Tulane Cancer Center

Tim Pearman, Ph.D.
Administrative Director, Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Neurology
Schwartz Rounds Coordinator
TCC Program Member in the Clinical Program
tpearman@tulane.edu
(504) 988-6313, (504) 988-6348 fax
1415 Tulane Ave., Box HC-62
New Orleans, LA 70112-2699

Biographical Narrative:

Timothy Pearman, Ph.D. is administrative director of the Tulane Cancer Center and clinical associate professor of psychiatry & neurology at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA.  He was the director of the Psychosocial Oncology Program at Tulane from 2000-2008.  Dr. Pearman is a graduate of Penn State University and the University of Florida.  He is a member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Subcommittee G (Education), has served on various ACS advisory committees and has lectured nationally and internationally on topics such as palliative care, bioethics and quality of life in oncology.  He has received grant funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation as well as the Avon Foundation to increase rates of cancer screening for underserved women in the New Orleans area by utilizing patient navigators and establishing partnerships with outlying internal medicine clinics primarily located in and around public housing projects.

 Selected Publications:

Gardner, R. & Pearman, T. (2008). An orientation program for newly diagnosed cancer patients: A preliminary report of an ongoing study. Psycho-Oncology, 17(3), S39-S40.    

Pearman, T.P. (2008).  Psychosocial factors in lung cancer: Quality of life, economic impact and survivorship implications.  Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 29(1), 69-80.    

Trask, P.C. & Pearman, T.P. (2007).  Cancer survivorship and depression.  In M. Feuerstein (ed.) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship, pp. 173-190.    

Rhoads, J., Pearman, T.P. & Rick, S. (2008).  Clinical presentation and therapeutic interventions for PTSD post-Katrina.  Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 20, 73-81.    

Rhoads, J., Pearman, T. & Rick, S. (2007). Clinical presentation and therapeutic interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder post-Katrina.  Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 21(5), 249-256.    

Pearman, T.P., Weiner, R.S. & Cheng, P. (2006).  Quality of life in gynecologic malignancies (Abstract). European Journal of Surgical Oncology, (32) S76.    

Pearman, T.P. (2003).  Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment in gynecologic cancer survivors (Abstract).  Psycho-Oncology, 12(4), S78-S79.    

Pearman, T.P. (2003). Quality of life and psychosocial adjustment in gynecologic cancer. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 1(33).    

Pearman, T.P., McKinnon, W. & Weiner, R.S. (2002).  Psycho-oncology in breast cancer treatment.  Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 194(4), 547.    

Rodrigue, J. R., Pearman, T. P. & Moreb, J. (1999). Morbidity and mortality following bone marrow transplantation: Predictive utility of pre-BMT affective functioning, compliance, and social support stability.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 6(3), 241-254.