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Office
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-723-4000
Summary
- Dr. Heather Wakelee is an oncologist in Stanford, CA and is affiliated with Stanford Health Care and is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has been in practice over 20 years. She specializes in thoracic cancers.
Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Medical Oncology, 2000 - 2004
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1999
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Clinical Trials
- Phase 2 Trial of Bevacizumab in Combination With Pemetrexed Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
- Phase II Docetaxel / Carboplatin / XRT + Surgical Resection in Stage III NSCLC Start of enrollment: 2003 Mar 01
- Phase II Bevacizumab, Gemcitabine and Carboplatin in Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Phase 2 Single-Arm Trial of High-Dose Precision Targeted Radiation Therapy Added to Immunotherapy for Patients With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Michael F Gensheimer, Nikhil V Kotha, Lucas K Vitzthum, Alexander L Chin, Scott Jackson
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2025-03-01 - Novel Therapeutic Approach Targeting CXCR3 to Treat Immunotherapy Myocarditis.Yuhsin Vivian Huang, Yin Sun, Harrison Chou, Noah Wagner, Maria Rosaria Vitale
Circulation Research. 2025-02-11 - Determinants of 5-year survival in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1≥50% treated with first-line pembrolizumab outside of clinical trials: results from the Pembr...Alessio Cortellini, Leonardo Brunetti, Giuseppina Rita Di Fazio, Edoardo Garbo, David J Pinato
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2025-02-04
Journal Articles
- Predictive Biomarkers for Response to EGFR-Directed Monoclonal Antibodies for Advanced Squamous Cell Lung CancerD R Spigel, E S Kim, S S Ramalingam, M A Socinski, C Obasaju, C J Langer, R B Natale, P D Bonomi, H Wakelee, Annals of Oncology
Press Mentions
- With Smoking Rates Declining, so Too Are Lung Cancer Deaths. For Nonsmokers, the Numbers Tell a Different StoryNovember 4th, 2024
- How Genes and Genetic Biomarkers Affect Lung CancerApril 21st, 2023
- Podcast 299: Lung Cancer and Atezolizumab — Results from the IMpower010 TrialAugust 9th, 2022
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)President
- European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)Member
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