Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Dr. Gavitt Woodard is a thoracic surgeon at Yale School of Medicine where she specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer. Her research interests are in biomarkers of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, immune cell infiltration in the tumor immune microenvironment, immune cell dysfunction, and semi-solid lung adenocarcinoma. Her laboratory work is mentored by Dr. Lieping Chen who is credited with the discovery of PD-L1. She has been the recipient of many research awards and her research at Yale has been supported by the Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer, the American Cancer Society, IASLC Young Investigator Award, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons AstraZeneca Lung Cancer Research Award, and the Braude Foundation.
Dr. Woodard has a degree in neurobiology and health care policy from Harvard University and received her medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine. She completed her General Surgery Residency and Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at University of California San Francisco. During her training she was awarded an American College of Surgeons resident research award and spent two years as a thoracic oncology research fellow. She joined the faculty at Yale as an Assistant Professor in 2020.
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