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Pompeyo Quesada, MD, Resident Physician, Kansas City, KS, Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

PompeyoR.QuesadaMD

Resident Physician • Kansas City, KS

Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

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Summary

  • Dr. Quesada is a Resident-Physician at The University of Kansas School of Medicine (Class of 2025). He graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine with a Distinction in Research and Scholarship. Formerly, he was a medical student researcher at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the department of clinical cancer prevention. He is a former trainee of the medical student summer fellowship program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and of the Cancer Prevention Research Training Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He attended The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in biology with high honors and a concentration in neuroscience research. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis and writing poems.

    Research Interests: Medical Education, Cancer, Tumor Immunology, Microbiome, Metabolism, Cancer Prevention

Education & Training

  • University of Kansas School of Medicine
    University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2020 - 2025
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of MedicineClass of 2020, MD
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterResearch, Cancer Prevention Research Training Program, 2017 - 2018
  • The University of the Incarnate Word
    The University of the Incarnate WordBS, Biology, 2011 - 2014

Certifications & Licensure

  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2020 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Hilary A. Brodie, MD, PhD, Endowment for Diversity Medical Student Visiting Clerkship Award and Visiting Elective Program Scholar University of California, Davis School of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2019
  • Distinction in Research and Scholarship TTUHSC El Paso Foster School of Medicine, 2019
  • Medical Student Award Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2019
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Abstracts/Posters

  • Interleukin 17 induced-neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) mediate resistance to checkpoint blockade in pancreatic cancer
    Vidhi Chandra, Yu Zhang, Erick Riquelme, Prasanta Dutta, Pompeyo R Quesada, Amanda Rakoski, Michelle Zoltan, Nivedita Arora, Seyda Baydogan, William Horne, Jared Burks..., American Association for Cancer Research, Cancer Res 2020;80(22 Suppl). Doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.PANCA20-PO-014, 11/2020
  • Pancreatic tumor microbiome and associated immune responses determine clinical outcomes
    Erick M Riquelme, Yu Zhang, Liangliang Zhang, Montiel Maria, Zoltan Michelle, Wenli Dong, Pompeyo Quesada, Ismet Sahin, Vidhi Chandra, Anthony San Lucas, Paul Scheet, ..., Cancer Research, 2829-2829, 13 Supplement; (79), 7/7/2019
  • New onset diabetes as a predictive factor of focal lesions in the pancreas in a high-risk screening program.
    Maria Fernanda Montiel, Pompeyo Rafael Quesada, Margaret Dunseith, Irina Cazacu, Alexandra Luzuriaga, Wenli Dong, Sarah A Bannon, Maureen E Mork, Lei Feng, Y Nancy You..., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2829-2829, 13 Supplement; (79), 5/20/2019
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Other

Grant Support

  • Medical Student Award for Underrepresented PopulationsConquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2019–2020
  • Scholarly Activity Research Program Mini-GrantTTUHSC El Paso Foster School of Medicine2016
  • Evaluation of protein mRNA sequences involved in the regenerative processes of Lumbriculus variegatusUniversity of the Incarnate Word School of Graduate Studies and Research2014

Committees

  • English-to-Spanish Translator-Reviewer, Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) of Meniere’s Disease for the American Academic of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2020 - 2020
  • Resident-Physician, KU Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Residency Program Recruitment Committee 2020 - 2020
  • National Delegate - Medical Education, AAMC Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) – National Administrative Board Member 2017 - 2018
  • Poetry Editor & Article Editor, In-Training (Online Peer-Reviewed)
  • Reviewer, American Medical Student Research Journal

Research History

  • Medical Student Researcher in Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Cancer Prevention and Summer NCI R25E Medical Student FellowThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Dep. of Clinical Cancer Prevention, 1155 Pressler Street, Houston, TX, 77030 Advisor: Dr. Florencia McAllister, MD Funding: Cancer Prevention Research Training Program funded by the National Cancer Institute R25E, CA0564522017 - 2018
  • Medical Student Research Fellow in ImmunotherapyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Medicine, 1275 York Avenue New York, NY 10065 Advisor: Dr. Reiner J. Brentjens, MD-PhD and Dr. Hollie J. Jackson, PhD Funding: NCI and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Offices of Diversity Programs and Graduate Medical Education2016 - 2016
  • Medical Student Research Assistant in DiabetesTTUHSC El Paso Center of Excellence in Diabetes and Metabolism, 5001 El Paso Drive, El Paso, TX 79905 Advisor: Dr. Munmun Chattopadhyay, PhD Funding: TTUHSC El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Scholarly Activity Research Project Mini-Grant2016 - 2016
  • Neuroscience Researcher AssistantUniversity of the Incarnate Word Dept. of Biology, 4301 Broadway St. 78209 San Antonio, TX Advisor: Dr. Veronica G. Martinez Acosta, Ph.D. and Dr. Robert A. Miranda, Ph.D. Funding: University of the Incarnate Word Undergraduate Research Award (Author: Pompeyo R. Quesada)2012 - 2015

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

  • Pompeyo R. Quesada Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=_ONCqQUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F5fTx9ZZqmoT_5d0vthVjiK0ERS_NG6gWEAP1soT_BmGZaPWSwTA6uo3fsVotrYeVtXl6kV5Rouxn0NETr9UquJmJPCoXw4jaWytPM-t7HxAZojpr8

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