Brian Greffe, MD
Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics-Heme/Onc and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, H.O.P.E. Clinic

Recognition & Awards

• Top Doctor in Denver, 5280 Magazine (2011)
  Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
• Children's Choice Award Recipient, TCH (1992)
  
• Outstanding Young Coloradoan, Cherry Creek Jaycees (1988)
  
• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Colorado (1978)
  

Teaching

Publications

• Han DS, Chalmers DJ, Greffe B, Garrington T, Partrick D, Lovell M, Schneider KW, Cost NG. A Cystic Renal Mass in the Setting of a Pneumothorax: More Than Meets the Eye?. Urology. 2021 Aug;154:275-277. PubMed PMID: 33571543
• Bodlak A, Chang K, Channel J, Treece AL, Donaldson N, Cost CR, Garrington TP, Greffe B, Luna-Fineman S, Sopfe J, Loeb DM, Hayashi M. Circulating Plasma Tumor DNA Is Superior to Plasma Tumor RNA Detection in Ewing Sarcoma Patients: ptDNA and ptRNA in Ewing Sarcoma. J Mol Diagn. 2021 Jul;23(7):872-881. PubMed PMID: 33887462
• Sopfe J, Greffe B, Treece AL. Metastatic NUT Midline Carcinoma Treated With Aggressive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Radiation, and Resection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Jan;43(1):e73-e75. PubMed PMID: 32555032
• Sopfe J, Greffe B, Treece AL. Metastatic NUT Midline Carcinoma Treated With Aggressive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Radiation, and Resection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32555032
• Moreira DC, Macy ME, Cost CR, Greffe BS, Garrington TP. Central Nervous System Involvement of Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Single Institution Experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019 Mar;41(2):152-154. PubMed PMID: 29668538
• Stokes W, Amini A, Maroni PD, Kessler ER, Stokes C, Cost CR, Greffe BS, Garrington TP, Liu AK, Cost NG. Patterns of care and survival outcomes for adolescent and young adult patients with testicular seminoma in the United States: A National Cancer Database analysis. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Aug;13(4):386.e1-386.e7. PubMed PMID: 28153774
• Carrasco A Jr, Caldwell BT, Cost CR, Greffe BS, Garrington TP, Bruny JL, Black JO, Cost NG. Reliability of intraoperative frozen section for the diagnosis of renal tumors suspicious for malignancy in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Aug;64(8). PubMed PMID: 28097784
• Amini A, Waxweiler TV, Maroni PD, Kessler ER, Cost CR, Greffe BS, Garrington TP, Liu AK, Cost NG. Survival outcomes of adolescent and adult patients with non-seminomatous testicular germ-cell tumors: A population-based study. J Pediatr Urol. 2016 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27544905
• Amini A, Murphy B, Cost CR, Garrington TP, Greffe BS, Liu AK. Cardiac Mortality in Children and Adolescents with Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Analysis. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2016 Jun;5(2):181-6. PubMed PMID: 26959398
• Overholser LS, Moss KM, Kilbourn K, Risendal B, Jones AF, Greffe BS, Garrington T, Leonardi-Warren K, Yamashita TE, Kutner JS. Development of a Primary Care-Based Clinic to Support Adults With a History of Childhood Cancer: The Tactic Clinic. J Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Sep-Oct;30(5):724-31. PubMed PMID: 26278341
• Waxweiler TV, Rusthoven CG, Proper MS, Cost CR, Cost NG, Donaldson N, Garrington T, Greffe BS, Heare T, Macy ME, Liu AK. Non-Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Children: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis Validating COG Risk Stratifications. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Jun 1;92(2):339-48. PubMed PMID: 25968827

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Hematology , Member
• American Society of Clinical Oncology , Member
• Children's Cancer Group/ Children’s Oncology Group, Full Member
• International Society of Pediatric Oncology , Member