Ravi Salgia M.D., Ph.D., is the Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Chair in Medical Oncology at City of Hope's comprehensive cancer center.

Board-certified in medical oncology, Dr. Salgia serves on various panels for the National Cancer Institute. He has consistently received research grants from the National Institutes of Health for his research work, and has been awarded several invention discoveries and patents related to his work. He is the co-chief editor for the Journal of Carcinogenesis. Dr. Salgia also serves on the editorial advisory board of four additional journals. He has authored over 375 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and editorials, one book and over 30 book chapters.

Dr. Salgia is frequently invited to present his work at national and international conferences and symposia, and is the recipient of several honors and awards, including πμε National Competition in Mathematics, Richard V. Andree Award for “Volume of an n-Dimensional Unit Sphere," 2016 Asclepius Award from the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, IACA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Oncology, and served as member of NIH/NCI’s Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section, and CONC Study Section, and he is also a member of the Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee of the NCI.

Thoracic malignancies
Research Focus
Lung cancer
Mesothelioma
Immunotherapy
Targeted therapies
Prevention of toxicities
Drug development
Database development
Mechanisms of metastases
Value-based genomics