Prasad Adusumilli | Deputy Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Vice Chair, Department Of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Prasad Adusumilli is a thoracic surgeon-scientist and Vice Chair of Translational Research in Dept. of Surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. His research focuses on solid tumor immunology and immunotherapy. Supported by R01 and Dept of Defense awards, his laboratory investigates biological therapies, including oncolytic viruses and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that are translated to clinical trials. Dr. Adusumilli discoveries in lung adenocarcinoma pathobiology were included in WHO classification of lung tumors and resulted in changes in clinical practice. Dr. Adusumilli has mentored >150 junior faculty, post-docs and MDs resulting in >320 publications and >100 research awards. He is an elected member of Fleischner Society, American Society of Clinical Investigation and American Surgical Association. Ongoign and upcoming clinical trials from Dr. Adusumilli laboratory include phase I/II trials for solid tumors (pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma, peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastroesophaeal cancer) and hematological (T-Acute lymphoblastic leukemia).