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Alexandra Drakaki, MD, Oncology, Santa Monica, CA, UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica

AlexandraDrakakiMD

Oncology Santa Monica, CA

Genitourinary Oncology, Hematologic Oncology

Clinical Instructor, UCLA

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Education & Training

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2010 - 2013
  • Tufts Medical Center
    Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
  • University of Crete School of Health Sciences
    University of Crete School of Health SciencesClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2013 - 2025
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License Active through 2013
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • FELLOWSHIP/ GI ASCO MERITT AWARD ASCO, 2013

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Chemotherapy, Antibody Drug Conjugates, and Radiation With or Without Anti-PD1/Anti-PD-L1 
    ASCO Annual Meeting 2019 - Chicago, IL - 6/2/2019

Authored Content

  • Association of Baseline Systemic Corticosteroid Use with Overall Survival and Time to Next Treatment in Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Real-World US Oncology Practice for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Melanoma, or Urothelial CarcinomaJune 2020

Press Mentions

  • Adjuvant Therapy for Improved Disease-Free Survival for Patients with Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma Following Radical Surgery - Checkmate 274 - Petros Grivas
    Adjuvant Therapy for Improved Disease-Free Survival for Patients with Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma Following Radical Surgery - Checkmate 274 - Petros GrivasMarch 28th, 2021
  • Impact of Early Steroid Initiation During Immune Checkpoint Inhibition
    Impact of Early Steroid Initiation During Immune Checkpoint InhibitionJanuary 25th, 2020
  • For Reasons Unknown, Colon and Rectal Cancer Rates Are Rising in People Under 50
    For Reasons Unknown, Colon and Rectal Cancer Rates Are Rising in People Under 50November 6th, 2014

Grant Support

  • Role of mir9 in liver oncogenesisUCLAPresent

Research History

  • PhD/Identification of microRNA signature in liver oncogenesis2015 - Present

Other Languages

  • Greek

Hospital Affiliations