Curtis A. Pettaway MD

Dr Pettaway is Professor of Urology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas. The goal of his prostate related studies is to 1) further define host and molecular markers of cancer progression, and 2) to reduce disparities in prostate cancer outcome among African Americans and the underserved by studying both clinical and biologic correlates of aggressive disease. He is the medical director of the Prostate Outreach Project that has educated and screened over 5,000 men. He directs a National Cancer Institute funded study evaluating the influence of West African Ancestry on the incidence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer among African American and Puerto Rican populations.