Sandip Patel MD

Sandip Patel, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist who specializes in cancer immunotherapy and early-phase clinical trials involving immunotherapy across all types of cancer. He is focused on developing personalized therapies that stimulate a patient's immune system to attack their specific tumor. He is part of UC San Diego Health's Precision Immunotherapy Clinic, which offers the most promising investigational immunotherapy treatments for many types of cancer.

As a professor in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Patel instructs medical students, residents, and fellows. His research focuses on developing biomarkers for personalized immunotherapy to better determine which combination of therapies works best for each individual.