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John Smestad, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Medical Oncology

Languages

  • English

Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine
  • PhD

Research Areas of Interest

  • Clinical Trial
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Immunotherapy
  • Melanoma
  • Oncolytic Virotherapy
  • Oncolytic Viruses
  • Sarcoma
  • Tumor Microenvironment

Research Experience

  • Acylation
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Epigenomics
  • Melanoma
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Sarcoma
  • Transcriptome

Clinical Expertise

  • Melanoma
  • Sarcoma

Publications

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