Dr. F. Anthony Greco, M.D.- F. Anthony Greco, M.D. received both his undergraduate and medical degree from West Virginia University. Following his internship and residency at UCLA and WVU Medical Centers, he was a medical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute. He then spent 17 years on the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. From 1978-1988, Dr. Greco was Director of Medical Oncology and attained the rank of Professor of Medicine. From 1982-1988, Dr. Greco served as Director of the Vanderbilt Cancer Research and Treatment Center. He is currently the Medical Director of The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center in Nashville, TN. Dr. Greco’s major interest has been clinical cancer research. He has developed or helped develop new and improved therapies for patients with several types of neoplastic diseases, including ovarian cancer, germ-cell tumors, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and others. Cancer of unknown primary site has been his main interest for three decades. He has helped recognize several clinicopathologic subsets of more treatable patients, and helped develop several new therapeutic regimens for these and other patients with unfavorable prognostic features. Recently, he has helped to develop and validate a molecular classification which appears to provide a more precise diagnosis and therapy for many of these patients.

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