Rush University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy
Koosha Paydary obtained his MD MPH from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Afterward, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on multiple studies to improve the diagnostic utility of PET scans in various human conditions. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, and received a master's in Clinical Research from Rush University. He completed a fellowship in hematology/medical oncology at the University of Chicago, where he also enrolled in a clinical pharmacology and pharmacogenomics fellowship- focusing on the design and conduct of early-phase clinical trials, as well as integrating pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics principles to further personalize cancer therapy. He also has an interest in tumoral heterogeneity and its association with treatment response, and is currently involved in the care of cancer patients with different solid tumors, with a focus on thoracic and H&N cancers.