Dr. Miklos L. Auber, MD

Expert Publications

• Double intensification with amsacrine/high dose ara-C and high dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation produces durable remissions in acute myelogenous leukemia.
• 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid and substance P profiles in patients receiving emetogenic chemotherapy.
• Priorities and uncertainties of administering chemotherapy in a pregnant woman with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer.
• Concordance between substance P levels and antiemetic guidelines.
• Identification of a novel marker associated with risk for delayed chemotherapy-induced vomiting.
• Efficacy of solubilized vemurafenib administered via nasogastric tube.
• Elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate precedes exacerbation of
• Biological and clinical correlates after chemotherapy and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration.

Media Releases

Get to know Oncologist Dr. Miklos L. Auber, who serves patients in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dr. Auber is a skilled oncologist whose clinical focus is on colon/rectal cancer and chemotherapy. He is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University Cancer Institute, as well as can be found on staff at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The mission of West Virginia University Cancer Institute is to provide excellent care to patients and their families while strengthening research, education, and service programs to address the cancer health disparities unique to the state of West Virginia and Appalachia.

Since 1995, Dr. Auber has been serving as an Associate Professor within the Hematology / Oncology Section, Department of Medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. 

He is a member of the West Virginia State Medical Association, the West Virginia Oncology Society, and a Life member of Kingston National Registry of Who’s Who (published in the 2002 Edition – National Registry No. 183562).

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Auber received his Baccalaureate – Maturity degree from Apaczai Csere Janos High School in 1971, followed by his medical degree from Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest, Hungary in 1977.

His postgraduate/postdoctoral education was as a clinical pharmacology fellow with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston (1981), as an internal medicine resident at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport (1984), and as a medical oncology fellow at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (1988). 

During Dr. Auber’s academic and professional career, he received several awards, the most recent being the “2016 Awards of Excellence” of the WVU Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine Cancer Service Line (2017), in addition to having several publications/abstracts/research clinical trials and grant support to his credit.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified internal medicine and medical oncology through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world. 

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. An oncologist is a doctor who treats cancer and provides medical care for a person diagnosed with cancer. They lead a cancer treatment team of various healthcare professionals, treat patients with radiation therapy, coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy, as well as assist patients with pain management.

Among his numerous accolades, Dr. Auber is the recipient of Patients’ Choice Award (2016, 2017, 2018), Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2017, 2018), and On-Time Doctor Award (2018).

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