Speakers

Dr. Jacqueline S. Garcia is a medical oncologist in the Adult Leukemia Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago. She next completed Hematology and Oncology Fellowship training at Stanford University. Dr. Garcia’s research focus is on the design and execution of scientifically-based early phase clinical and proof-of-concept studies in advanced myeloid malignancies, including myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis and acute myeloid leukemia. Much of her research centers on identifying novel therapeutic opportunities to leverage the anti-apoptotic pathway in chemoresistant leukemia and developing investigator-initiated trials.  Her research is supported by awards from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and Conquer Cancer Foundation.