Sattva S Neelapu, MD

Biography

Dr. Sattva S Neelapu is a tenured Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. He completed medical school at JIPMER, India, Internal Medicine residency in New York, and clinical fellowship in Medical Oncology and postdoctoral fellowship in tumor immunology and immunotherapy at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. As a physician-scientist at MD Anderson, his research is focused on clinical and translational development of novel immunotherapies for lymphoid malignancies. His work on the pivotal clinical trial of axicabtagene ciloleucel CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in aggressive B-cell lymphomas led to its FDA approval as the first CAR T-cell therapy for lymphoma. His laboratory is focused on developing CAR T-cell therapies against novel targets, understanding mechanisms of resistance to CAR T-cell therapy, and developing allogeneic cell therapy approaches. He is nationally and internationally recognized for his expertise in CAR T-cell therapy in B-cell malignancies and management of toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications and is a recipient of numerous awards for his clinical and translational research.