Alexander Craig, MD, MPhil
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Society of '67 Scholar, Association of Pathology Chairs, 2020
• Jayne M. Perkins Memorial Scholarship, Jayne M. Perkins Memorial Scholarship Program, 2020
• Physician Scientist Career Development Award, American Society of Hematology, 2019
• UCSF School of Medicine Research Grant, UCSF School of Medicine, 2017
• Abstract Award - 'Methods of circulating tumor DNA quantification in plasma', American Society of Hematology, 2016

Education & Training

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• Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical University of California, San Francisco 06/2025
• MD Medicine University of California, San Francisco 06/2021
• MPhil Classics University of Cambridge 07/2013
• AB Classics Princeton University 06/2012

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycLiquid BiopsyGene RearrangementSuicide, AssistedProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2PhysiciansPractice Guidelines as TopicCirculating Tumor DNATerminal CareAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisHerpesvirus 4, HumanTerminally IllLymphoma, B-CellLymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse

• A phase 1/2 study of lenalidomide and obinutuzumab with CHOP for newly diagnosed DLBCL.
  Blood advances 2023 Cherng HJ, Alig SK, Oki Y, Nastoupil LJ, Fayad L, Neelapu SS, Turturro F, Hagemeister F, Craig AFM, Macaulay CW, Rodriguez MA, Lee HJ, McDonnell TJ, Flowers CR, Vega F, Green MR, Feng L, Kurtz DM, …
• Determinants of resistance to engineered T cell therapies targeting CD19 in large B cell lymphomas.
  Cancer cell 2022 Sworder BJ, Kurtz DM, Alig SK, Frank MJ, Shukla N, Garofalo A, Macaulay CW, Shahrokh Esfahani M, Olsen MN, Hamilton J, Hosoya H, Hamilton M, Spiegel JY, Baird JH, Sugio T, Carleton M, Craig AFM, …
• EBV-positive high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL6 rearrangements.
  Blood 2022 Craig A, Wen KW
• Enhanced detection of minimal residual disease by targeted sequencing of phased variants in circulating tumor DNA.
  Nature biotechnology 2021 Kurtz DM, Soo J, Co Ting Keh L, Alig S, Chabon JJ, Sworder BJ, Schultz A, Jin MC, Scherer F, Garofalo A, Macaulay CW, Hamilton EG, Chen B, Olsen M, Schroers-Martin JG, Craig AFM, Moding EJ, Esfahani …
• Short Diagnosis-to-Treatment Interval Is Associated With Higher Circulating Tumor DNA Levels in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021 Alig S, Macaulay CW, Kurtz DM, Dührsen U, Hüttmann A, Schmitz C, Jin MC, Sworder BJ, Garofalo A, Shahrokh Esfahani M, Nabet BY, Soo J, Scherer F, Craig AFM, Casasnovas O, Westin JR, Gaidano G, Rossi D…

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• Liquid biopsy in lymphoma: Molecular methods and clinical applications.
  Cancer treatment reviews 2020 Cirillo M, Craig AFM, Borchmann S, Kurtz DM
• Reply to J. Wang et al.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2019 Kurtz DM, Scherer F, Jin MC, Soo J, Craig AFM, Esfahani MS, Chabon JJ, Stehr H, Liu CL, Tibshirani R, Maeda LS, Gupta NK, Khodadoust MS, Advani RH, Newman AM, Dührsen U, Hüttmann A, Meignan M, …
• Response to "Added Points of Concern About Caring for Dying Patients".
  AMA journal of ethics 2018 Craig A, Dzeng E
• Circulating Tumor DNA Measurements As Early Outcome Predictors in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2018 Kurtz DM, Scherer F, Jin MC, Soo J, Craig AFM, Esfahani MS, Chabon JJ, Stehr H, Liu CL, Tibshirani R, Maeda LS, Gupta NK, Khodadoust MS, Advani RH, Levy R, Newman AM, Dührsen U, Hüttmann A, Meignan M,…
• How Should Physicians Care for Dying Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?
  AMA journal of ethics 2018 Craig A, Dzeng E
• Distinct biological subtypes and patterns of genome evolution in lymphoma revealed by circulating tumor DNA.
  Science translational medicine 2016 Scherer F, Kurtz DM, Newman AM, Stehr H, Craig AF, Esfahani MS, Lovejoy AF, Chabon JJ, Klass DM, Liu CL, Zhou L, Glover C, Visser BC, Poultsides GA, Advani RH, Maeda LS, Gupta NK, Levy R, Ohgami RS, …
• Baseline physical performance, health, and functioning of participants in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) trial.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2011 Kaysen GA, Larive B, Painter P, Craig A, Lindsay RM, Rocco MV, Daugirdas JT, Schulman G, Chertow GM, FHN Trial Group