Faculty
Oncology Division
Alphabetical list (active faculty):   
Vivek K. Arora

Vivek K. Arora, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Oncology Division

Molecular Oncology

Contact

  • 314-454-8681 (office)
  • 314-747-2797 (fax)
  • Division of Oncology
    Campus Box 8069
    Washington University
    660 South Euclid Avenue
    St. Louis, MO 63110
  • 8th Floor, McDonnell Sciences Building (office)

Biosketch

Education
1996 BA, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2004 PhD, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
2004 MD, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Post-graduate Training
2004-2005 Medicine Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2006 Medicine Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2007-2011 Medical Oncology Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2008-2014 Research Fellow (Charles Sawyers Lab), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Academic Appointments
2011-2014 Instructor, GU Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2014-present Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Board Certification
2007 Internal Medicine
2010 Medical Oncology
Honors & Awards
2013 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator
2014 Lasker Clinical Research Scholar (declined)
2014 UT Southwestern Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholars (declined)
2015 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator
2018 ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award
National Scientific Panels
2014-2019 Prostate Cancer Foundation Basic Science Grant Reviewer
2015 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Cancer Research Program Reviewer
2016 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Quinquennial Review (QQR) Panel
2016-2019 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Conference (Prostate planning committee)
2019 Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Annual Meeting Session Chair, "Bladder cancer microenvironment"
2020 (invited) Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Annual Meeting Session Chair, “Bladder cancer microenvironment”
Professional Societies & Organizations
Member, American Association of Cancer Research