Roles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography
Georgios Pongas, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Crete Faculty of Medicine in 2007, completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 2013, and finished his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the National Cancer Institute in 2017. Dr. Pongas is board-certified in internal medicine and oncology. His clinical focus is on both indolent and aggressive lymphomas, and his research is dedicated to developing targeted therapies for B-cell and virus-associated lymphomas, understanding treatment resistance, and designing combination therapies to improve cure rates. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
Licensures and Certifications
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Research Interests
Dr. Pongas is a board certified hematologist and oncologist with clinical experience in indolent and aggressive lymphomas. His research interest is the development of cancer therapeutics for B cell lymphomas and viral associated lymphomas. He has done significant laboratory work in Diffuse Large B cell lymphoma elucidating the therapeutic role of inhibiting various PI3K isoforms. He collaborates with clinical scientists to develop novel therapies in lymphomas and with laboratory scientists to study the mechanism of resistance to the therapies and ways to bypass it. With this approach he hopes to develop combinational therapies and increase the cure rates of various lymphomas. -
Publications
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