Saad Kenderian, M.B., Ch.B., receives NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Award

Saad Kenderian, M.B., Ch.B. (HEMO ’13), Division of Hematology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, received a grant National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Foundation Young Investigators Awards. He received the grant for his project “Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Mechanisms of Resistance and Strategies to Enhance Efficacy.”

Dr. Kenderian is one of four young investigators from NCCN member institutions who received grants in the seventh series of the NCCN Foundation Young Investigators Awards. Awardees were selected for dedication to advancing and discovering new treatments for cancer, enhancing quality and improving patient education.

Dr. Kenderian also is an assistant professor Immunology and Medicine and Oncology.