Sumanta K. Pal, Co-director of City of Hope’s Kidney Cancer Program, shared a post on X:

“So proud of our incredible Medical Oncology Department at City of Hope! Enjoyed spending this morning reviewing our collective accomplishments and future directions during our departmental retreat!

Some highlights:

1. Our solid tumor cell therapy portfolio, driven by Elizabeth Lihua Budde, Tanya Dorff, et al.
2. Increasing focus on the microbiome with authorities in the field like Greg Caporaso, Robert Jenq, and Marcel van den Brink joining our campus.
3. Incredible work in precision oncology (e.g., KRASG12C studies led by Dr. Marwan G. Fakih).
4. Efforts to expand geographically, led by Alan H Bryce et al, with expansion of our clinical trials efforts by Edward S. Kim.
5. Young investigators submitting (and winning!) high-quality grants Alex Chehrazi-Raffle, Alexis LeVee).
6. Huge efforts to bring integrative oncology forward by Rich Lee et al.

Of note: We are recruiting! If you have interests in sarcoma, lung cancer, breast cancer and more, DM me!”

Source: Sumanta K. Pal/X