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EDUCATION  
1968-1970 Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Associate in Liberal Arts

1970-1972 University Of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts B.S. (Zoology)

1972-1976 Bowman Gray School Of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina


POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
1976-1977 Internship - Internal Medicine
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1977-1979 Residency - Internal Medicine
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1982-1984 Fellowship - Hematology/Oncology
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, North Carolina


UNIFORMED SERVICE  
Lt 1979-1982 Public Health Services
Indian Health Services


CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS  
September 1986 -
June 30, 1993
Clinical Assistant Professor Of Medicine
Bowman Gray School Of Medicine

July 1, 1993 - Present Clinical Associate Professor Of
Internal Medicine/Oncology


SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONS  
September 1979 Internal Medicine

SUBSPECIALTY  
September 1985 Board Certified Oncology


EMPLOYMENT
September 1990 - Present Southeastern Medical Oncology Center
203 Cox Boulevard
Goldsboro, NC 27534

June 1, 1993 - Present Principal Investigator, Southeastern
Cancer Control Consortium (CCOP)

July 1984 - August 1990 Goldsboro Medical Specialists, P.A.
201 Cox Boulevard
Goldsboro, NC 27534

July 1979 - June 1982 United States Public Health Service
Indian Health Service, Gallup N.M.
Gallup Indian Health Center


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS  
1980 - Present American College Of Physicians

1984 - Present Piedmont Oncology Association

1985 - Present American Society Clinical Oncology

1988 - Present Academy Of Hospice Physicians

1989 - Present Southern Association For Oncology

1992 - Present Society Of Clinical Oncology Of North Carolina

1988 - Present Cancer And Leukemia Group B (CALGB)

1988 - Present National Surgical Adjuvant Breast And Bowel Project (NSABP)

1988 - Present Southeast Cancer Control Consortium, Inc., CCOP


OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES  
1990 - Present Steering Committee For North Carolina Cancer Pain Control Initiative

1984 - Present American Cancer Society, Wayne County Medical Director

1993 - Present Principal Investigator, Southeast Cancer Control Consortium  

1988 - Present Board Of Directors, Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

1988 - Present

Protocol Review Committee, Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

1992 - Present Society Of Clinical Oncology Of North Carolina

1988 - Present Cancer And Leukemia Group B (CALGB)

  Steering Committee, Rural Health Initiative

1988 - Present

Community Leader For Southeast Cancer
Control Consortium, Inc., CCOP, Goldsboro, NC


COMMITTEES  
June 1995 - June 1998 CALGB:  Member of Executive Committee

June 1, 1993 -  present CALGB:  CCOP Committee

1995 - Present CALGB:  Cancer Control Committee  

June 1998 - present CALGB:  Co-Chair of the Patient Issues Committee

June 1988 - Present

NSABP:  Executive Committee

June 1988 - Present NSABP:  Chairman of the Audit Committee

June 1997 - Present

NSABP:   Colon Committee

June 1988 - Present NSABP:  Steering Committee for STAR
(P-2) Trial

1998 - Present

NSABP:  Chair, Quality Assurance Committee

1988 - Present

NSABP:  Foundation Research Group

1998 - Present

NSABP:  Board of Directors of NSABP Foundation, Inc. (3 year term)


PROTOCOLS CHAIRED  
1998

CALGB: MTA for Mesotheoliomas

1998 Drug Company: Trimetrexate, FU, Leucovorin for Prostate cancer


HONORS / AWARDS  
July 1982

Usphs Medal Of Commendation

2001-2002 Best Doctors 2001-2002 (www.bestdoctors.com)


AUTHOR OF PROTOCOLS  
High Dose 5-Fu For Therapy Of Prostate Cancer

High Dose 5-Fu, Leucovorin For Prostate Cancer

Intraperitoneal 5-Fu With Radiation, Adjuvant Therapy For Colon Cancer


BIBLIOGRAPHY  

Articles:

Atkins  JN, Haponik EF.  Reye’s Syndrome in the Adult Patient.  Am J Med 1979; 67:672-678.

Atkins JN, Maternal Plasma Concentration of Pyridoxal Phosphate During Pregnancy: Adequacy of
Vitamin B-6 Supplementation While On Isoniazide Therapy.  Am Rev Respir Dis 1982;126:714-716.

