Dr. James Gerson (IMAGE) University of Vermont Caption The Cancer Center’s new CAR T-cell therapy program will be led by James Gerson, M.D., assistant professor in the Larner College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, who came to UVM from the University of Pennsylvania, where CAR T-cell therapy was discovered and developed. He was among the first to administer the therapy in a clinical setting. Credit Andy Duback Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.