Oncology Publications
Fortrea oncologists in peer-reviewed articles
We’re sharing our oncology knowledge spanning our team of more than 60 oncologists as they navigate the complexities of oncology clinical research and contribute to industry knowledge.
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Our oncology solutions span translational research and early phase development through product launch and post-marketing studies as we help guide clinical development planning, establish target product profiles, perform feasibility and risk assessment and provide program-level medical oversight. This collaborative approach not only helps maximize the impact of our sponsors’ products but can also result in the co-authorship of peer-reviewed journal articles.
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An exceptional partnership starts with an experienced team. Browse the bios of our featured team members.
Moez Benali, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director
Moez Benali, MD, PhD, Senior Medical Director at Fortrea, also member of our global medical team, holds a medical degree and board certification in oncology supported by a PhD in molecular biology and anti-cancer drug development. He has over 22 years of overall working experience, 17 of which have been within the pharmaceutical industry (J&J, GSK, BMS, SOBI and Novartis Oncology) across Europe. As a well-rounded medical affairs and clinical development strategist, he has led activities across the life cycle drug development, and registered and launched 11 drugs at EMA, nine of them being the standard of care.
Dr. Benali is a member of several cooperative groups such as ELN, EORTC and EBMT and head of Oncologues Sans Frontières. He joined our company in October 2022.
Olga Bodriagova, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Olga Bodriagova, MD, PhD, is a Medical Director in Oncology for Fortrea Clinical Development Services, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Bodriagova has more than 20 years of experience in oncology clinical drug development as an Investigator, CRA and Medical Monitor in all phases of clinical development projects from early phase to post approval in different therapeutic areas, mainly oncology and women’s health. Dr. Bodriagova is serving as global lead project physician, providing medical and safety monitoring on assigned projects.
Dr. Bodriagova earned her medical degree from the Kyiv Medical Institute in Ukraine and completed OB/GYN residency at the Kyiv City Hospital #2. Dr. Bodriagova received an oncogynecology certification from the Kyiv Institute of Postgraduate and defended her PhD thesis in the field of endocrine gynecology. She joined our company in 2014.
Oxana Bzhadug, MD, PhD
Medical Monitor
Oxana Bzhadug, MD, PhD, is a Medical Monitor of Fortrea's global team, based in Moscow, Russia. Dr. Bzhadug has significant medical and pharmaceutical expertise with 14 years in the industry. Dr. Bzhadug received extensive scientific and clinical experience as a medical oncologist at Cancer Research Center (Moscow, Russia) for nine years. She has more than 23 years of experience in clinical trials, starting as sub-investigator in Phase I-III clinical trials and continuing in the industry supporting Phase I-IV trials within biotech (Amgen) and CRO.
Dr. Bzhadug earned her Medical Degree in Moscow Medical and Dentist University and completed her Medical Oncology Fellowship in Cancer Research Center (Moscow). She has PhD degree in molecular biology of Breast Cancer. She joined our company in 2019.
Luca Cantini, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Luca Cantini, MD, PhD, is Medical Director at Fortrea, based in Leiden, the Netherlands. Dr. Cantini has 8 years of experience in oncology clinical drug development from academia to CROs, dealing with all aspects of early and late phase clinical trials. As a Medical Oncologist, he has been actively involved in translational research in Immuno-Oncology with a special focus on thoracic cancers. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pisa, Italy and completed his medical oncology fellowship training at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. In 2020, he was awarded with the ESMO Translational Research Fellowship, to carry on a project titled “ENSURE study - dENdritic cell therapy combined with SURgEry in mesothelioma” at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. During the Fellowship, he decided to pursue a PhD trajectory at the same Institution, which has been finalized in 2022. Besides the ESMO Fellowship, he has been awarded with the IASLC Early Career Education Award, the ESO Grant for participating to the “18th ESO/ESMO Masterclass in Clinical Oncology,” the ESMO Grant for participating to the “Translational Research Unit Visit,” the ESMO Travel Grant for participating to the “2022 European Lung Cancer Conference,” and the NRS Travel Grant. He has authored 53 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. He joined our company in December 2022.
