Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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2023 - Present
Medicine, Medical Oncology,
Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2023 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Tumor-infiltrating plasma cell profiling after PD-1 blockade reveals tumor-specific antibodies.
Journal article Cancer Cell · July 27, 2026 The role of tumor-infiltrating B cells (TIL-Bs) in shaping anti-tumor responses in the context of immune checkpoint blockade remains incompletely understood. Here, we interrogate the humoral response in resected lung tumors from patients with non-small cel ... Full text Link to item CiteAlirocumab plus cemiplimab in immuno-refractory metastatic NSCLC: A single-arm, multi-center, phase 2 study.
Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · June 1, 2026 2619Background: Immunotherapy resistance remains a significant unmet clinical need for most non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. PCSK9 was shown in preclinical models to mediate cancer immunotherapy resistance and may serve as a novel immuno-inhibi ... Full text CiteAlirocumab plus cemiplimab in advanced immuno-refractory metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: an ongoing multi-center phase II study.
Journal article Future Oncol · April 2026 Immunotherapy resistance represents a major unmet clinical need for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Preclinical studies have identified PCSK9 as an immunosuppressive regulator of antigen presentation, providing a compelling rat ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
A Randomized, Double-blinded, Multiregional Phase 3 Study of Ivonescimab Versus Pembrolizumab for the First-line Treatment of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer in Patients Whose Tumors Demonstrate High PD-L1 Expression (HARMONi-7)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Summit Therapeutics Inc. · 2026 - 2031A Phase 2b, Open-Label, Two-cohort Study of Subcutaneous Amivantamab in Combination with Lazertinib as First-Line Treatment, or Subcutaneous Amivantamab in Combination with Platinum-Based Chemotherapy as Second-Line Treatment, for Common EGFR-Mutated
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 2025 - 2030Phase 3, Two-stage, Randomized Study of ONC-392 Versus Docetaxel in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers that Progressed on PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by OncoC4 · 2025 - 2029View All Grants
Education
Rostov State Medical University (Russia) ·
2009
M.D.