Sandip Patel, MD completed a fellowship in medical oncology and haematology at Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Medical Center, and a residency in internal medicine at UC Los Angeles School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center. He earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, while performing research at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and haematology.

Sandip Patel, MD is a Professor at UCSD and a Medical Oncologist focusing on early phase clinical trials of immunotherapy and thoracic oncology.  He is the leader for the Experimental Therapeutics (Phase 1) Programme and co-leader of the Solid Tumour Therapeutics Programme at UCSD Moores Cancer Center.  He is Deputy Director for the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Institute.  He is also co-leader of the NRG Developmental Therapeutics Committee and Medical Director of Clinical Research Informatics at UCSD.

Prof Patel’s specialisation and areas of interest are: Medical Oncology, Immunotherapy, Thoracic Oncology, Phase 1 Clinical Trials, Solid Tumour Cellular Therapy, Cancer Genomics/Biomarkers, Computational Immunopathology.