Kamalesh Kumar Sankhala, MD

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Kamalesh Kumar Sankhala, M.D., is the Medical Director Clinical Research and Associate of Medical Oncology at the Cancer Center of Southern California.

Prior to his work at the Cancer Center, Dr. Kumar held a clinical faculty position at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Kumar also served as team leader for the university’s sarcoma program. In San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Kumar was Clinical Investigator at Institute for Drug Development (IDD). After finishing his residency and fellowship from University of Texas Health Science Center, Dr. Kumar served as faculty in the division of oncology and hematology.

He also spent two years of additional fellowship in Oncology Drug Development research where he mastered the various facets of development of novel therapeutics at the prestigious Institute for Drug Development (IDD) in San Antonio. IDD was founded by Dr. Daniel Van Hoff and has become well known as the largest Oncology drug development research program in the United States. IDD is recognized as a leader in the development of novel anti-​cancer agents and has played a key role in the preclinical and clinical development of about 22 new cancer drugs which the FDA subsequently approved.

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With an esteemed background in novel drug research, Dr. Kumar has evolved into a physician devoted to the translational research of novel anti-​cancer agents applying himself to the study and evaluation of pre-​clinical and clinical implications of new agents in patients with advanced cancers. He has developed a clinical proficiency in using novel anticancer drugs for patients with advanced malignancies; and optimized existing chemotherapeutic agents by reducing toxicities and increasing efficacy, thereby yielding better responses to chemotherapy. Dr. Kumar’s extensive clinical research background includes serving as the principal investigator and sub-​investigator in about 80 Phase-​1 clinical trials in addition to sarcoma studies. His clinical practice and research primarily focuses on the adroit management of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas, lung cancers in addition to other solid tumors and hematological malignancies.

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«Dr. Sankhala, M.D., is Medical Director Clinical Research and Associate of Medical Oncology at the Cancer Center of Southern California.»