Matthew H Kulke, MD
Zoltan Kohn Professor, Medicine

Biography
Matthew Kulke MD is the Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Co-Director of the BU/BMC Cancer Center and Zoltan Kohn Professor at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Kulke is an internationally recognized for his work in the field of neuroendocrine tumors. He has led or co-led both early and late stage clinical trials leading to the development of telotristat ethyl, temozolomide, sunitinib, everolimus and peptide receptor radiotherapy for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors. His work has additionally included characterization of neuroendocrine tumors at the molecular level, and has resulted in over 200 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Kulke received his undergraduate degree in molecular biology from Princeton University magna cum laude, and his medical degree with a thesis honors award from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine where he also was a Regent’s scholar and received a research training fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He performed his internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a medical oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and received a Masters in Medical Science Degree from Harvard Medical School.
Prior to coming to Boston University he was a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He has served as principal investigator for NCI cooperative group trials in both neuroendocrine tumors and pancreatic cancer, served as chair of the National Cancer Institute’s Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinical Trial Task Force, chair of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, and chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s neuroendocrine tumor guidelines committee.
Other Positions
- Section Chief, Hematology & Medical Oncology, Medicine, Boston Medical Center
- Co-Director, BU-BMC Cancer Center, Boston University
- Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
Education
- University of California, San Francisco, MD
- Harvard Medical School, MMS/MMSc
- Princeton University, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/19/2022
Perez K, Jacene H, Hornick JL, Ma C, Vaz N, Brais LK, Alexander H, Baddoo W, Astone K, Esplin ED, Garcia J, Halperin DM, Kulke MH, Chan JA. SDHx mutations and temozolomide in malignant pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2022 Sep 01; 29(9):533-544. PMID: 35731023.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/9/2022
Kulke MH, Ou FS, Niedzwiecki D, Huebner L, Kunz P, Kennecke HF, Wolin EM, Chan JA, O'Reilly EM, Meyerhardt JA, Venook A. Everolimus with or without bevacizumab in advanced pNET: CALGB 80701 (Alliance). Endocr Relat Cancer. 2022 May 09; 29(6):335-344. PMID: 35324465.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2021
Perez K, Kulke MH, Chittenden A, Ukaegbu C, Astone K, Alexander H, Brais L, Zhang J, Garcia J, Esplin ED, Yang S, Da Silva A, Nowak JA, Yurgelun MB, Garber J, Syngal S, Chan J. Clinical Implications of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Small Intestine Neuroendocrine Tumors (SI-NETs). JCO Precis Oncol. 2021 11; 5:808-816. PMID: 34994613.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2021
Nadjarian A, LeClair J, Mahoney TF, Awtry EH, Bhatia JS, Caruso LB, Clay A, Greer D, Hingorani KS, Horta LFB, Ibrahim M, Ieong MH, James T, Kulke MH, Lim R, Lowe RC, Moses JM, Murphy J, Nozari A, Patel AD, Silver B, Theodore AC, Wang RS, Weinstein E, Wilson SA, Cervantes-Arslanian AM. Validation of a Crisis Standards of Care Model for Prioritization of Limited Resources During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Crisis in an Urban, Safety-Net, Academic Medical Center. Crit Care Med. 2021 10 01; 49(10):1739-1748. PMID: 34115635.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/28/2021
Srirajaskanthan R, Pavel M, Kulke M, Clement D, Houchard A, Keeber L, Weickert MO. Weight Maintenance up to 48 Weeks in Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome Treated With Telotristat Ethyl: Pooled Data From the Open-Label Extensions of the Phase III Clinical Trials TELESTAR and TELECAST. Clin Ther. 2021 10; 43(10):1779-1785. PMID: 34598813.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2021
Kulke MH, Kennecke HF, Murali K, Joish VN. Changes in Carcinoid Syndrome Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Telotristat Ethyl in US Clinical Practice: Findings from the TELEPRO-II Real-World Study. Cancer Manag Res. 2021; 13:7439-7446. PMID: 34611437.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/3/2021
Hörsch D, Anthony L, Gross DJ, Valle JW, Welin S, Benavent M, Caplin M, Pavel M, Bergsland E, Öberg K, Kassler-Taub KB, Binder P, Banks P, Lapuerta P, Kulke MH. Long-Term Treatment with Telotristat Ethyl in Patients with Carcinoid Syndrome Symptoms: Results from the TELEPATH Study. Neuroendocrinology. 2022; 112(3):298-310. PMID: 33940581.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/15/2021
Fazio N, Carnaghi C, Buzzoni R, Valle JW, Herbst F, Ridolfi A, Strosberg J, Kulke MH, Pavel ME, Yao JC. Relationship between metabolic toxicity and efficacy of everolimus in patients with neuroendocrine tumors: A pooled analysis from the randomized, phase 3 RADIANT-3 and RADIANT-4 trials. Cancer. 2021 08 01; 127(15):2674-2682. PMID: 33857327.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2021
Chan H, Zhang L, Choti MA, Kulke M, Yao JC, Nakakura EK, Bloomston M, Benson AB, Shah MH, Strosberg JR, Bergsland EK, Van Loon K. Recurrence Patterns After Surgical Resection of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Analysis From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Outcomes Database. Pancreas. 2021 04 01; 50(4):506-512. PMID: 33939661.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/26/2021
Strosberg JR, Srirajaskanthan R, El-Haddad G, Wolin EM, Chasen BR, Kulke MH, Bushnell DL, Caplin ME, Baum RP, Hendifar AE, Öberg K, Ruszniewski P, Santoro P, Broberg P, Leeuwenkamp OR, Krenning EP. Symptom Diaries of Patients with Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors Treated with 177Lu-DOTATATE. J Nucl Med. 2021 Mar 26. PMID: 33771903.
Read at: PubMed
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