Valery Chatikine, MD, PhD
Medical Oncologist
Valery Chatikine, MD, PhD, is a medical oncologist, board certified by University of Paris XI and Cancer Research Center of the Russian Academy Medical Science, with more than 10 years medical oncology clinical practice. He is experienced in oncology drug development Phase I-III studies for multiple solid tumors and selected hematologic malignancies with small, large molecules (Immuno-Oncology), ADCs, T cells and NK cells in solid tumors, glioblastoma and lymphoma with FDA and EMA relevant IND/NDAs/BLA submission and approval involvement. Dr. Chatikine is well published with more than 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals (Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, European Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Letters). He is an active member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO). He joined our company in April 2022.
Begoña de las Heras, MD
Senior Medical Director
Begoña de las Heras, MD, is Senior Medical Director in the Oncology Therapeutic Area, based in Madrid, Spain. Dr. de las Heras has more than 23 years of national and international clinical/clinical research oncology experience including the pharmaceutical and CRO industry, focused on planning and execution of global oncology clinical development from FIH to registration. Dr. de las Heras has held regional and global positions of increasing responsibility in oncology clinical drug, being her main area of expertise the development of early phase oncology programs. She has provided significant contribution to INDs, orphan drug applications and one NDA submission. She has co-authored of 8 book chapters, authored/co-authored more than 20 papers in oncology and named as inventor of two patent applications, according to her contribution to the clinical trials. Dr. de las Heras earned her medical degree from the University Autonoma of Madrid and completed her oncology residence at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. She joined our company in 2016.
Marco Durini, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director
Marco Durini, MD, PhD, is senior medical director of oncology for Fortrea, based in Milano, Italy. He brings more than 25 years of experience in clinical research for CRO and Pharma. Before joining the company, he held medic positions with Ipsen, Pfizer, Sanofi, Roche. His expertise in oncology ranges from biomarkers/precision medicine to immuno-target therapies and vaccines in solid and non-solid malignancies. Oncogenomics and Radiomics are latest areas of interest.
Dr. Durini is board certified medical doctor at the Milan physician registry, and hold a business school training mastership at the SDA Bocconi Milan. He received his medical degree with summa laude from the University of Milan in Italy, and a granted post-degree research fellowship at ICP - University of Milan. He is author of papers submitted to ESMO/ASCO congresses. He joined Fortrea (formerly Labcorp) early 2019.
Carolina Dutra, MD
Medical Director
Carolina Dutra, MD, is a Medical Director for Fortrea Clinical Development Services, based in Brazil. She is medical oncologist by training and provides clinical and medical expertise to project teams and other Fortrea departments to advance clients’ drug development programs. Dr. Dutra performs medical and safety monitoring on assigned projects, develops and reviews protocols, case report forms and other data and materials, and contributes to the scientific strategic leadership of the oncology area at Fortrea. Dr. Dutra has more than 15 years of experience as a physician and principal investigator. She joined our company in May 2021.
José Espinoza, MD
Senior Medical Director
José Espinoza, MD, is a Senior Medical Director, Therapeutic Area/Oncology at Fortrea, based in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Espinoza has over 20 years of experience in drug development, which includes enrolling patients into cancer trials, helping design and executing studies, medical monitoring and data analysis of global trials, interfacing with regulatory bodies, and working with biotech and pharmaceutical companies to refine drug development strategies.
As a European board-certified onco-hematologist, Dr. Espinoza holds a double specialization: Clinical Oncology (1992-97) and Clinical Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation (1997-2001), and has more than 20 years of clinical experience as Consultant Onco-Hematologist at public hospitals in Spain and Ireland. Dr. Espinoza joined in our company in October 2021.
