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Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, Oncology, La Jolla, CA, UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest

LyudmilaA.BazhenovaMD

Oncology La Jolla, CA

Thoracic Cancer

Moores UCSD Cancer Center

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Summary

  • I am a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, Lung Cancer Unit Leader and a Director of the Hematology Oncology training program. My clinical practice and research concentrate on lung cancer. I have vast experience in clinical trial management, design and implementation. I serve as Chair of UC San Diego Protocol Review and Monitoring committee. I an a member of Alliance Respiratory Committee. I am a recipient of NCI Clinical Trial Leadership Award, San Diego Best Doctors awards and Women Who Mean Business Award. My main research interest is drug development.
    I completed my M.D. at Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. I graduated from Internal medicine residency at University of California Los Angeles/ West Los Angeles VA medical center and then completed a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology at Scripps-Green Hospital in La Jolla in 2005 and have been in practice at NCI designated UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center since 2005.

Education & Training

  • Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital
    Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green HospitalFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2002 - 2005
  • UCLA-VA Greater Los Angeles
    UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
  • Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy
    Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy Class of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
  • Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • A phase III randomized study of nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus nivolumab for previously treated patients with stage IV squamous cell lung cancer and no matching biom... 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019

Authored Content

  • Efficacy of Selpercatinib in RET Fusion–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung CancerAugust 2020
  • Efficacy of Selpercatinib in RET Fusion–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung CancerAugust 2020
  • Efficacy of Selpercatinib in RET Fusion–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung CancerAugust 2020

Press Mentions

  • Cancer Status Report: Overall Death Rate Continues to Drop
    Cancer Status Report: Overall Death Rate Continues to DropJanuary 15th, 2022
  • Lung-MAP: A Five-Year Recap on the First Master Protocol Trial in Cancer Research
    Lung-MAP: A Five-Year Recap on the First Master Protocol Trial in Cancer ResearchFebruary 21st, 2020
  • Breathing in Life with Stage IV Lung Cancer
    Breathing in Life with Stage IV Lung CancerNovember 26th, 2019
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