Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
Dr. Raoof is an Assistant Professor and the Chief of Mixed Tumor and Regional Therapies in the Department of Surgery at City of Hope Cancer Center. He obtained his medical degree from Aga Khan University and completed general surgery residenty at Yale University and University of Arizona. Dr. Raoof also completed a research fellowship in DNA repair and nanotherapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center as well as a Complex surgical oncology fellowship at City of Hope Cancer Center. In the clinic, Dr. Raoof provides surgical expertise for patients with hepatobiliary and peritoneal surface malignancies. In the laboratory, Dr. Raoof is working on novel methods to target DNA damage avoidance and repair mechanisms in gastrointestinal cancers with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutics. He is the author of over a 100 peer-reviewed papers that have been published in leading scientific journals, including Nature, Journal of National Cancer Institute and Biomaterials. Dr. Raoof is the recipient of several national honors and awards and his work has been supported through grant funding from the American College of Surgeons, American Cancer Society, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and the National Cancer Institute.