Biography
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Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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UCSF | Fellowship | Medical Oncology | 2011 |
University of Pennsylvania Health System | Residency | Internal Medicine | 2009 |
University of Pennsylvania | M.D. | Medicine | 2007 |
University of Pennsylvania | Ph.D. | Cell and Molecular Biology | 2006 |
University of Washington | B.S. | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1997 |
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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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 |
Clinical Expertise
Non-small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer
Research Narrative
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
Research Interests
EGFR-mutant lung cancer
ALK-rearranged lung cancer
ROS1-rearranged lung cancer
Mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies
Publications
- Small-molecule targeted therapies induce dependence on DNA double-strand break repair in residual tumor cells.| | PubMed
- Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.| | PubMed
- Profiling Sensitivity to Targeted Therapies in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Patient-Derived Organoids.| | PubMed
- Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.| | PubMed
- Molecular Risk Stratification is Independent of EGFR Mutation Status in Identifying Early-Stage Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients at Risk for Recurrence and Likely to Benefit From Adjuvant Chemotherapy.| | PubMed
- Neoadjuvant osimertinib with/without chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for EGFR-mutated resectable non-small-cell lung cancer: NeoADAURA.| | PubMed
- Efficacy and Safety of Rociletinib Versus Chemotherapy in Patients With EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: The Results of TIGER-3, a Phase 3 Randomized Study.| | PubMed
- Evaluation of a National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines-Based Decision Support Tool in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.| | PubMed
- Therapy-Induced Evolution of Human Lung Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing.| | PubMed
- Role of MPR as an Early Signal for Efficacy in Neoadjuvant Studies.| | PubMed