CAMS Research Seminar

Recent Advances in Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Malignancy

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the cancer treatment because of its remarkable clinical profile in multiple cancers. This presentation will focus on recent advances of immunotherapy for GI malignancy, including newly approved immunotherapy agents and ongoing clinical trials.

Speaker:
Songchuan Guo, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
Attending Physician in Hematology/Oncology
NYU Langone Medical Center

Dr. Guo received his medical education in China. He obtained his PhD degree at Purdue University, Indiana, where he trained in Molecular Virology and Targeted Cancer Therapy and conducted research on a novel nanotechnology platform for targeted cancer therapy. He published the research findings in leading journals including Nano Letters, Human Gene Therapy, and Gene Therapy. After gaining research experiences in basic science, he transitioned back in clinical medicine and received his residency training in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital of New York, and subsequently, his sub-specialty training in Hematology and Oncology at New York University School of Medicine. His research on colorectal cancer was presented at GI ASCO Meeting. He is currently a faculty member of Perlmutter Cancer Center of NYU. He also works as an attending physician at the NYU Langone Medical Associates - Canal Street where he strives to serve the Asian community with the state-of-the-art cancer care.

A light dinner will be provided. Seating is limited to 25.

Dinner & Check-in: 6:30PM

Presentation Begins: 7:00PM

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