Mark Awad

Instructor in Medicine
Thoracic Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United Kingdom

Physician Oncology
Biography

 Dr. Awad received his MD and PhD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2008.  He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  He received his fellowship training in medical oncology at the Dana-Farber/ Partners CancerCare program and joined the faculty in the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber in 2014.  His research focuses on understanding mechanisms of response and resistance to immunotherapy in lung cancer and mesothelioma, and he is involved in developing novel therapies for lung cancers with mutations in genes such as MET, RET, ALK, and ROS1.

Research Intrest

 Lung cancer, Mesothelioma, Immunotherapy, Targeted therapies