Muss HB, Capizzi RL, Atkins JN, et al.  Phase I Trial of High-Dose Cytosine Arabinoside (HiDAC) and
HiDAC plus Cisplatin in Patients with Advanced Malignancies.  Semin Oncol 1985;289:110-113.

Atkins JN, Muss HB.  Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia in DiGuglielmo’s Syndrome.  Am J Med Science 1985;289:110-113.

Atkins JN, Muss HB, Capizzi RL, et al.  A Phase I Study of High-Dose Cytoarabine (Ara-C) and Cisplatin in Patients with Advanced Malignancy.  Cancer Treatment Reports 1985;69:897-899.

Jackson DV, Chauvenet AR, Callahan RD, Atkins JN, et al.  Phase II Trial of Vincristine Infusion in Acute Leukemia.  Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1985;14:26-29.

Powell BL, Jackson DV, Scarantino CW, et al.  Sequential Hemibody and Local Irradiation with Combination Chemotherapy for Small Cell Lung Carcinoma:  A Preliminary Analysis.  Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys
1985;11:457-462.

Jackson DJ, Pope EK, McMahan RA, Cooper MR, Atkins JN, et al.  Clinical Trial of Pyridoxine to Reduce Vincristine Neurotoxocity.  Journal of Neuro-Oncology.  1986;4:37-41.

Powell BL, Muss HB, Capizzi RL, Caponera ME, White R, Zekan PJ, Atkins JN et al.  Phase I Study of High Dose Cytosine Arabinoside and Etoposide in Patients with Advanced Malignancies.  Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology.  1987;19:250-252.

Craig JB, Powell BL, Jackson DV, Atkins JN, et al.  Phase II Trial of High-Dose Cytarabine and Cisplatin in Locoregional Previously Untreated Squamous Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Piedmont Oncology Association Study.  Cancer Treatment Reports.  1987; vol 71, no. 2:151-153.

Jackson DV, Wells HB, Atkins JN, et al.  Amelioration of Vincristine Neurotoxicity by Glutamic Acid. 
Am J Med 1988; 84:1016-1022.

White DR, Powell BL, Craig JB, Stuart RG, Schnell FM, Goldklang GA, Atkins JN, et al.  Phase II Trial of High-Dose Cytarabine and Cisplatin in Previously Untreated Non-small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung:  A Piedmont Oncology Association Study.  Cancer 1990; vol 65, no 8:1700.

Atkins JN, Muss HB, Case LD, et al.  Leucovorin and High Dose Fluorouracil in Metastataic Prostate Cancer:  A Phase II Trial of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Am J Clin Oncol 1996;19(1):23-25.

Muss HB, Case LD, Atkins JN, et al.  Tamoxifen versus High Dose Oral Medroxyprogesterone Acetate as Initial Endocrine Therapy for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer:  A Piedmont Oncology Associatiion (POA) Study.  J. Clin Oncol 1994 Aug;12(8):1630-8.

Fisher B, Digham J, Mamounas EP, Constantino JP, Wickerham DL, et al.  Sequential Methotrexate and Fluorouracil for the Treatment of Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients with Estrogen Receptor-Negative Tumors:  Eight-Year Results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-13 and First Report of Findings from NSABP B-19 Comparing Methotrexate and Fluorouracil.  J Clin Oncol 1996 Jul;14(7):1982-92.

Konsler G, Dalton JA, Carlson J, Atkins J.  Cancer Pain Management in North Carolina:  Physician Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior.
NC Med J 1995 June;56(6):289-90.

Fisher B, Dignam J, Wolmark N, DeCillis A, Emir B, Wickerham D, Bryant J, Dimitrove N, Abramson N,
Atkins J, et al.  Tamoxifen and Chemotherapy for Lymph Node Negative, Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer.  J NCI, vol. 89, No. 22, 1997 November 19: 1673-1682.

Schilling A, Conaway M, Wingate P, Atkins J, Berkowitz I, Clamon G, DiFino S, Vinciguerro V.  Recruiting Cancer Patients to Participate in Motivating Their Relatives to Quit Smoking:  A Cancer Control Study of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB 9072).  Cancer Letter 1997.

Wolmark N, Bryant J, Smith R, Grem J, Allegra C, Hyams D, Atkins J, Dimitrov N, Oishi R, Prager D,
Fehrenbacker L, Romond E, Colangelo L, Fisher B.  Adjuvant 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin With or Without Interferon Alpha-2a in Colon Carcinoma:  National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol C-05.
J Natl Cancer Inst 1998;90:1810-6.

