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Sumanta Pal, MD, Oncology, Duarte, CA

SumantaK.PalMD

Oncology Duarte, CA

Genitourinary Oncology, Hematologic Oncology

Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research; Co-director, Kidney Cancer Program Chair, SWOG RCC Translational Medicine

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  • Office

    1500 Duarte Rd
    Duarte, CA 91010
    Phone+1 626-359-8111

Summary

  • Sumanta (Monty) Kumar Pal, M.D., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of genitourinary cancers, including kidney, bladder, and prostate cancer. He is the Co-director of City of Hope's Kidney Cancer Program.

    Dr. Pal entered college at the age of 13 and began medical school at University of California, Los Angeles at the age of 17. After completing his residency training at University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Pal completed a fellowship program in medical oncology at City of Hope's comprehensive cancer center where he remains on faculty since 2009.

    Over that span of time, he has published more than 450 peer-reviewed articles that have been featured in prominent journals including The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Cancer Cell, and European Urology.

    Dr. Pal holds patents for new drugs currently under development in prostate cancer and also maintains one of the largest portfolios of clinical trials for kidney and bladder cancer research on the west coast. He developed an integrated program that focuses heavily on collaborations with basic science researchers at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and urologists in the Department of Surgery. Ultimately, Dr. Pal’s goal is to stimulate collaborative research across multiple departments in order to discover novel therapeutic approaches for our currently incurable diseases. He has also worked to push the boundaries of personalized medicine in genitourinary cancers, with several seminal publications in rare genitourinary cancers that describe unique therapeutic targets.

Education & Training

  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 1Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2006 - 2009
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 2003
  • California State University, Los Angeles
    California State University, Los AngelesBSc, Magna Cum Laude, 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Young Investigator Award 11th International Kidney Cancer Association Symposium, 2013
  • Coltman Translational Investigator Award Southwest Oncology Group, 2012
  • Tower Cancer Research Foundation Award 2011
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Publisher Correction: Clinical Activity and Molecular Correlates of Response to Atezolizumab Alone or in Combination with Bevacizumab Versus Sunitinib in Renal Cell Ca...  
    Michael B Atkins, Mario Sznol, Robert J Motzer, Richard W Joseph, Thomas Hutson, John Hainsworth, W Kimryn Rathmell, Brian I Rini, David F McDermott, Toni K Choueiri, ..., Nature
  • Clinical Activity and Molecular Correlates of Response to Atezolizumab Alone or in Combination with Bevacizumab Versus Sunitinib in Renal Cell Carcinoma  
    Michael B Atkins, Thomas Hutson, Mario Sznol, Toni K Choueiri, Sumanta K Pal, Richard W Joseph, John Hainsworth, W Kimryn Rathmell, David F McDermott, Robert J Motzer,..., Nature
  • STAT3 Inhibition Combined with CpG Immunostimulation Activates Antitumor Immunity to Eradicate Genetically Distinct Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancers  
    Sumanta Pal, MD, Clinical Cancer Research
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Comprehensive genomic profiling of urothelial carcinoma of the kidney and ureter: Comparison with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and impact on potential for targe...
    Pal SK, Elvin JA, Ali SM, Hoffman-Censits JH, Vergilio J-A, Suh J, Mian B, Fisher HAG, Nazeer T, Miller VA, Stephens PJ, Ross JS, ASCO Meeting, 1/1/2016
  • Circulating cell-free DNA profiling of patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
    Nagy RJ, Agarwal N, Gupta S, Pal SK, Grivas P, Vaishampayan UN, Wang J, Naik G, Lanman RB, Talasaz A, Sonpavde G, 1/1/2016
  • AR DNA binding domain inhibitors to treat AR splice variant-driven prostate cancer
    Jones J, otto-Duessel M, Zhou Y, Pal SK, 1/1/2016
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Lectures

  • Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in IMmotion150: Atezolizumab (atezo) alone or with bevacizumab (bev) versus sunitinib (sun) in first-line metastatic renal cell carcin... 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
  • Co-expression patterns of immune checkpoint molecules in relation to PD-L1 expression. 
    2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/4/2018

Authored Content

  • Atezolizumab in Platinum-Treated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Clinical Experience from an Expanded Access Study in the United StatesFebruary 2018

Press Mentions

  • CAR T-cell Therapy for Kidney Cancer Builds on Efficacy Record
    CAR T-cell Therapy for Kidney Cancer Builds on Efficacy RecordNovember 9th, 2024
  • City of Hope Study Suggests Changing the Gut Microbiome Improves Health Outcomes for People Newly Diagnosed with Metastatic Kidney Cancer
    City of Hope Study Suggests Changing the Gut Microbiome Improves Health Outcomes for People Newly Diagnosed with Metastatic Kidney CancerJune 28th, 2024
  • Chemo Drug May Cause Significant Hearing Loss in Longtime Cancer Survivors
    Chemo Drug May Cause Significant Hearing Loss in Longtime Cancer SurvivorsJune 27th, 2024
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