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Office
8700 Beverly Blvd., A9102
Los Angeles, CA 90048Phone+1 310-423-1160
Summary
- Dr. Akil Merchant is co-Director of the Lymphoma Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. He did his fellowship in Medical Oncology at Johns Hopkins University and was on the faculty at LAC-USC and the USC Norris Cancer center. He specializes lymphoma treatment and cellular therapies including CART and bone marrow transplantation.
Clinical Expertise
- Bone marrow transplantation, Leukemia, Hematologic oncology, Myeloproliferative disease, Oropharyngeal lymphoma
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2005 - 2008
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2005- Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2005 - 2013
TX State Medical License 2002 - 2005- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Clinical Trials
- Safety and Efficacy Study of Pracinostat With Azacitadine in Elderly Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 24
- Phase 2 Study Adding Pracinostat to a Hypomethylating Agent (HMA) in Patients With MDS Who Failed to Respond to Single Agent HMA Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 01
- EphB4-HSA Fusion Protein and Cytarabine /or Liposomal Vincristine in Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Acute Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2018 May 09
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 18 citationsSingle-cell spatial analysis of tumor immune architecture in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Anthony R Colombo, Monirath Hav, Mohan Singh, Alexander Xu, Alicia Gamboa
Blood Advances. 2022-08-23 - 47 citationsIntegration of Hedgehog and mutant FLT3 signaling in myeloid leukemiaYiting Lim, Lukasz P. Gondek, Li Li, Qiuju Wang, Hayley S Ma
Science Translational Medicine. 2015-06-10 - 271 citationsMolecular Signatures of Proliferation and Quiescence in Hematopoietic Stem CellsTeresa A. Venezia, Akil Merchant, Carlos A. Ramos, Nathan L. Whitehouse, Andrew S. Young
Plos Biology. 2004-09-28
Abstracts/Posters
- Highly Multiplexed Single Cell Spatial Analysis of the Tumor Microenvironment in Lymphoma Predicts Clinical OutcomesAkil Merchant, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
- Single Cell Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Disease-Defining T Cell Subsets in the Tumor Microenvironment of Classic Hodgkin LymphomaAkil Merchant, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019
Press Mentions
Researchers Identify Patterns That Predict Ovarian Cancer RelapseApril 18th, 2024- A Leading-Edge Lymphoma ProgramDecember 21st, 2022
- The More Pandemic Precautions Fall Away, the More COVID Risk Is Concentrated on This One GroupDecember 2nd, 2022
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