Sandra Demaria, M.D.

Sandra Demaria, M.D., is Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She obtained her M.D. from the University of Turin, Italy, and then moved to New York City for her post-doctoral training in immunology, followed by a residency in anatomic pathology at NYU School of Medicine (1997-2001). Dr. Demaria is internationally known for her pioneering studies demonstrating the synergy of radiation with immunotherapy. She was the first to show that focal radiation therapy can overcome the resistance of poorly immunogenic tumors to immune checkpoint inhibitors, a finding later translated in clinical trials. Seminal findings from her lab include ...