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: 2023-08-12

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Last Activity: Sat, 08/12/2023 - 07:47
Original post date: 2023-06-19

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I am Denise Brock - the Operations Director for GRACE, the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education.  I began working with Jack West in 2009, 1 year after my best friend was

Last Activity: Tue, 07/18/2023 - 14:24
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

Last Activity: Thu, 10/13/2022 - 17:04
Original post date: 2022-02-21

Hi all -- share your cancer journey here and connect with others.  Cancer.gov has a good general description of Cholangiocarcinoma.  This rare disease has support information and programs that can be

Last Activity: Mon, 02/21/2022 - 11:15
Original post date: 2022-02-04

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

Last Activity: Sat, 02/05/2022 - 12:12

Comments

Post Date: 2023-07-24
Original Post: Jim's caregiver story

I had a very wonderful conversation with a fantastic person, Tom Murphy, after he had started Barb's

Post Date: 2023-07-17
Original Post: Denise's Story

Janine -- I know how my world felt, but how is your world different?  - thankfully your husband is

Post Date: 2023-06-23

Thank you Janine for mentioning the program!  I wanted to make the point that this program offers a

Post Date: 2023-06-20
Original Post: Denise's Story
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So Melissa and I met through our husbands -- college friends. We clicked immediately -- my sister. 

Post Date: 2023-06-14

Hi Berta, I agree with Janine that the gynecologist should be able to share some real patient