Fisher B, Costantino J, Wickerham D, Redmond C, Kavanah M, Cronin W, Vogel V, Robidoux A, Dimitrov N,
Atkins J, Daly M, Wieand S, Tan-Chiu E, Ford L, Wolmark N, et al.  Tamoxifen for the Prevention of Breast Cancer:  Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study. J Natl Cancer Inst 1998;90:1371-88. 

Letters To The Editor:

Atkins JN.  Pregnancy and Hodgkin’s Disease.  Ann Intern Med 1982;96:531-532.

Atkins JN.  Granulocyte Transfusion.  Ann Intern Med 1983;98:114.

Atkins JN.  Flourouracil and the Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia Syndrome.  Ann Intern Med 1985;102:419.

Atkins JN.  Subcutaneous Morphine for Pain Control.  Palliative Medicine 1993;7(1):77.

Atkins JN.  Magic Lessons. . .  South Med J 1992;85:1153.

Atkins JN.  The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial:  A Correction.  JAMA 1994 November;272(17):1328.

Abstracts:

Atkins JN, Muss HB, Powell B, et al.  A Phase I Study of High-Dose Ara-C (HiDAC) and  Cisplatin.  Proc ACSO, p29,c-107, 1985.

Atkins J, Muss H, Capizzi R, et al.  A Phase I Study of High Dose Ara-C (HiDAC) in Patients with Solid Tumors.  Proc ASCO, p42,c-165, 1984.

Capizzi RL, Cooper MR, Pool M, et al.  Comparison of Total Dose (36g/m2 vs 24g/m2 and Dosing Interval (q6h vs q12h) of Ara-C with Sequential Asparaginase for Remission Induction in Previously Untreated Patients with ANLL.  Proc ASCO, p176,c-685,  1983.

Craig J, Jackson D, Moody D, et al.  Prospective Evaluation of changes in Computerized Cranial Tomography (CCT) in Patients with Small Cell Carcinoma (SCLC) Treated with Chemotherapy and Cranial Irradiation. 
Proc ACSO, p224,c-875,  1984.

Muss HB, Capizzi RL, Atkins JN et al.  A Phase I  Dose-schedule Study of High-Dose Ara-C (HiDAC). 
Proc ACSO, p29, c-108,  1985.

Muss H, Cooper R, Ferree C, et al.  Long-Term Follow-Up of L-Pam and CMF With and Without Radiation Therapy as Adjuvant Treatment for Stage II Breast Carcinoma.  Proc ASCO, p117,c-457,  1984.

Powell B, Jackson D, Scarantino C, et al.  Integration of Sequential Hemibody Radiation (SHB) into Conventional Chemotherapy-Local Radiation for Small Cell Lung Cancer.  Proc ASCO, p224,c-874,  1984.

Jackson DV, Case LD, White DR, et al.  Preliminary Trial of Pyridoxine to Reduce Vincristine Neurotoxicity.
Clinical Research, 32;5:854A,  1984.

Craig J, Jackson D, Case D, et al.  Timed Sequential Five Drug Combination Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Stage III-IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.  Proceedings of the International Conference Head and Neck Cancer.  1:253,  1984.

Jackson DV, Sterchi JM, Morris DS, Long TR, Atkins JN, et al.  Continuous Intravenous Infusion of Vinca Alkaloids using a Subcutaneously Implanted Pump.  Clinical Research, 1984.

Craig J, Jackson D, Moody D, et al.  Prospective Evaluation of Changes in Computerized Cranial Tomography (CCT) in Patients with Small Cell Carcinoma (SCLC) Treated with Chemotherapy and Cranial Irradiation.
Proc ASCO 1984; 224:875.

Powell B, Capizzi R, Craig J, et al.  Therapeutic Index of High or Low Dose Ara-C (HgDAC or LoDAC) Induction Therapy for Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia in Patients > Age 60.  Proc AACR, 4:177,  1985.

Beck J, Richards F, Rosenoff S, McCulloch J, Bradoff J, Atkins J, et al.  Cis Platinum and 5-Flourouracil as Combination Chemotherapy for Advanced Colorectal Cancer.  Proc ASCO 5:86,  1986.

