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Ryan D. Gentzler

Ryan D. Gentzler

Professor, Medicine- Hematology and Oncology

Primary Location
UVA Hematology/Oncology
Po Box 800716
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number
Fax Number
434.244.7526

Bio & Overview

Lung cancer, novel therapies, cancer immunology, and targeted therapy

Academic Information

Department
Medicine- Hematology and Oncology

Primary Education

  • Clinical Fellowship, Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, ILnull
  • MD, Temple University School of Medicinenull
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PAnull

Other Appointments

  • Medicine

Research Interests

Lung cancer, novel therapies, cancer immunology, and targeted therapy

Selected Publications

Devitt M, Hall R, Gentzler RD, Peripheral Blood Cell Free DNA to Monitor Mutational Response in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer., 2017; International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 98(1) 250. PMID: 28587042

Gentzler RD, Mohindra NA, Hanna N, Chae YK, Jalal SI, Hall R, Villaflor VM, Reckamp KL, Koczywas M, Sullivan D, Wood L, Patel JD, Carboplatin/nab-Paclitaxel and Pembrolizumab for Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Phase 1 Results., 2017; International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 98(1) 236. PMID: 28587008

Langer CJ, Gadgeel SM, Borghaei H, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Patnaik A, Powell SF, Gentzler RD, Martins RG, Stevenson JP, Jalal SI, Panwalkar A, Yang JC, Gubens M, Sequist LV, Awad MM, Fiore J, Ge Y, Raftopoulos H, Gandhi L, Carboplatin and pemetrexed with or without pembrolizumab for advanced, non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomised, phase 2 cohort of the open-label KEYNOTE-021 study., 2016; The Lancet. Oncology. 17(11) 1497-1508. PMID: 27745820

Gentzler R, Hall R, Kunk PR, Gaughan E, Dillon P, Slingluff CL, Rahma OE, Beyond melanoma: inhibiting the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway in solid tumors., 2016; Immunotherapy. 8(5) 583-600. PMID: 27140411

Hall RD, Le TM, Haggstrom DE, Gentzler RD, Angiogenesis inhibition as a therapeutic strategy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)., 2015; Translational lung cancer research. 4(5) 515-23. PMID: 26629420 | PMCID: PMC4630516

Gentzler RD, Johnson ML, Complex decisions for first-line and maintenance treatment of advanced wild-type non-small cell lung cancer., 2015; The oncologist. 20(3) 299-306. PMID: 25660158 | PMCID: PMC4350796