Svetomir Markovic, M.D., Ph.D.

Svetomir Markovic, M.D., Ph.D. (I ’96, HEMO ’99), has been honored with a 2024 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Inventor Award. This award is in recognition of a member of the Mayo Clinic voting staff whose career demonstrates great distinction in innovative and significant contributions to the betterment of human health through the invention of new healthcare solutions. Dr. Markovic, a consultant in the Departments of Oncology and Immunology, a professor of medicine and oncology and is an associate professor in the Department of Immunology. He is chair of the Melanoma Disease Oriented Group and the Rare Malignancies Group of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and is the Charles F. Mathy Professor of Melanoma Research. His primary area of focus is on the development of more effective and less toxic therapies for patients with advanced cancers. His work involves the development and clinical testing of nanoparticles, immune-boosting agents, novel agents that reconstitute immunity in patients with cancer, and combination therapy directed at enhancing antitumor immune responses.