Powell B, Capizzi R, Muss H, et al.  Low Dose Ara-C (LoDAC) Treatment of Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia (ANLL) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).  Proc ASCO, 5:166,  1986.

Jackson DV, Wells HB, Atkins JN et al.  Amelioration of Vincristine-Induced Neurotoxicity by Glutamic Acid:
Results of a Randomized Study of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc AARC,  1987.

White DR, Powell BL, Muss HB, Spurr CL, et al.  High Dose Cytosine Arabinoside (HiDAC) and Cisplatin
(CDDP) as First-Line Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:  A Phase II Trial of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc ASCO, 6:668,  1987.

Jackson D, Cruz J, White D, Muss H, Atkins J, et al.  Cisplatinum in Extensive Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC):  A Randomized Trial by the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc ASCO,  1989.

Richards F, Muss H, Jackson D, Zekan P, Cooper R, Cruz J, Atkins J, et al.  Etoposide, Cisplatin and Vincristine in Recurrent Stage II or Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:  A Phase II Trial of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc AARC,  1989.

Richards F, Capizzi RL, Muss H, Cruz J, Powell B, White D, Jackson D, Atkins J, et al.  5-Flourouracil, High-Dose Folinic Acid, and Methotrexate for Advanced Colorectal Cancer:  A Phase II Trial of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc ASCO, 1989.

Muss H, Case LD, Fussell R, Atkins J, et al.  Tamoxifen Versus High-Dose Oral Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
(MPA) as First Line Endocrine Therapy (RX) for Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC):  A Randomized Trial of the Piedmont Oncology Association.  Proc ASCO,  1991.

White DR, Jackson DV, Russell GB, Muss HB, Loomer L, Atkins J, et al.  A Phase II Trial of Combination Vincristine (VCR) Infusion and High Dose Etoposide (VP-16) for Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.
Proc ASCO,  1991.

Richards F, Muss H, Jackson D, Atkins J, et al.  Combination of Vincristine (VCR) with High Dose Etoposide
(VP-16) in Untreated Extensive Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).   A Phase II Dose Escalation Study of the Piedmont Oncology Association and the Southeast Cancer Control Consortium.  Proc ASCO,  1992.

Mamounas E, Brown A, Fisher B, Wickerham DL,  Sidhom M, Atkins J, et al.  3-Hour High-Dose Taxol Infusion in Advanced Breast Cancer:  An NSABP Phase II Study.  Proc ASCO,  1995.

Fisher B, Dignam J, DeCillis A, Wickerham D, Wolmark N, Emir B, Dimitrov N, Abramson N, Atkins J, et al.
The Worth of Chemotherapy and Tamoxifen (TAM) over TAM Alone in Node-Negative Patients with Estrogen-Receptor (ER) Positive Invasive Breast Cancer (BC):  First Results from NSABP B-20.  Proc ASCO,  1997.

Perry M, Ihde D, Herndon J, Atkins J, Pillemer E, Chahinian A, Green M.  Paclitaxel/Ifosfamide Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).  Proc ASCO,  1997.

Ihde D, Perry M, Herndon J, Atkins J, Pillemer E, Chahinian A, Green M.  Vinorelbine/Ifosfamide Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.  Proc ASCO, 1997.

Manmounas E, Brown A, Smith R, Lomborsky B, Fisher B, Wickerham DL, Wolmark N, Atkins J, Shibata H, Baez L, DeFusco P, Davila E, Thirlwell M, Bearden J, Tipping S, Scholnik A, NSABP Operations and Biostatistical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.  Effect of Taxol Duration of Infusion in Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC):  Results from NSABP B-26 Trial Comparing 3 to 24-hour Infusion of High-Dose Taxol.  Proc ASCO, Los Angeles, CA, May 1998.

Wolmark N, Bryant J, Hyams DM, Grem J, Atkins J, Dimitrov N, Fisher B, Oishi R, Prager D, Fehrenbacher L, Romond E, Colangelo L, NSABP Operations and Biostatistical Center, Pittsburg, PA.  The Relative Efficacy of

5-FU + Leucovorin (FU-LV) and 5-FU-LV + Interferon Alfa-2a (IFN) in Patients with Duke’s B and C Carcinoma of the Colon:  First Report of NSABP C-05.  Proc ASCO, Los Angeles, CA, May 1998.

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