Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
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Ajay V Maker

Biography

 Dr. Maker is a board-certified surgical oncologist and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has a special interest and training in the management of cancers of the liver, pancreas, stomach, skin (melanoma), soft tissue (sarcomas), endocrine system, colon and rectum. His oncology research involves using a patient’s own immune system to develop innovative treatment approaches for primary and metastatic tumors. He has considerable experience in immunotherapy for melanoma and his current lab is investigating immunologic approaches to metastatic disease. He has a strong clinical interest in combining surgery, systemic chemotherapy and regional therapies to treat tumors that have spread extensively, and has developed laparoscopic (minimally invasive) approaches to surgery, including liver and pancreatic resections.

Research Interest

Clinical interest in combining surgery, systemic chemotherapy and regional therapies to treat tumors that have spread extensively, and has developed laparoscopic (minimally invasive) approaches to surgery, including liver and pancreatic resections.

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