Prajwal Rajappa, MD, MS
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Prajwal Rajappa, MD, MS, is a physician-scientist and principal investigator for the Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He directs the Rajappa Laboratory at IGM with a focus on precision medicine and immunotherapy for patients diagnosed with Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors. Dr. Rajappa is also an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery and member of the Translational Therapeutics Research Program at The James Comprehensive Cancer Center of The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
After obtaining his MD, Dr. Rajappa completed a unique fellowship and post-doctoral training program in the Department of Neurological Surgery of Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a fellow in Neurological Surgery, his training provided him the opportunity to observe the adult and pediatric neurosurgical management of brain and spinal tumors.
Dr. Rajappa performed extensive basic science post-doctoral training with a specific focus on brain tumor immunology and the glioma microenvironment and his work has been published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Cancer Research, and Clinical Cancer Research. During his time at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Rajappa was also actively involved in a large scale clinically annotated biorepository study with the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).
To further his goal of developing targeted clinical trials for brain tumor patients, Dr. Rajappa obtained a Master’s of Science Degree in Clinical and Translational Investigation from Cornell University based on his experience coordinating a precision medicine program for patients with pediatric brain tumors at Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Rajappa Lab
Principal Investigator -
Primary Department
Institute for Genomic Medicine
- Pediatric Precision Oncology Award, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, 2018
- Member, Society for Neuro-Oncology, 2019 - Present
- Member, American Association for Cancer Research, 2019 - Present
Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 09/30/2019
Postdoctoral Training | Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University | Date Completed: 07/31/2019 |
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Graduate School | Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University | Date Completed: 05/31/2019 |
Medical School | St. George's University School of Medicine | Date Completed: 12/31/2010 |
- Clinical Trials
- Immuno-Oncology
- Immunotherapy
- Intra-arterial Drug Delivery
- Low Grade Gliomas
- Precision Medicine