{{short description|Professor of medicine}} '''Keith Flaherty''' is Director of Clinical Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.<ref>[http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/doctors/doctor.aspx?ID=18371 Keith T. Flaherty, MD - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA]</ref> He was previously a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is known for his research on targeted therapies for cancer, and in particular for his work on the melanoma drug vemurafenib.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/health/research/22trial.html?em Target Cancer - A Roller Coaster Chase for a Cure - Series - NYTimes.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/health/research/23trial.html?hp Target Cancer - After Long Fight, Melanoma Drug Gives Sudden Reprieve - Series - NYTimes.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/health/research/24trial.html?hpw Target Cancer - A Drug Trial Cycle - Recovery, Relapse, Reinvention - Series - NYTimes.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1002011 Inhibition of Mutated, Activated BRAF in Metastatic Melanoma — NEJM]</ref> In 2013, Massachusetts General Hospital partnered with AstraZeneca to partner Flaherty's research into developing a formula to identify vulnerabilities of tumors with AstraZeneca's library of drugs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/05/19/for-cancer-patients-better-match-with-treatments/XNn4LlLGy8K3pArkjezMrM/story.html | title=MGH, AstraZeneca partner to create new drug combos | work=Boston Globe | date=19 May 2013 | accessdate=30 January 2015 | author=Weintraub, Karen | archive-date=8 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408001649/http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/05/19/for-cancer-patients-better-match-with-treatments/XNn4LlLGy8K3pArkjezMrM/story.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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