Kalyan Banda, MD
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I started out going to law school. While I loved learning about the law and how it could change lives, what I really wanted to do, deep inside, was to change the life of that one individual in front of me who was suffering — and I wanted to make that difference every day. There’s no other profession that allows you to do that quite like medicine. Oncology spoke to me in particular because it requires a phenomenal grasp of basic sciences combined with immense compassion for patients and their families.
I want to help you live life to the fullest, and to do that I must first get to know you as a person — your hopes, dreams and experiences. What I bring to the relationship is a deep, evidence-based knowledge of breast and gynecologic cancers and the leading-edge therapies that can best treat them. It’s truly an inspiring time to be an oncologist, because advances in care are happening at a dizzying pace; treatment is becoming both more precise and more personalized. One of the perks of my job is helping you navigate this constantly changing world, forming a care plan that promotes your health and your dreams.
Provider background
Specialty: Medical Oncology
I’m a medical oncologist and translational researcher who specializes in breast and gynecologic cancer. In the lab, I focus on using molecular medicine to accurately predict a patient’s response or resistance to treatment. My research interests are to unravel the genomic life history of gynecologic cancers, exploit weaknesses and use cutting-edge technologies to personalize treatments.
In 2018, I was a recipient of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Young Investigator Award, and I have also been a presenter at the Northwest Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference. My work has been published in a variety of scientific journals, such as Science Translational Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) and The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Diseases treated
Research
Clinical trials
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Publications
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