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Office
825 Eastlake Ave E
Mailstop CE2-112
Seattle, WA 98109Phone+1 206-606-7222
Summary
- Dr. Shailender Bhatia is a medical oncologist in Seattle, WA and is affiliated with University of Washington (UW), and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC.) He serves as the Clinical and Clinical Research Director of the Melanoma and Renal Cancer Program at FHCC. Dr Bhatia received his medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and subsequently completed hematology-oncology training at UW/FHCC. He has been practicing oncology for >15 years. He specializes in skin cancers (including melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma) and has led numerous cutting-edge clinical trials of immunotherapy in skin cancers, many of which led to FDA-approval of new agents. He has more than 100 publications, which have over 20,000 citations.
Education & Training
- University of WashingtonFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2005 - 2008
- University of ConnecticutResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
- All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- WA State Medical License 2004 - 2025
- CT State Medical License 2004 - 2005
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Clinical Trials
- Triple Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Advanced or Metastatic PD-(L)1 Refractory Merkel Cell Carcinoma Start of enrollment: 2023 Nov 08
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Intratumoral STING agonist reverses immune evasion in PD-(L)1-refractory Merkel cell carcinoma: mechanistic insights from detailed biomarker analyses.Thomas Pulliam, Saumya Jani, Peter H Goff, Rashmi Bhakuni, Shira Tabachnick-Cherny
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2024-10-14 - Circulating Tumor DNA Assay Detects Merkel Cell Carcinoma Recurrence, Disease Progression, and Minimal Residual Disease: Surveillance and Prognostic Implications.Tomoko Akaike, Manisha Thakuria, Ann W Silk, Daniel S Hippe, Song Youn Park
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024-09-10 - Merkel cell carcinoma refractory to anti-PD(L)1: utility of adding ipilimumab for salvage therapy.Tomoko Akaike, Austin J Jabbour, Peter H Goff, Song Y Park, Shailender Bhatia
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2024-07-24
Press Mentions
- Fred Hutch Phase 1 Program Director, Dr. John Thompson, RetiresDecember 19th, 2024
- Fred Hutch at ASCO: New Insights on Financial Toxicity, Combination Therapies for Cancer and the Need for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapies in UgandaMay 26th, 2023
- Merck Could Keep Its Patent Edge by Shifting Keytruda Cancer Drug to a Simple ShotDecember 2nd, 2022
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