David Gandara, MD
Enriched profileProfessor Emeritus of Medicine; Director, Thoracic Oncology Program; Senior Advisor to the Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center · UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
David Gandara is Professor Emeritus of Medicine; Director, Thoracic Oncology Program; Senior Advisor to the Director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. OpenAlex indexes 1,114 publications with 55,117 citations (h-index 100); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 15 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Hematology / Oncology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
David R. Gandara, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology and Oncology (NOT "Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center" of Bakersfield, CA, independently re-checked: CBCC's own clinical-team roster (cbccusa.com/clinical-team) lists Ravi Patel, Neal Ammar, Sherif Ammar, Geover Fernandez, David Hsiang, and Kalyan Gaddam, with no Gandara at all. That seed institution is confirmed unrelated to this individual.). The public record shows 1,114 publications with 55,117 citations (h-index 100), centered on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Lung Cancer Research Studies, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 15 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 37 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (1997–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of clinical oncology
- Top research focus: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- 15 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 37 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 19 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 466.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 15 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Targeted Treatment for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Increased Copies of the MET Gene (An Expanded Lung-MAP Treatment Trial)
Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
- Targeted Treatment for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has a MET Exon 14 Skipping Gene Change (An Expanded Lung-MAP Treatment Trial)
Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
- Comparing Combinations of Targeted Drugs for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has EGFR and MET Gene Changes (A Lung-MAP Treatment Trial)
Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
37 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202516 payments$18,363openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202511 payments
- IMMUNITYBIO, INC.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Trials: A Perspective From Lung-MAP Investigators.
Journal of clinical oncology
Article2026 - Authors response to "Letter to the Editor": "Tumor mutational burden and survival on immune checkpoint inhibition in >8000 patients across 24 cancer types".
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer
Letter2025 - Costs and Benefits of Whole-Exome, Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
JCO precision oncology
Article2025
Most-cited works
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/david-gandara-md-361b55123
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health.ucdavis.edu/cancer/team/292/david-gandara---cancer---hematology-oncology---internal-medicine-sacramento
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iaslc.org/iaslc-news/lung-cancer-considered/blood-based-testing-and-evolution-lung-cancer-dr-david-gandara
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LinkedIn: "David Gandara, MD - Professor at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center" (auth-walled; independently corroborated by two separate SERP passes matching institutional affiliation, title, and IASLC role)
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Background & recognition
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Education
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Editor-in-Chief
Clinical Lung Cancer journal; serves on editorial boards of multiple oncology journals
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Adjunct Clinical Professor
Translational and Clinical Research Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center
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Center for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, UC Davis
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International Society for Liquid Biopsy (ISLB)
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Media & interviews
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