 , 5735-5741.

Journal Article, Sportès C., Hakim F.T., Memon S.A., Zhang H., Chua K.S., Brown M.R., Fleisher T.A., Krumlauf M.C., Babb R.R., Chow C.K., Fry T.J., Engels J., Buffet R., Morre M., Amato R.J., Venzon D.J., Korngold R., (2008), Administration of rhIL-7 in humans increases in vivo TCR repertoire diversity by preferential expansion of naive T cell subsets, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 205, 7 , 1701-1714.

Journal Article, Fry T.J., Lankester A.C. (2008), Cancer immunotherapy: will expanding knowledge lead to success in pediatric oncology?, Pediatric Clinics of North America, 55, 1 , 147-167.

Journal Article, Chung, Y.J., Choi, C.W., Slape, C., Fry, T., Aplan, P.D. (2008), Transplantation of a myelodysplastic syndrome by a long-term repopulating hematopoietic cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105, 37 , 14088-14093.

Journal Article, Snyder K.M., Mackall C.L., Fry T.J. (2006), IL-7 in allogeneic transplant: clinical promise and potential pitfalls, Leukemia Lymphoma, 47, 7 , 1222-1228.

Journal Article, Fry T.J., Mackall C.L. (2005), The many faces of IL-7: from lymphopoiesis to peripheral T cell maintenance, Journal of Immunology, 174, 11 , 6571-6576.

Journal Article, Fry, T.J., Mackall, C.L (2002), IL-7: From bench to clinic, Blood Journal, 99, 3892-3904.

Journal Article, Sinha, M., Fry, T.J., Fowler, D., Miller, G., Mackall, C.L (2002), IL-7 worsens graft versus host disease, Blood Journal, 100, 2642-2649.


For a more comprehensive list of publications for Terry Fry, MD view the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed online database

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