UPMC Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Vera is a PGY-3 resident physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh, PA and a board-certified internist. He graduated from the Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine and subsequently completed residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow on an NIH T32 training grant in head and neck oncology under the supervision of physician scientists Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD and Jose Zevallos, MD, MPH, FACS. During his tenure in Dr. Mowerys lab, Dr. Vera will focus on studying the safety and efficacy of ATR inhibition combined with anti-PD-1 therapy and SBRT reirradiation in patients with unresectable recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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