Jose Daniel Fanjul Fuente, MD
Medical Director, Oncology
Jose Daniel Fanjul Fuente, MD, is a Medical Director, Oncology, for Fortrea, based in Madrid, Spain. He provides medical and scientific guidance and support to project teams and investigative sites on clients’ drug development projects, and reviews protocols, case report forms, clinical study reports and other data and materials. Dr. Fuente has more than 10 years of experience as a physician and medical director in clinical research and development specializing in oncology.
Before his current position, he held medical director and manager positions in oncology with IQVIA and Bristol Myers Squibb in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At Bristol Myers Squibb, Dr. Fuente led scientific activities that gave impetus to the product line of the oncology therapeutic area (Nivolumab and Ipilimumab). He joined our company in October 2018.
Daniel Gandia, MD
Senior Medical Director
Dr. Gandia is a physician with more than 30 years of experience in clinical oncology and the pharmaceutical industry. He is a former senior clinical permanent staff member of the Institute Gustave-Roussy (Paris, France) under the supervision of Professor Jean-Pierre Armand. He joined IQVIA on 2016 as Medical Director in the Therapeutic Science and Strategy Unit for the US, Canada and Latin-America regions and worldwide clinical trials in 2021, serving as Senior Medical Director. He joined Fortrea in February 2023 as Senior Medical Director, MedSci Therapeutic Expertise-Oncology & Global Clinical Development.
He is Board Certified in Medical Oncology, with a special interest in Melanoma, Lung, Head and Neck, Colorectal and Breast Cancer. He has been continuously working in clinical and academic settings for more than 25 years. Dr. Gandia has also served as Scientific Advisor and Medical Director in several Pharmaceutical Companies during his professional career.
Dr. Gandia received his Medical Degree at the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and he underwent his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology at the Sanatorio Guemes, Buenos Aires, completing his Oncology fellowship program in 1988 and spending one extra year as Chief Resident and Instructor at the Instituto Angel H. Roffo (the Argentinean National University Cancer Institute).
At the Institut Gustave-Roussy, he produced several publications in peer-reviewed journals and meetings abstracts in early phases of oncology drug development.
He was heavily involved in the drug development of irinotecan. Dr. Gandia was the first investigator who described the drug cholinergic acute syndrome, and also as the head, one of the investigators that described the use of high-dose intense Loperamide to control delayed diarrhea during the European Phase I study.
Dr. Gandia's top skills are oncology, Phase I-III studies, study design, biology and molecular oncology, pharmacology, publishing papers and providing educational programs for professionals. He joined our company in February 2023.
Franklin Gaylis, MD, FACS
Urology Consultant
Franklin Gaylis, MD, FACS, is a Urology Consultant at Fortrea. He also serves as Executive Medical Director of Unio Health Partners (UHP), the largest Urology group in California and as a voluntary Professor of Urology at the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Gaylis is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, member of the American Urological Association and diplomat of the American Board of Urology. He lectures nationally and internationally on the subject of medical quality and implementation science and is considered a leader in the field. His research has been published in clinical journals such as Urology, Journal of Urology, Urology Practice, American Journal of Medical Quality, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Gaylis’ practice of more than 30 years has been focused on treating early and late stage prostate and bladder cancer including surgical procedures as well as clinical trials, Phases I-IV. He has participated in numerous clinical trials over the past 30 years, serving as PI in many and has 40 publications, 30 of which he is first author. Dr. Gaylis has a deep interest in data mining from the EMR and oversees UHP’s healthcare informatics program. He has experience with “big data” analytics and is exploring the feasibility for developing synthetic/external controls in Urology at Fortrea. Dr. Gaylis provides urological guidance for therapeutics, diagnostics and biomarker clinical trials and has conducted several advisory boards for sponsors seeking guidance regarding protocols in development.
Brian Hamilton, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Brian Hamilton, MD, PhD, is Senior Medical Director for Fortrea, based in Newton, Massachusetts. He serves as Fortrea Subject Matter Expert for cellular immune-oncology, CAR-T and gene therapy. He also serves as global lead project physician on clients’ drug development projects. Dr. Hamilton has more than 35 years of experience in pediatric medicine, immunology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and clinical research and development. Before joining Fortrea, he served as Executive Medical Monitor for Chiltern International. He has also held senior-level medical director, director physician, regulatory affairs and clinical research positions with Galena Biopharma, AstraZeneca, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Oncology, and other pharmaceutical and biotech firms. Dr. Hamilton joined our company in August 2018.
