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Elie Traer, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Cancer

Special focus

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Leukemia
  • Medical Oncology and Hematology

Locations and contact

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About me

Dr. Traer completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology from Oregon Health & Science University. He received his M.D./Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and completed a residency in internal medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.

In addition to practicing general hematology at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Dr. Traer is involved in clinical trials evaluating targeted therapy with kinase inhibitors in leukemia patients. He is performing research with Brian Druker, M.D. to investigate how the bone marrow microenvironment provides sanctuary to leukemia cells by providing critical survival signals, which eventually leads to disease resistance and relapse. He is working to develop new therapies that more effectively target cancer cells within the microenvironment and improve upon existing therapy.

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • Ph.D., 2006, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    • M.D., 2006, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

  • Residency

    • Internal medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.

  • Fellowship

    • Hematology/oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore.

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (104 Ratings, 47 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Appreciate having Dr. Traer on my team. He is great to talk to and is very optimistic about my treatments.

  2. Great level of health care!

  3. I appreciate Dr. Traer's knowledge and experience and his kindness and how well he's taken care of me and watched over all of my care. And I'm very grateful that I'm in Portland and have him as my doctor. Thank you.

  4. As always, he is caring, knowledgeable, and competent. I feel I receive outstanding medical care from him, and his team.

  5. Answered all of our questions. Very good with patient communication.

  6. My encounter with Dr. Traer was a telephone call. It probably lasted about 15, 20 minutes, and I was satisfied with the information he provided to me. Thank you.

  7. Excellent dr and staff. Clear discusdions

  8. Good listener, good explainer. Medical approach seems to be working

  9. Dr. Traer is kind and spends as much time as necessary to answer all questions. He is an excellent doctor!

  10. I see the Dr every three months. Great people. Thank you ?

  11. Dr Traer is always great to talk with. He is though and always takes enough time for a quality visit.

  12. He is very diligent and professional about treating my blood disorder and. Seems to really want to help me stay healthy.

  13. It was a very satisfying experience. Dr Traer is a good listener and does a wonderful job of answering all my questions in terms I can understand. I never feel rushed at my appointments.

  14. My experience with this provider has been very, very, very exceptional. From top to bottom, I am very happy, very confident, and anxiety that I did have before the meeting is gone. I feel better, and I would recommend this provider and this team to anybody out there. I'm very lucky and very blessed to have a good team like this. Thank you.

  15. Great communicator, period. He dug really deep to figure out what the issue was in a very timely fashion, period. This allows us to have a good plan for a cure.

  16. Dr. Traer is an amazing and kind and wonderful doctor. Always a pleasure to have a visit with him. Thanks.

  17. Dr. Traer and crew are ecellent!

  18. Warm, friendly, knowledgeable. Makes patient feel heard. Gives patients sense of confidence that they're getting best treatment available.

  19. Excellent conversation about options for my health journey. All my questions were answered clearly and a clear path for treatment was defined and planned

  20. I have complete confidence in Dr Traer, and Dr Liu. I believe I get exceptional care from both of them. I appreciate that they answer my questions and concerns. All of this in a very caring manner.

  21. Very informative experience. any and all questions that my wife and I had were answered to our satisfaction.We were very impressed with Dr Traer.

  22. Dr. Traer is an exceptional provider. He is very caring, compassionate, unbelievably knowledgeable. I trust him with my life.

  23. He was very good, very easy to talk to, really nice guy, and I trust him fully.

  24. Discussed need for additional information to correctly identify my diagnosis Answered my questions in easy to understand manner given current diagnostics available Did not make me feel rushed in conducting the virtual visit

  25. Very good

  26. Dr. Traer is quite simply the best doctor I've ever had to deal with. In terms of just personal ability, knowledge, just a great demeanor and just overall, you know, I have an extensive medical history. I've dealt with doctors on the East Coast, West Coast. I've been a patient at OHSU since roughly late 2009, early 2010 and Dr. Traer to me should be the cookie cutter by which all doctors are measured against and standard to be held to. Thank you.

  27. Showed up on time. Explained what was going on. What to look for. Very nice Dr.

  28. My visits with Dr Traer have been first class. He answers my questions so that they are easy to understand. He is very personable and never makes me feel rushed. I would refer him to anyone. My experience at OHSU is always extremely pleasant and informative.