{"entity":{"id":"timothy-eberlein","kind":"person","name":"Timothy J. Eberlein","aka":[],"tldr":"Surgeon who has led Siteman since its founding and built it into a top NCI comprehensive centre.","summary":"Timothy J. Eberlein is Director of the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University and the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor. He is a surgical oncologist and tumour immunologist who has led Siteman since its founding and built it into a top NCI comprehensive cancer centre, having also served as long-time chair of surgery at WashU. His selected paper discusses tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes as a therapeutic strategy. His clinical and research interests span breast cancer surgery and tumour immunology.","asOf":"2026-09-08","links":[{"label":"Siteman Cancer Center","url":"https://siteman.washu.edu"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Eberlein%20TJ%5BAuthor%5D"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["tnbc","breast-hr-positive"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["wustl-siteman"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Director, Siteman Cancer Center; Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor","institutionId":"wustl-siteman","specialisms":["Surgical oncology","Breast cancer","Tumour immunology"],"profiles":[{"label":"Siteman Cancer Center","url":"https://siteman.washu.edu"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Eberlein%20TJ%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes as a therapeutic strategy","journal":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","year":1990}]},"route":"/people/timothy-eberlein/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"breast-hr-positive","kind":"cancer","name":"HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer","route":"/cancers/breast-hr-positive/"},{"id":"tnbc","kind":"cancer","name":"Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)","route":"/cancers/tnbc/"}],"institution":[{"id":"wustl-siteman","kind":"institution","name":"Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University","route":"/institutions/wustl-siteman/"},{"id":"sso","kind":"institution","name":"Society of Surgical Oncology","route":"/institutions/sso/"}]}}