Neeraj Agarwal MD
Professor of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI); Presidential Endowed Chair of Cancer Research; Co-Leader, HCI Experimental Therapeutics Program (CCSG Program); Director, Center of Investigational Therapeutics; Director, Genitourinary Oncology Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahDr. Neeraj Agarwal, a specialist in genitourinary cancer, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, where he is also the Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program. He is the Co-Leader of the Urologic Oncology Multidisciplinary Program and the Associate Director of Clinical Trials (solid tumors) at the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Dr. Agarwal received his medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. After completing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Iowa, he went on to complete a hematology–oncology fellowship at Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Agarwal is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). He has published widely, having authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.Disclosures
Dr. Agarwal discloses the following:
Lifetime COI:
Consultancy to: Astellas, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Clovis, Eisai, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Exelixis, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, Janssen, Merck, Nektar, Novartis, Pfizer, Pharmacyclics, and Seattle Genetics.
Research funding to his institution: Astra Zeneca, Bavarian Nordic , Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Calithera, Celldex, Clovis, Eisai, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Exelixis, Genentech, Glaxo Smith Kline, Immunomedics, Janssen, Medivation, Merck, Nektar, New Link Genetics, Novartis, Pfizer, Prometheus, Rexahn, Roche, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, Takeda, and Tracon.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Key Data on mCRPC From ASCO GU 2017: Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Patients and Molecular Profiling
- Toxicities With PD-1 Inhibitors: The Price of a Cure
- Perspectives on Therapeutic Toxicity in RCC
- Perspectives on First-Line RCC Treatment Following the CheckMate Trial
- New Clinical Trials in RCC: VEGF Therapy Pairings
- Role of VEGF/TKIs in Priming Tumors for Checkpoint Inhibitors in RCC: Sequencing Implications
- Metastatic Bladder Cancer—Role of Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Cabozantinib in RCC: Implications of Trial Data
- Key Trial Data for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in mRCC
- Rechallenge With Targeted Therapies in Metastatic RCC