People

Meet the Principal Investigator

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D.

The Lisa K. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Comprehensive Oncology

Director, UTĀ Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine

Associate Dean of Oncology Programs, UTĀ Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Carlos L. Arteaga is the Director of theĀ Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterĀ and Associate Dean of Oncology Programs at UTĀ Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Arteaga earned his medical degree at the University of Guayaquil in Ecuador. He trained in internal medicine and medical oncology at Emory University and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1989, where he held the Donna S. Hall Chair in Breast Cancer Research and served at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) as Director of the Center for Cancer Targeted Therapies, the Director of the Breast Cancer Program, and the Associate Director for Translational/Clinical Research until 2017 when he joined UTĀ Southwestern.

Dr. Arteaga has more than 300 publications in the areas of oncogenes and breast tumor initiation and progression, the development of targeted therapies and biomarkers of drug action and resistance, and investigator-initiated clinical trials in breast cancer. His research is or has been funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, Stand Up 2 Cancer (SU2C), and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and Breast Cancer Research foundations.

During his career, Dr. Arteaga has received several awards, including the American Association for Cancer Research-Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award, the American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award, the Gianni Bonadonna Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the 2015 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine from the American-Italian Cancer Foundation, and the Clinical Investigator Award from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy, an elected member of both the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians and a member of the Susan G. Komen Scientific Advisory Board. He also serves on the advisory boards of several academic breast cancer programs and NCI-designated cancer centers.

Current Lab Members

Ariella Hanker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Ariella Hanker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Saurabh Mendiratta, M.S.

Lab Manager

Saurabh Mendiratta, M.S.

Kyung-min Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kyung-min Lee, Ph.D.

Dhivya Sudhan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dhivya Sudhan, Ph.D.

Sumanta Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Assistant Instructor

Sumanta Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Alberto Servetto, M.D.

Junior Visiting Researcher

Alberto Servetto, M.D.

Dan Ye, M.D.

Senior Research Associate

Dan Ye, M.D.

Hiroaki Akamatsu, M.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Hiroaki Akamatsu, M.D.

Albert Lin, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Researcher

Albert Lin, Ph.D

Lab Alumni

    Name

    Position in Arteaga Lab

    Current position

    Mingfang Ao, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowPostdoctoral fellow, Vanderbilt University
    Sangeeta Bafna, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowManager, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Andrei Bakin, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssociate professor, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Justin Balko, Pharm.D., Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Neil Bhola, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, University of California, San Francisco
    Roberto Bianco, M.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssociate professor, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
    Swati Biswas, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowMedical writer, WAVE life sciences
    Monica Red Brewer, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellow
    Anindita Chakrabarty, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, Shiv Nadar University, India
    Siprachanh Chanthaphaychith, J.D.Research assistantPrivacy and cyber intelligence professional
    Kristen Keon Ciombor, M.D.FellowAssistant professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Rebecca Cook, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssociate professor, Vanderbilt University
    Tracy Criswell, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine
    Sarah Croessmann, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowResearch assistant professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Teresa DuggerLab managerLab manager, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nancy Dumont, Ph.D.PhD studentSenior research scientist, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    Ghenekaro EsinSummer studentMedical student, Meharry Medical College
    Monica Valeria Estrada, M.D.Pathology fellowAssistant director, tissue technology shared resources, University of California, San Diego
    Luigi Formisano, M.D., Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
    William Fry, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAntibody development manager, Antibodies Inc.
    Joan Garrett, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssistant professor, University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
    Ritwik Ghosh, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowChief technologist, Lynntech Inc.
    Jennifer Giltnane, M.D., Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowPathologist, Genentech Inc.
    Paula Gonzalez-Ericsson, M.D.Pathology fellowPathology fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Angel Guerrero-Zotano, M.D.FellowOncologist, Hospital Quironsalud, Valencia, Spain
    Marta Guix, M.D.FellowOncologist, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
    Katherine Hutchinson, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowScientist, Genentech Inc.
    Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, M.D., Ph.D.FellowEli Lilly
    Justin KingSummer studentMedical student, Meharry Medical College
    James KochResearch assistantResearch assistant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Yasuhiro Koh, M.D.FellowAssociate professor, Wakayama Medical University, Japan
    Maria Gabriela Kuba, M.D.Pathology fellowPathology fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Anne Lenferink, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowResearch officer, Nationl Research Council Canada
    Yao Lu, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowClinical genomics scientist, Invitae
    Todd Miller, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssociate professor, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
    Preston MooreResearch assistantSenior clinical data analyst, Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Stacy Moulder, M.D.FellowAssociate professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Archana NarasannaResearch assistantResearch coordinator, University of Florida
    James Pauff, M.D., Ph.D.FellowAssociate medical director, AbbVie
    Marianela Perez-Torres, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowBranch chief, Food and Drug Administration
    Paula Pohlmann, M.D.FellowAssistant professor, Georgetown University
    Brent Rexer, M.D., Ph.D.FellowAssistant professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    David RiddleResearch assistantEpic analyst, Ardent Health Services
    Christoph Ritter, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowProfessor, University of Greifswald, Germany
    Luis Jesus Schwarz, M.D.Postdoctoral fellowOncologist, Oncosalud AUNA, Peru
    Incheol Shin, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowProfessor, Hanyang University, South Korea
    Cammie Rinehart SuttonResearch assistant
    Shizhen Emily Wang, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowAssociate professor, University of California, San Diego
    Emily Fox Wearne, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowPharmacologist, Food and Drug Administration
    Seungchan Yang, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowScientist, RES Group Inc.
    Christian Young, Ph.D.Postdoctoral fellowInstructor, University of Colorado at Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus