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Shakti Ramkissoon, MD, PhD

Vice President, Medical Lead for Oncology

Dr. Shakti Ramkissoon is board certified in anatomic pathology and neuropathology with expertise in adult and pediatric brain tumors. He obtained his MD/PhD from Rutgers -- New Jersey Medical School, concentrating on cancer stem cell biology. Dr. Ramkissoon then completed an anatomic pathology residency and neuropathology fellowship training at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Boston, Mass. After completing his clinical training, Dr. Ramkissoon joined the neuropathology faculty at BWH and began his post-doctoral fellowship focused on integrating preclinical data with histologic and molecular findings to inform and design clinical trials for adult and pediatric brain tumors. During his fellowship he completed a master's in biomedical informatics within the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.