Christine Marie Bestvina MD

Physician

5841 S. MARYLAND AVE.M/C 2115Chicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 773-702-4400
Fax+1 773-702-0963

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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2015
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2012

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2015 - 2029
IN State Medical License 2025 - 2027
WI State Medical License 2022 - 2023
NC State Medical License 2012 - 2015

Clinical Trials

Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pre-existing Autoimmune Disease Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 27
TERMINATED
PHASE1
M7824 With cCRT in Unresectable Stage III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 16
TERMINATED
PHASE2
A Study of Tepotinib Plus Osimertinib in Osimertinib Relapsed MET Amplified NSCLC (INSIGHT 2) Start of enrollment: 2019 Sep 19
COMPLETED
PHASE2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Current challenges and emerging therapeutic strategies in lung cancer care: Insights from Bridging the Gaps 2025.
Narjust Florez, Sandip Pravin Patel, Ravi Salgia, Jacob Sands, Erin L Schenk
Cancer. 2026-10-01
Prolonged survival after systemic immune reactivation by aglatimagene besadenovec plus valacyclovir in immune checkpoint inhibitor-refractory non-small cell lung cancer.
Charu Aggarwal, Daniel Sterman, Jessica Dwyer, Erin R Alesi, Fabien Maldonado
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2026-09-28
Pan-tumor spatial transcriptomics reveals conserved properties of tumor organization.
Vivek Behera, Alexander Guzzetta, Hannah Giba, Ue-Yu Pen, Anna Di Lello
Cell Reports. Medicine. 2026-09-15

Press Mentions

ASCO Annual Meeting Returns to Chicago, Celebrates New Progress in CancerJune 15th, 2022
Combining Immune Checkpoint and VEGF Inhibitors Improves Survival in Pretreated NSCLCJune 4th, 2022
Oncogene-Specific Advocacy Groups Bring a Patient-Centric Perspective to Studies of Lung CancerNovember 18th, 2020

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