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Abstract

Arti Hurria, MD is a geriatrician and oncologist, focusing on care of the older patient with cancer. She completed a geriatric fellowship in the Harvard Geriatric Fellowship Program, followed by a hematology–oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). She subsequently joined the faculty at MSKCCC, where she served as co-Principal Investigator on the institutional NIH P20 grant “Development of an Aging and Cancer Center at MSKCC.” In the fall of 2006 Dr. Hurria joined the City of Hope as Director of the Cancer and Aging Research Program. Dr. Hurria is a recipient of the Paul Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research (K23 AG026749-01) and American Society of Clinical Oncology-Association of Specialty Professors-Junior Development Award in Geriatric Oncology, and vice co-chair of the Alliance Cancer in the Elderly Committee. Dr. Hurria serves a PI on a U13 grant in collaboration with the NIA and NCI to identify and develop research methodology that will lead evidence based recommendations to improve clinical care for older adults with cancer. She also serves as PI on an R01 funded grant evaluating clinical and biological predictors of chemotherapy toxicity in older adults with breast cancer. These grants are executed in collaboration with members from the Cancer and Aging Research Group, which Dr. Hurria founded and leads.