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Office
5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637Phone+1 888-824-0200Fax+1 773-702-3163
Education & Training
- University of ChicagoFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1995 - 1997
- University of ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1993
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1991 - 2026
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2006
Clinical Trials
- Vaccine Therapy and Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 1997 Jan 01
- Combination Chemotherapy Plus Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 1998 Aug 01
- Detection of Melanoma Markers in Lymph Nodes or Peripheral Blood of Patients With Melanoma Start of enrollment: 1998 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1375 citationsTumor and Microenvironment Evolution during Immunotherapy with Nivolumab.Nadeem Riaz, Jonathan J. Havel, Vladimir Makarov, Alexis Desrichard, Walter J. Urba
Cell. 2017-11-02 - 38 citationsMajor pathologic response on biopsy (MPRbx) in patients with advanced melanoma treated with anti-PD-1: evidence for an early, on-therapy biomarker of responseJulie E. Stein, Abha Soni, Liudmila V Danilova, Tricia R. Cottrell, Thomas F. Gajewski
Annals of Oncology. 2019-04-01 - 1842 citationsThe commensal microbiome is associated with anti-PD-1 efficacy in metastatic melanoma patientsVyara Matson, Jessica Fessler, Riyue Bao, Tara Chongsuwat, Yuanyuan Zha
Science. 2018-01-05
Journal Articles
- The Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy: Diagnostic Tools and Therapeutic StrategiesThomas Gajewski, MD, Science Magazine
Press Mentions
- AACR 2022 Recap: T Cells Still on Top, but Make Room for Myeloid CellsApril 14th, 2022
- The AACR Annual Meeting Is Virtual for a Second Consecutive YearApril 26th, 2021
- Bicara Therapeutics Launches with Deep Pipeline of First-in-Class Dual Action Biologics for Cancer ImmunotherapyMarch 15th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Program 3 (Immunology And Cancer)National Cancer Institute2008–2012
- Human Immunologic MonitoringNational Cancer Institute2008–2012
- Innate Factors In Tumor Antigen Cross-PresentationNational Cancer Institute2008–2011
- Countering Immune Resistance In The Melanoma Tumor MicroenvironmentNational Cancer Institute2007–2011
- DGK In T Cell Regulation And ToleranceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2009–2010
- T Cell Responsiveness And Homeostasis In Anti-TumorNational Cancer Institute2006–2010
- Deletion Of Inhibitory Genes In Post-Thymic T Cells To Study Immune ToleranceNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2008–2009
- Multi-Peptide/Il 12 Melanoma VaccineNational Cancer Institute2003–2006
- Molecular Dissection Of T Cell AnergyNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2004–2005
- Biochemical/Molecular Changes Upon Naive T Cell PrimingNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2001–2005
- Technologies To Block Gene Expression In Normal T CellsNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2002–2003
- Core--Human Immunologic MonitoringNational Cancer Institute2002
- MAGE-3 PLUS IL-12 Immunization In Metastatic MelanomaNational Center For Research Resources1998–2002
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