Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Meet the new chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology at UCSF Health, Krishna Komanduri, MD, at his first UCSF Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. The field of transplantation for blood cancers is undergoing profound changes, and Krishna will help explain the evolving science and the therapeutic opportunities and challenges. In the process, he’ll help demystify an alphabet soup of terms in the field, including SCTs, CAR-Ts, and more.
Speaker:
Krishna Komanduri, MD, an international leader in the fields of hematology-oncology, transplantation, and cellular immunotherapy, is chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health. He is also physician-in-chief of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) as well as the clinical director of the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative.
Krishna’s research, which is both lab-based and translational, focuses on improving the outcomes of patients undergoing transplantation for hematologic malignancies, as well as the use of immune-based therapies for all cancers. He has authored or co-authored six books and 125 articles in the peer-reviewed literature. He has been a principal or key investigator for more than a dozen grants and has served as a member of several NIH study sections. He is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
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Program
Michelle Mourad: Introduction
00:01:46-00:51:46 – Krishna Komanduri, MD, (chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health, physician-in-chief of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) and clinical director of the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative)
00:51:46-01:00:07 Q&A
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• September 22: AI for Computational Imaging in Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls, and What's Next
youtu.be/MBpkZU2Pauw
• September 15: A Fireside Chat with Renowned Pandemic Expert Michael Osterholm
youtu.be/z16SBJNKKds
• June 30: America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence: The State of the Science
youtube.com/watch?v=XihYtM8KGF8&t=106s
• June 23: Clinical Problem Solving with Sarah Goglin
youtube.com/watch?v=N02tUI5mQX8
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, here.
Meet the new chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology at UCSF Health, Krishna Komanduri, MD, at his first UCSF Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. The field of transplantation for blood cancers is undergoing profound changes, and Krishna will help explain the evolving science and the therapeutic opportunities and challenges. In the process, he’ll help demystify an alphabet soup of terms in the field, including SCTs, CAR-Ts, and more.
Speaker:
Krishna Komanduri, MD, an international leader in the fields of hematology-oncology, transplantation, and cellular immunotherapy, is chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health. He is also physician-in-chief of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) as well as the clinical director of the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative.
Krishna’s research, which is both lab-based and translational, focuses on improving the outcomes of patients undergoing transplantation for hematologic malignancies, as well as the use of immune-based therapies for all cancers. He has authored or co-authored six books and 125 articles in the peer-reviewed literature. He has been a principal or key investigator for more than a dozen grants and has served as a member of several NIH study sections. He is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program
Michelle Mourad: Introduction
00:01:46-00:51:46 – Krishna Komanduri, MD, (chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health, physician-in-chief of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) and clinical director of the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative)
00:51:46-01:00:07 Q&A
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• September 22: AI for Computational Imaging in Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls, and What's Next
youtu.be/MBpkZU2Pauw
• September 15: A Fireside Chat with Renowned Pandemic Expert Michael Osterholm
youtu.be/z16SBJNKKds
• June 30: America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence: The State of the Science
youtube.com/watch?v=XihYtM8KGF8&t=106s
• June 23: Clinical Problem Solving with Sarah Goglin
youtube.com/watch?v=N02tUI5mQX8
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, here.
