University of California, San DiegoMedical OncologistProfessor of Medicine Sandip P. Patel, MD, is a professor at University of California, San Diego, and a top medical oncologist focusing on early-phase clinical trials of immunotherapy and thoracic oncology. (more ...) After earning his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine while conducting research at MD Anderson Cancer Center, he completed a residency in internal medicine at UCLA Medical Center and a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Duke University Medical Center. He is triple-board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology. In addition, he was named a “Top Doc” in the most recent San Diego Magazine Physicians of Exceptional Excellence survey. Dr. Patel is the leader of the Experimental Therapeutics (Phase 1) Program and co-leader of the Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program at UCSD Moores Cancer Center. He is deputy director of the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Institute, as well as co-leader of the NRG Developmental Therapeutics Committee and medical director of Clinical Research Informatics at UCSD.
