Assistant Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Uma Sachdeva is a thoracic surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She received her MD and PhD in cell and molecular biology through the Medical Scientist Training Program from the University of Pennsylvania, after completing an undergraduate degree in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College. She is a graduate of the General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery training programs at the Massachusetts General Hospital and specializes in general thoracic surgery and surgical oncology, focusing on esophageal and lung cancers using minimally invasive, endoscopic, and robotic approaches. Her lab studies molecular pathways underlying the development of esophageal cancers and precursor lesions, including Barrett’s esophagus, using 2D and 3D patient-derived organoid models. She received the 2020 Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation and Women in Thoracic Surgery, as well as the 2021 F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. She is the recipient of the 2nd David C. Sabiston Research Scholarship from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the 2021 Research Scholarship from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation..
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Monday, January 23, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT