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Collin Blakely, M.D., Ph.D.

Collin Blakely, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Assistant Clinical Professor
  • Division of Hematology/Oncology
  • Department of Medicine

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(415) 885-3882  Patients & Clinic 
(415) 353-9525  Fax
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University of Washington, B.S. 1997
University of Pennsylvania, M.D., Ph.D. 2007

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Internship in Internal Medicine, 2007-2008

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Residency in Internal Medicine, 2008-2009
  • UCSF, Fellowship in Medical Oncology, 2009-2011
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - UCSF, Lisa Coussens Laboratory, 2010-2012

  • Postdoctoral Fellow - UCSF, Trever Bivona Laboratory, 2012-2014
  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Small cell lung cancer
  • ALK-rearranged lung cancer
  • EGFR-mutant lung cancer
  • Mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies
  • ROS1-rearranged lung cancer

Collin is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of lung cancer. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington and attended the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and trained as a clinical fellow in Medical Oncology at UCSF. His research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying lung cancer resistance to EGFR-targeted therapies. His goal is to translate laboratory-based findings into new treatments for lung cancer patients.

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  • Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
  • 2018 - 2021
  • V Scholar Award
  • V Foundation
  • 2018 - 2020
  • Clinical Scientist Award
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • 2018 - 2012
  • AACR BioOncology Fellowship
  • AACR
  • 2014 - 2016
  • Legacy Award
  • Uniting Against Lung Cancer
  • 2014 - 2016
  • Research Grant
  • Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
  • 2013
  • The primary focus of my research is to translate laboratory-based findings into novel investigator sponsored trials that aim to assess the safety and efficacy of rationally designed targeted therapies for lung cancer patients.

    My goals are to: 1) define how TKI resistance pathways evolve at the tumor genome, transcriptome and molecular signaling levels within lung cancers and to translate these findings into novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers that may predict TKI resistance before it occurs; 2) develop investigator sponsored clinical trials to test rational companion therapies that can prevent, delay, or overcome TKI resistance, 3) develop investigator sponsored clinical trials to target recently identified oncogenic pathways, outside of EGFR and ALK, that drive NSCLC; and 4) establish a cohort of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mice to foster research that aims to further understand the molecular mechanisms of response and resistance to TKI therapies in lung cancer

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    1. Douglas MP, Ragavan MV, Chen C, Kumar A, Gray SW, Blakely CM, Phillips KA. Private Payer and Medicare Coverage Policies for Use of Circulating Tumor DNA Tests in Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 06; 21(6):609-616.e4. View in PubMed
    2. Negrao MV, Araujo HA, Lamberti G, Cooper AJ, Akhave NS, Zhou T, Delasos L, Hicks JK, Aldea M, Minuti G, Hines J, Aredo JV, Dennis MJ, Chakrabarti T, Scott SC, Bironzo P, Scheffler M, Christopoulos P, Stenzinger A, Riess JW, Kim SY, Goldberg SB, Li M, Wang Q, Qing Y, Ni Y, Do MT, Lee R, Ricciuti B, Alessi JV, Wang J, Resuli B, Landi L, Tseng SC, Nishino M, Digumarthy SR, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Vaporciyan AA, Blumenschein GR, Zhang J, Owen DH, Blakely CM, Mountzios G, Shu CA, Bestvina CM, Garassino MC, Marrone KA, Gray JE, Patel SP, Cummings AL, Wakelee HA, Wolf J, Scagliotti GV, Cappuzzo F, Barlesi F, Patil PD, Drusbosky L, Gibbons DL, Meric-Bernstam F, Lee JJ, Heymach JV, Hong DS, Heist RS, Awad MM, Skoulidis F. Comutations and KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced NSCLC. Cancer Discov. 2023 Jul 07; 13(7):1556-1571. View in PubMed
    3. He K, Berz D, Gadgeel SM, Iams WT, Bruno DS, Blakely CM, Spira AI, Patel MR, Waterhouse DM, Richards DA, Pham A, Jotte R, Hong DS, Garon EB, Traynor A, Olson P, Latven L, Yan X, Shazer R, Leal TA. MRTX-500 Phase 2 Trial: Sitravatinib With Nivolumab in Patients With Nonsquamous NSCLC Progressing On or After Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy or Chemotherapy. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 Jul; 18(7):907-921. View in PubMed
    4. Kim DW, Kim SW, Camidge DR, Shu CA, Marrone KA, Le X, Blakely CM, Park K, Chang GC, Patel SP, Kar G, Cooper ZA, Samadani R, Pluta M, Kumar R, Ramalingam S. CD73 Inhibitor Oleclumab Plus Osimertinib in Previously Treated Patients With Advanced T790M-Negative EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: A Brief Report. J Thorac Oncol. 2023 05; 18(5):650-656. View in PubMed
    5. Ji J, Aredo JV, Piper-Vallillo A, Huppert L, Rotow JK, Husain H, Stewart S, Cobb R, Wakelee HA, Blakely CM, Wong ML, Gubens MA, Madani MH, Digumarthy SR, McCoach C, Piotrowska Z, Neal JW, Riess JW. Osimertinib in NSCLC With Atypical EGFR-Activating Mutations: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023 Mar; 4(3):100459. View in PubMed
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