Konstantin Haradinov, MD
Medical Director
Konstantin Haradinov, MD, is a Medical Director, Oncology for Fortrea, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He contributes to the development of Fortrea policies involving medical, safety and therapeutics; serves as global lead project physician and provides medical and safety monitoring on assigned projects; reviews medical data and provides clinical and medical expertise to project teams and other Fortrea departments, and performs safety trend analyses.
Dr. Haradinov has more than 15 years of experience in clinical research as a medical director and physician/oncologist. Before joining Fortrea he served as Medical Officer, Oncology, for Chiltern International in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. Haradinov joined our company in April 2019.
Jingjun (Eric) Huang, MD
Senior Medical Manager
Jingjun (Eric) Huang, MD, is Senior Medical Manager in Fortrea, based in Guangzhou, China. He has 10 years of experience in clinical practice and clinical study in oncology, especially in hepatobiliary cancer. He was a principal investigator and expert reviewer of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Medical Science Research Foundation of Guangdong Province. He published nine studies as the first/co-first author.
Dr. Huang earned his doctorate degree and bachelors degree in an eight-year program in Clinical Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University. He completed his residency in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and worked as attending physician in the Department of Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive and Interventional Cancer Center and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. He joined our company in January 2022.
Krane Huang, MD
Senior Director and China Regional Head
Krane Huang, MD, is a Senior Medical Director, China Regional Head of Oncology for Fortrea, based in Shanghai, China. Dr. Krane has nearly 20 years of experience as medical oncologist in cancer hospitals, global pharmaceutical industries and CROs, focused on planning and execution of global oncology clinical development projects in all phases (I-III), different drug types and classes.
Dr. Krane earned his medical degree from Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology and completed his internal medicine degree and medical oncology fellowship training at Wu Union Hospital. He joined our company in September 2019.
Kazuya Iwamoto, MD, PhD, FACP
Senior Medical Director
Kazuya Iwamoto, MD, PhD, MBA, FACP, is Senior Medical Director for Fortrea in Osaka, Japan. He provides medical and scientific expertise to oncology study teams on clients’ drug development projects and contributes to the development of medical strategies and execution of clinical trials. Dr. Iwamoto has more than 25 years of experience as a physician, research clinician and medical director.
Before joining Fortrea, he was Head of the Medical Division, including Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, for Hospira Japan in Osaka. He previously served as Head of the Medical Division for Biogen Idec, Head of Medical Affairs for Bayer Yakuhin, and Clinical Research Physician for Eli Lilly in Japan. Currently President and Fellow of the Japanese Association of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Dr. Iwamoto joined our company in May 2016.
Juan Jure, MD
Medical Director
Juan Jure, MD, is a Medical Director based in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Fortrea, where he serves as project physician. Dr. Jure brings extensive experience in medical and safety oversight of clinical trials, with a strong therapeutic experience in oncology (solid tumors Phases I-III) and cancer supportive care as well as developing, reviewing, and revising protocols and project-specific tools.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Jure held positions where he gained expertise in medical monitoring demonstrating a commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of study participants, as well as maintaining high standards of data quality and site compliance.
Dr. Jure holds an MD degree from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, and completed his postgraduate degree in Clinical Oncology at Municipalidad de San Isidro. Furthermore, he has completed a Master's in Business Administration from Universidad del Salvador, Argentina.
Dr. Juan Jure's diverse experience and commitment to patient care, make him a valuable asset in the field of clinical research and drug development. He joined our company in March 2023.
