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Guru Sonpavde MD

Guru P. Sonpavde MD

Medical Director, Genitourinary Oncology; Assistant Director, Clinical Research Unit; Christopher K. Glanz Chair for Bladder Cancer Research, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Orlando, Florida

Dr. Guru Sonpavde, is the Medical Director of Genitourinary Oncology, Assistant Director of the Clinical Research Unit, and Christopher K. Glanz Chair for Bladder Cancer Research at the AdventHealth Cancer Institute in Orlando, Florida.

With a focus on drug development and translational research in genitourinary cancers, Dr. Sonpavde has led multiple clinical trials studying novel immunotherapy and targeted drugs, particularly for the treatment of bladder cancer. He has also led translational projects and developed prognostic classifications and clinical endpoints focused on bladder cancer. He is a member of Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the Bladder Cancer Task Force of the National Cancer Institute Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee.

Dr. Sonpavde completed his fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Indiana University.

Disclosures

  • Advisory boards: BMS (Bristol Myers Squibb); Genentech; EMD Serono; Merck; Sanofi; Seattle Genetics/Astellas; AstraZeneca; Exelixis; Janssen; Bicycle Therapeutics; Pfizer; Gilead; Scholar Rock; G1 Therapeutics; Eli Lilly/Loxo Oncology; Infinity Pharmaceuticals; Lucence; IMV Technologies
  • Research funding: Sanofi iAward); AstraZeneca; Gilead; Helsinn; Lucence; Predicine; Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS); EMD Serono; Jazz Therapeutics; GeneCentric; Kure It; NCI (R21)
  • Honoraria:
    • Study steering committees: Unpaid: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS); Bavarian Nordic; Seattle Genetics; QED, G1 Therapeutics Paid: AstraZeneca; EMD Serono; Debiopharm
    • DSMC: Mereo BioPharma
    • Writing/editing/speaking fees: Wolters Kluwer (UpToDate); Elsevier (PracticeUpdate); Physicians’ Education Resource (PER); OncLive; Research To Practice; Medscape; Cancer Network; Masters Lecture Series (MLS)

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Baseline Modified GPS Associated With Survival in Metastatic Urothelial Cell Carcinoma Treated With ICIs
  2. Clinical Insights From Outcomes in Patients With Upper vs Lower Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma
  3. Enfortumab Vedotin vs Chemotherapy for Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
  4. Durvalumab for Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma and Prior Chemotherapy
  5. ASCO GU 2021: Recommendations From Dr. Guru Sonpavde
  6. Plasma ctDNA Is a Tumor Tissue Surrogate and Enables Clinical-Genomic Stratification of Metastatic Bladder Cancer
  7. 2020 Top Stories in Bladder Cancer: Switch-Maintenance Avelumab Following First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy—A New Paradigm in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
  8. Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine–Cisplatin Plus Radical Cystectomy–Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
  9. Pembrolizumab Plus Acalabrutinib for Platinum-Resistant Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
  10. Preoperative Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab in Locoregionally Advanced Urothelial Cancer

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