Join host, Dr. Shannon O'Connor, as she interviews Dr. Alexander N. Shoushtari. Dr. Alexander Shoushtari is an Assistant Attending Physician and Clinical Director of the Melanoma Service in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. He focuses exclusively on treating patients with melanoma using standard and developmental immune and targeted therapies. Within melanoma, his specific interests lie in developing treatments for non-cutaneous melanoma subtypes arising from the uveal tract in the eye, hands/feet, and mucosal surfaces. His early career work in uveal melanoma systemic therapy has been recognized by ASCO with a Young Investigator Award and AACR with a Junior Investigator Award.
Tune in while Dr. Shoushtari and Dr. O'Connor discuss cancer treatment in the era of COVID along with Dr. Shoushtari's current research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.