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Avik Som is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. He earned his B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and completed his MD/PhD training at Washington University in St. Louis, where his PhD research focused on developing novel calcium carbonate nanoparticles for cancer treatment. Dr. Som completed his residency in diagnostic and interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also had a post-doctoral fellowship at MIT, working on image-guided drug delivery systems for cancer immunotherapy. He leads the SAIL (Som Advanced Interventions Lab), which focuses on translating advances in material science into clinical practice for novel cancer therapeutics and tissue engineering applications. His research interests include image-guided drug delivery, immuno-oncology, and tissue engineering, aiming to create new technologies that bridge the gap between laboratory research and clinical application.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Materials Science and Engineering.
HHT Center • Seattle, WA
Associate Director at the HHT Center.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center • Seattle, WA
Director of the Intratumoral Therapy Program.
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