Robert Howe, M.D.

Undergraduate: Union College, B.S. Medical School: Harvard Medical School, M.D. Residency: University of Minnesota, Internal Medicine Chief Residency: University of Minnesota, Internal Medicine Fellowship: U.S. Public Health Service, Hematology

Robert Howe, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine

Biography
Dr. Howe is Board certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and also a Fellow of the American Society of Hematology. Dr. Howe earned his baccalaureate from Union College in New York, and his M.D. degree from Harvard University. He completed his residency fellowship in Hematology and chief residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics. After three years as Assistant Clinical Director of the National Cancer Institute, he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota. From 1986-1992, Dr. Howe was the Division Director for General Internal Medicine. In 1992 he was appointed as Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs and relinquished the position as General Medicine's Director. Dr. Howe served as Interim Division Director of General Internal Medicine from 1998-2001. Dr. Howe's interests include primary care, internal medicine, and hematology.

Honors, Awards, Organizations
American Society of Hematology
American College of Physicians - Fellow
Minnesota Academy of Medicine (President 2001-2002)
Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1968

Recent Publications
1. Howe, RB: Doing more with less, the evolution of physician residency at the University of Minnesota.  Minnesota Physician, Vol XII, 5:42-46, 1998.

2.  Robiner WN, Howe RB, Ziegler R, Erlandson JV: Time to Rethink Accreditation Criteria for Programs that Train Health Professionals.  Academic Medicine, Vol 74, 2:97-100, 1999.

3.  Howe RB, Porwit-MacDonald A, Wanat R, Tehranchi R, Hellstrom-Lindberg E: The WHO Classification  of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Does Make a Difference. Leukemia Res,(Suppl 1) 27: S11, 2003.

4.  Tehranchi R, Fadeel B, Forsblom A-M, Christensson B, Samuelsson J, Howe RB, Zhivotovsky B, Hellstrom-Lindberg E: Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factors and Erythropoietin Treatment in MDS: A Comparison of In-Vitro and In-Vivo Effects on Apoptosis and Clonal Growth. Leukemia Res,(Suppl 1) 27: S71, 2003.

5.  Howe RB, Porwit-MacDonald A, Wanat R, Tehranchi R, Hellstrom-Lindberg E: The WHO Classification  of MDS Does Make a Difference.  Blood, Journal of the American Society of Hematology, Vol 103, 9,:3265-70, 2004

Clinic
Primary Care Center, University of Minnesota
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Contact Info
Professor of Medicine and Hematology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Box 293 Mayo
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
(612) 625-7634