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Education, Training, Board Certifications
- M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
- M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University
- Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Fellowship in Oncology, Stanford University
- Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Expertise
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Research and/or clinical interests
Dr. Shaveta Vinayak a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer. Her research is focused on an aggressive subtype known as triple-negative breast cancer, which tends to affect younger people and those with a BRCA1 gene mutation. She designs and leads clinical trials that explore targeted therapies like immune checkpoint inhibitors, which help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells, and PARP inhibitors, a type of drug that may prevent cancer cells from fixing the damage caused by chemotherapy. PARP inhibitors may hold particular promise for people with BRCA-related cancers. In addition to treating patients and conducting research, Dr. Vinayak also leads education seminars about triple-negative breast cancer for African American women, who are three times more likely to be diagnosed with this form of cancer than women of other ethnicities.
