Awards and Honors
NYU Medical School 2000 - 2000 Herman Goldman Scholarship
NYU Medical School 2003 - 2003 Spiegel Award for Academic Excellence
NYU Medical School 2003 - 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha
NYU Medical School 2003 - 2003 Medical Degree with Honors
Netherlands-America Foundation 2006 - 2006 Fulbright Scholarship in Medical Ethics
American Society of Clinical Oncology 2010 - 2010 Young Investigator Award
Prostate Cancer Foundation 2012 - 2012 Young Investigator Award
United States Department of Defense 2012 - 2012 Physician Research Training Award
Advances in Circulating Tumor Cells Conference Foundation 2012 - 2012 Travel Award
UCSF Annual Prostate Cancer Retreat 2013 - 2013 Poster Award
UCSF Division of Hematology and Oncology 2019 - 2019 Teaching Award
Research Summary
I am a clinical and translational oncologist specializing in cancers of the genitourinary tract, specifically bladder and prostate cancers. I also lead the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. My research is focused on understanding the basic biology of urologic malignancies and in developing novel therapeutic ways to treat disease. As a clinical academic oncologist I serve as principal investigator or co-investigator on a number clinical trials in advanced cancers including studies of immunotherapy, novel targeted therapy, and genetically guided therapy. All of our studies rely on strong collaboration between investigators spanning from the bench to the bedside to advance our understanding of how to best treat cancers for all our patients.