Dr. Georgia Beasley

Biography

Georgia Beasley is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University, where she is also a member of the Department of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University in 2001 and went on to earn her M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine in 2008. Following medical school, Dr. Beasley obtained a Masters of Health Science in Clinical Research in 2010. She completed her residency in general surgery at Duke University in 2015, followed by a fellowship in complex surgical oncology at Ohio State University in 2017. Since returning to Duke, she has become an active faculty member and co-director of the Duke Melanoma Program. Dr. Beasley is a surgeon scientist with a significant focus on clinical and translational research, particularly regarding the immunologic aspects of melanoma and oncolytic viral therapy. She serves as a principal investigator on numerous therapeutic clinical trials related to melanoma, concentrating on the role of innate immunity in anti-tumor responses. With over 100 publications to her name centered around melanoma, Dr. Beasley has received several prestigious awards, including the Society of Surgical Oncology’s Young Investigator Award and the NIH K08 mentored physician scientist award.

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