Vali Barsan

Instructor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology

Bio

Vali Barsan, MD is an Instructor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Barsan obtained his BS in Bioengineering at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and then joined Illumina as an engineer to develop and optimize next generation sequencing tools. He earned his MD at Baylor College of Medicine where he studied the biology of cancer metastasis through molecular techniques in the Mani Lab at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Barsan completed residency in Pediatrics at UC San Diego and fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stanford University. He is focused on developing and translating genomic technologies in oncology to implement personalized therapy and study mechanisms of effective cancer immunity.

Clinical Focus

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Academic Appointments

Instructor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Honors & Awards

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow, Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) (2019 - 2021)

Professional Education

Medical Education: Baylor College of Medicine (2015) TX
Fellowship: Stanford University Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship (2021) CA
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics (2019)
Residency, UC San Diego, Pediatrics (2018)
Graduate Student Research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, Mani Lab (2015)
MD, Baylor College of Medicine (2015)
BS, UC San Diego, Bioengineering (2009)

Contact

Academic vbarsan@stanford.edu

Clinical Pediatric Hematology Oncology 1000 Welch Rd Ste 300 MC 5798 Palo Alto CA 94304 Tel: (650) 723-5535 Fax: (650) 723-5231

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Adoptive T cell immunotherapy entails engineering immune cells to recognize cancer-specific antigens and target them for destruction. Barriers to efficacy can arise from both tumor antigen related as well as T cell related features. I am interested developing noninvasive molecular tools that enable us to understanding these relationships to improve the clinical application and development of cellular immunotherapeutics.

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