Fatemeh Ardeshir, MD, MSc

Titles and Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology: Emory University School of Medicine

Medical Oncologist: Lung Cancer; Phase I Clinical Trials Unit

Research Program: Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

Biography

Fatemeh Ardeshir, MD, MSc, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Board certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology, Dr. Ardeshir`s primary clinical focus is thoracic oncology including lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymic tumors.

Dr. Ardeshir is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. She serves as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology International Medical Graduates Research and Publication Committee and is a member of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's Rare Tumor Committee. She also holds professional memberships with American Association for Cancer Research, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group. She is an active investigator with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group.

Education

Dr. Ardeshir received her MD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University. She completed her fellowship in hematology/oncology and earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Indiana University.

Research

Dr. Ardeshir`s scholarly and research activities are on new target discovery and defining an immune resistance mechanism in lung cancer. She also has clinical and research interests in thymic epithelial tumors.

Publications

Dr. Ardeshir has been published in several leading journals including New England Jounral of Medicine, Clinical Lung Cancer, JCO-Precision Oncology and Lung Cancer Journal.

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Awards

Dr. Ardeshir is the recipient of the following awards and honors:

Young Investigator Award in Translational Research, ECOG-ACRIN, 2023
Career Advancement Award, Binaytara Foundation, 2023
Americal Philosophical Society grant award to investigate the mechanism of resistance in small cell lung cancer, 2023
ASCO Merit Award, 2021
Career Development Alumni Award, Indiana University, 2021
ASCO Mentoring Reviewing Program, 2020
Medicine Department Research Award, Case Western Reserve University, 2019