Biographical Sketch
James R. Cook, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and is Associate Program Director of the Residency Program in the Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He serves as Medical Director of the Manual Hematology Laboratory and co-Director of the Cell Culture Core Facility for the Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Dr. Cook serves in the Section of Hematopathology, with clinical interests in diagnostic hematopathy and molecular hematopathology. His research interests include diagnostic and prognostic markers in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell disorders, and molecular diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma. He is a member of the Lymphoma Translational Medicine Committee for the Southwest Oncology Group, and he regularly serves as faculty for post-graduate educational courses at national meetings.
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 8/4/2008, Dr.
Cook has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Consulting. Dr. Cook receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
