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Allison Betof, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
BioDr. Allison Betof is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Director of the Melanoma Program, Director of Solid Tumor Cellular Therapy, and Mark & Mary Stevens Endowed Scholar in Melanoma at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Betof completed her MD and PhD at Duke University, Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard University) and Medical Oncology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Betof’s laboratory focuses on understanding resistance to immune checkpoint blockade and cellular therapies for melanoma and other solid tumors. She is the Principal Investigator of clinical trials exploring novel treatments for immunotherapy-refractory melanoma and is internationally recognized for her expertise in brain/CNS metastasis and the use of novel cellular therapies. Dr. Betof has been a pioneer in the use of commercial tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy for the treatment of melanoma and other solid tumors. She has received funding and awards for her clinical and translational investigative work from multiple high-profile organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Melanoma Research Alliance, and Melanoma Research Foundation.
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Douglas W. Blayney
Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsImproving the quality of cancer care at Stanford, in our network of care, and nationally
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Nam Quoc Bui
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Bui is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford Cancer Institute and a specialist in Sarcoma. Dr. Bui earned an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Stanford University and went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed Internal Medicine residency at Stanford Hospital and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of California San Diego, where he performed extensive research in bioinformatics to analyze tumor sequencing data.
He is involved in numerous sarcoma clinical trials, leading efforts to take new therapeutics from the lab to clinical practice. His research background and interests are in the field of bioinformatics as applied to large data sets and the study of novel compounds in rare malignancies. He also is involved in education at the Stanford University School of Medicine, serving as a lecturer and mentor to medical students, residents, and oncology fellows. Dr. Bui is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports”, an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes groundbreaking cases that give insight into redefining concepts in cancer. He also serves as the Chair of the Data Safety Monitoring Committee at the Stanford Cancer Institute, overseeing the board that reviews all investigator-initiated cancer trials run at Stanford.