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Specialty:
Medical Oncology and Hematology

Professional Education and History:
Dr. Longe attended the Medical School at the College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, in Nigeria where he graduated with high honors and was awarded Best Student in Pediatrics, Hematology & OB/GYN.

Dr. Longe completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Woodhull Hospital Program, in Brooklyn, NY. He was Assistant Chief Resident in his final year of training.

Dr. Longe practiced internal medicine for nine years including many years as the attending physician for the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, winning awards for his public service. Developing a passion for research and a desire to help cancer patients, Dr. Longe returned to academia to become a specialist in Hematology and Oncology.

He then completed his fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Boston University School of Medicine & Boston University Medical Center. Passionate about research,  Dr. Longe completed the coursework for a Master of Arts in Clinical Investigation at Boston University School of Graduate Medical Sciences. He will defend his thesis in 2010.

Dr. Longe  was a clinical instuctor at Harvard Medical School where he taught third year medical students in an office setting from 1998 until 2005. He also held an academic appointment at Boston College.

Publications and Abstracts:
Longe, H. O., P. B. Romesser, A. M. Rankin, D. V. Faller, M. S. Eller, B. A. Gilchrest and G. V. Denis (2008). Telomere homolog oligonucleotides induce apoptosis in malignant but not in normal lymphoid cells: Mechanism and therapeutic potential. Int. J. Cancer., in press

Harold Longe, Douglas V. Faller, and Gerald V. Denis
Telomere-Based Pre-Clinical Therapy in a Murine Model of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Diffuse Large B Cell (DLCL)Type. 
Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts), Nov 2005; 106: 607.

Certification:
Dr. Longe is board certified in Internal Medicine and Oncology. He is Board Certified in Hematology.

Honors & Memberships:
Member, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine 
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member , American Society of Hematology
Member,  Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas

Personal:
Dr. Longe and his wife have three children. He is an avid soccer, Colts, and baseball fan.