EDUCATION:

	B.S. SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, Biology, 1969
	M.S School of Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pathology, 1973
	V.M.D. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Veterinary Medicine 1976
	Ph.D. School of Medicine, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pathology 1977

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

	Comparative oncology of primary brain tumors, malignant lymphoma and malignant melanoma
	Development of novel therapies for treatment of cancer
	Organ and system preservation strategies for transplantation and cardiopulmonary bypass
	Treatment of chronic renal and cardiac failure

	Wang, Y-X, Robertson, JL, Spillman, WB, Claus, RO. “Effects of the chemical structure and the surface properties of polymeric biomaterials on their biocompatibility” Pharmaceutical Res. 21: 1362-1373, 2004
	Wang, A, Robertson J, Holladay, S, Tennant, A, Lengi, A, Ahmed, A, Huckle, W, Kligerman, A, “Measurement of DNA damage in rat urinary bladder transitional cells by the Comet assay: selective harvest of transitional cells and detailed Comet protocol” Mutation Research 634: 51-59, 2007
	Dickerson, B, Geist, B, Spillman, W, Robertson, J, “Canine cancer screening via ultraviolet absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy of serum proteins,” Applied Optics 46(35): 1-13, 2007
	Spillman ,WB, Asamatu, R, Geist, B, Claus, RO, Jullian, C, Robertson, J, “Preliminary dielectric measurement and analysis protocol for determining the melting temperature and binding energy of short sequences of DNA in solution,” Biotech J 3: 1-12, 2008 (in press)
	Spillman, W, Robertson, J, Meissner, K, Jesseli, J, Bourland, D, Robbins, M, Shaw, E, “Shape factor analysis of progressive rat hepatoma images,” J Biomed Optics 13: 1-8, 2008 (in press)