Organizing Committee Member
Khalid Matin
Director & Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
USA
Biography
Khalid Matin, M.D., F.A.C.P., has been appointed as a medical director of community oncology and clinical research affiliations at VCU Massey Cancer Center and an associate professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine, at the VCU School of Medicine, effective July 15, 2013. Most recently, Matin was director of community oncology and associate professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. He was also an attending physician at Roswell’s satellite facility in Amherst, NY. Prior to his roles at Roswell, Matin was a medical oncologist at the Cancer Center of Montgomery, Alabama, which is part of the Southeast Cancer Network; a clinical assistant professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in Pennsylvania; and attending physician in hematology-oncology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Pittsburgh. A board-certified medical oncologist and clinical researcher, Matin is an expert in the study and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. He has developed several clinical trials for GI cancers, and he has served as the principal investigator and co-investigator on various colorectal and lung cancer trials.
Research Area
Matin is an expert in the study and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. He has developed several clinical trials for GI cancers and lung cancer.