Dr. Arnav Mehta

Biography

Arnav Mehta is a board-certified, fellowship-trained medical oncologist at Stanford Medicine Cancer Center. He serves as an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the gastrointestinal (GI) oncology group within the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Mehta specializes in gastrointestinal cancers, with a particular focus on pancreatic and gastric cancers, as well as colorectal cancers. His treatment specialties include immunotherapy, which helps patients' immune systems fight cancer, and targeted therapies that deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to specific cancer cell molecules. His research interests encompass understanding how GI cancers resist treatments and identifying new ways to effectively treat tumors. He is particularly interested in GI tumor immunology, focusing on directing the immune system to help destroy cancer cells, and studying tumor plasticity—the ability of tumor cells to evolve and develop resistance to therapies. Dr. Mehta has received multiple research awards and grants from esteemed organizations such as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He has published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals such as Nature and has presented extensively at symposia across the country.

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