Yogen Saunthararajah, MD

Appointed
2007

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - National Institute of Health - Cancer Institute
Hematology/Oncology
Bethesda, MD
2000

Residency - University of Hawaii Queens Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Honolulu, HI
1997

Residency - University of Hawaii Queens Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Honolulu, HI
1996

Internship - University of Hawaii Queens Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Honolulu, HI
1994

Medical Education - University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University
Wales,
1990

Additional Training

• Completed course work for Duke/NIH Master's in Clinical Research

Professional Highlights

• Service on National Institutes of Health, Veterans Administration, and Department of Defense Grant Review Committees and Advisory Boards
• Awarded grants by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Specialty Interests

Acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, sickle cell disease/anemia, thalassemia, leukemia, benign hematology, myelodysplasia, cancer, leukopenia, aplastic anemia

Awards & Honors

• Graduated with Distinctions in Medicine and Surgery
• Received Excellence Awards from the University of Hawaii and University of Illinois at Chicago
• Grant awards from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Defense

Innovations & Patents

• Patents pending for unique approaches to non-cytotoxic (non-toxic), epigenetic therapy in cancer, sickle cell disease and thalassemia. The cancer treatments are intended to be non-toxic and address the problem of p53-deletions in cancer. 

Memberships

• American Society of Hematology
• American Association of Cancer Research

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Royalty Payments. Dr. Saunthararajah receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• University of Illinois, Chicago
• EpiDestiny, Inc.
• Novo Nordisk, A/S

Equity Dr. Saunthararajah owns stock or stock options in the following companies for activities as a founder, inventor, discover, developer:

• EpiDestiny, Inc.
• Treebough Therapies, LLC

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• EpiDestiny, Inc.
• Treebough Therapies, LLC

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