Christine Walko, Pharm. D., BCOP, FCCP, GRACE Faculty

Christine Walko, Pharm. D., BCOP, FCCP, Research Scientist, Personalized Medicine Specialist
DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa
FL
Specialties
Personalized Medicine

Christine M. Walko, Pharm.D., BCOP, FCCP is a Personalized Medicine Specialist at the DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine Institute at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and is also Associate Professor at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. She is also the Chair of the Clinical Genomics Action Committee (CGAC) and an Attending on the Personalized Medicine Clinical Service at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Walko received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia. She also completed a Hematology/Oncology specialty residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals and Clinics and a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a board-certified oncology pharmacist.

She has researched and published extensively in oncology therapy and has presented nationally and internationally on oncology, pharmacogenomics, and molecular tumor boards.

Conflict of Interest

None

  1. Christine M. Walko, Pharm.D., discusses how advancements in technology have improved the quality, cost and turnaround time for assessing genetic mutations in tumor tissue, and how this has helped to translate precision medicine into standard clinical practice.

Forum Discussions

Original post date: 2022-10-13

There is not a ton of info available for Cholangiocarcinoma, so seeing information come up with new developments is always exciting.  In this video, Rachna Shroff MD, chief of Gastrointestinal Medical

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Original post date: 2022-02-21

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Original post date: 2022-02-04

Keep your eye out for new Head and Neck information soon! 

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Original post date: 2022-02-01

Gallbladder Cancer is a rare disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the gallbladder.  Bile duct cancer or cholangiocarcinoma is a rare disease in which malignant cells form in the

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Comments

Post Date: 2023-02-07

I agree that not all docs are good communicators! Remember they are people just like us, filling a

Post Date: 2023-01-26

Our friend and past participant Melinda Bachini shared with us some information on her clinical

Post Date: 2023-01-18
Original Post: Very serious question

Hi TonyTone - 

A bit of info here also -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20189438/

Take Care

Post Date: 2022-12-02
Original Post: One Year Post

It is so good to hear from you, and my sentiments are the same as Janine's.  You are definitely why

Post Date: 2022-04-12

You may find our clinical trial page helpful, also.  https://cancergrace.org/find-clinical-trials.