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AbbVie Foundation Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy
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Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD, investigates and develops new treatments for patients with melanoma. He has a special interest in the development of immunotherapies against this disease. Dr. Gajewski also leads development of immune-based therapies for other cancers, using new laboratory data on how the immune system is regulated to develop novel clinical trials.
Dr. Gajewski serves as an editor for Cancer Research and Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. In addition, he is immediate past president of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and has served on the program committees for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Dr. Gajewski serves as an editor for Cancer Research and Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. In addition, he is immediate past president of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and has served on the program committees for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Melanoma
- Immunotherapy
Medical Education
- The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Internship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Association of Immunologists
- American Association of Cancer Research
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
- Aetna POS
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO
- BCBS HMO (HMOI)
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare
- Coventry Health Plan PPO
- Great West PPO
- Illinicare
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice / Choice Plus
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
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