Satiro De Oliveira, MD David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Dr. Satiro De Oliveira is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and member of the Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Cellular Therapies Program at the Department of Pediatrics at UCLA, with clinical focus in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy and primary immunodeficiencies. In his twenty-year career in Pediatrics, Dr. De Oliveira has dedicated his efforts to research as a path to improve patient outcomes. Graduated in Brazil, Dr. De Oliveira restarted his career as a physician scientist in the US, developing protocols for cancer immunotherapy research, gene modification of human hematopoietic stem cells, ex vivo culture of primary cells, and humanized mouse models.
Dr. De Oliveira's translational research laboratory focuses on cellular therapy for cancer immunotherapy and biology of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. His research has been presented at the ASBMT, ASGCT, AACR, ASH and EHA annual meetings, and has been recognized by awards such as the Today’s and Tomorrow’s Children Fund Award, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Award, the Kure It Cancer Research Rivals United Award, and the Hope On Wheels Scholar Hope Grant Award, and received US federal support from the NCI and the NHLBI.
Using stem cell transplant as a platform, Dr. De Oliveira has been a co-investigator in international clinical trials of gene therapy for primary immunodeficiencies and X-liked adrenoleukodystrophy.
