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Ravi Salgia is a translational thoracic oncologist, clinician/scientists, and academician.

Biography and Career
Dr. Salgia was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. His father, Dr. Karanmal Salgia, was a pathologist who immigrated to Chicago. As a teenager, he was invited to present his work at several mathematical meetings and won the prestigious "Pi Mu Epsilon" National Competition in Mathematics, as well as the Richard V. Andree Award for "Volume of an n-Dimensional Unit Sphere". As an undergraduate and early graduate school student, he had already published several peer-reviewed articles in mathematics, especially in basic complex analysis and n-dimensional analysis. Dr. Salgia earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in mathematics, biology, and chemistry, minor in physics and then his medical degree and Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics from Loyola University of Chicago. There he also completed a fellowship in neurochemistry and physiology. He continued his postgraduate training with an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, during which time he also served as a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston. During his fellowship in Professor James Griffin's laboratory at Harvard, Dr. Salgia published his seminal studies on the cytoskeleton, signal transduction pathways and hematpoiesis/Chronic myelogenous leukemia. He was the first to fully clone the focal adhesion protein paxillin (human and chicken) and demonstrate its role in oncogenic transformation.

Ravi Salgia M.D., Ph.D., is the Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Prior to joining City of Hope, Dr. Salgia served as tenured Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Dermatology, Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program and the Aerodigestive Tract Program Translational Research Lab in the section of Hematology/Oncology, Vice Chair for Translational Research in the Department of Medicine and Associate Director for Translational Science at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chicago. At City of Hope, he plays a key leadership role in the expansion of clinical programs at City of Hope's Duarte campus and its clinics throughout Southern California, as well as in enhancing the integration of state-of-the-art therapeutics with leading-edge research. Beyond his role as the Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology, Dr. Salgia serves as Associate Director for Clinical Sciences at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Salgia has been married to Deborah A. Salgia since 1990 and they have three children: Sabrina, Meghan and Nicholas.

Research
Dr. Salgia has identified several novel targets in oncology and heads a strong clinical and research group. His laboratory conducts research on how the receptor tyrosine kinases, which are abundant in lung cancer cells, affect cell growth and may have potential use in treatment. Dr. Salgia is also utilizing various strategies to understand tumor heterogeneity, including the role of cell-signaling pathways, mitochondria, immunology, and mathematical modeling. Dr. Salgia's most recent work has focused on the development of biomarkers for early diagnosis, as well as prognosis and therapeutic monitoring of thoracic cancers. His goal is to develop novel therapeutics with minimal side effects.

Honors
As a board-certified medical oncologist. Dr. Salgia serves on various panels for the National Cancer Institute. He has published over 300 peer-review publications, over 18,000 citations, and has an h-index of 82 (2019).


 * Southern California Super Doctors (2019)
 * Top Doctor, Los Angeles Magazine (2019)
 * member, Board of Directors, NCCN (2018)
 * member, DSMC, Alliance Foundation Trials, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (2018)
 * Indo-American Cancer Association (IACA) Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Oncology Award (2017)
 * Maine South High School Wall of Honor (2017)
 * Asclepious Award, ALCF, Bonnie Addario Foundation (2016)
 * Chicago Magazine's Top Doctors (2012-2016)
 * Asian American Science Cancer Research (AASCR) Top Scientist Award (2013)
 * National Competition in Mathematics, Richard V. Andree Award, "Volume of an n-Dimensional Unit Sphere" (1982)