Geoffrey Kannan, PhD, MD
Senior Medical Director
Geoffrey Kannan, PhD, MD, is an Executive Medical Director in the Oncology Therapeutic Area, Head of the Americas Oncology Team, and Lead for the Pediatric Oncology Medical Science Leadership Center. Dr. Kannan also provides medical and scientific governance to Sponsors, supporting development and execution of oncology clinical trials. Dr. Kannan brings more than 25 years of oncology scientific and medical experience to Fortrea. Dr. Kannan trained as a pediatric hematologist/oncologist and pediatric neuro-oncologist and has served at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children’s Hospital, and on faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kannan joined Fortrea out of practice as a pediatric neuro-oncologist affiliated with Inova Children’s Hospital and Children’s National Medical Center. At Fortrea Dr. Kannan leads medical and scientific oncology therapeutic expertise and strategic endeavors for Fortrea’s Americas-based oncology physicians, and leads Fortrea’s pediatric oncology initiatives, lending an experienced voice to guide industry partners to bring life-saving therapies to children afflicted with cancer.
Jinju Kim, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Jinju Kim, MD, PhD, is a Medical Director of Oncology for Fortrea, based in Seoul, Korea. Dr. Kim has over 10 years of clinical development/clinical research experience in pharmaceutical industry and academia including a broad range of clinical drug development activities and cross functional collaboration.
Dr. Kim earned her medical degree from Hanyang University and majored in Internal Medicine at Hanyang University Graduate School, Korea. In addition, she completed her internal medicine residency and fellowship training at Hanyang University Hospital and then worked as clinical physician and research professor. She has worked for various clinical and project-facing roles as a medical lead at both global pharmaceutical and innovative biotech companies since 2015. She joined our company in 2022.
Marcin Koziej, MD
Medical Director
Marcin Koziej, MD, is a medical director of oncology for Fortrea based in Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Koziej has more than 33 years of experience in medical onco-pulmonary research centers, CROs and the pharmaceutical environment. His roles have included physician and investigator, clinical operations professional and project management leader of pan-European and global teams, medical monitor and advisor, clinical strategist, business advisor and mentor.
Dr. Koziej earned his medical degree from the Warsaw Medical School, Warsaw, Poland and completed his internal medicine fellowship at the National Research Institute for Tb and Lung Disease in Warsaw, Poland. In 2016 he joined Chiltern, which then became part of Labcorp in 2020 and is now Fortrea.
Chunyan Li, MD
Associate Medical Director
Chunyan Li, MD, is an associate medical director of oncology for Fortrea, based in China, Shanghai. Dr. Li has solid background and experience in Oncology, she is a board certified oncologist and has 7 years of clinical experience in Shanghai's top hospitals and has served as medical monitor in CROs since 2018 for studies that include solid tumors (non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, colon cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma) as well as lymphomas (classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma).
Dr. Li received her bachelor degree of clinical medicine from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and master degree in oncology from Tongji University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. She completed the standardized training for residents and standardized training for oncology specialist in Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Shanghai 10th People’s Hospital. She joined our company in May 2021.
Xiaoling Li, MD
Senior Medical Manager
Xiaoling Li, MD, is the senior medical manager, oncology for Fortrea, based in Wuhan, China. Xiaoling has more than 15 years of experiences in industry, including hospital, pharmaceutical companies and CRO, focused on providing drug development expertise to the medical strategy and execution of the programs, performing medical and safety monitoring on the projects. Xiaoling earned her master degree of Hematology from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science & Technology in 2008. She joined our company in Jan 2021.
Dobrica Neric, MD
Medical Director
Dobrica Neric, MD, is a Medical Director for Oncology, based in Belgrade, Serbia. Dr. Neric is a specialist of Internal Medicine and sub-specialist of Medical Oncology and has more than 20 years of clinical experience as a physician. He has worked in several medical departments in primary, secondary and tertiary medical care institutions, including the General Hospital of Uzice to Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia in Belgrade. His main focus are several areas within Medical Oncology with strong clinical background in all Internal Medicine departments (especially Cardiology).
Dr. Neric graduated and completed further education of Internal Medicine specialization and Medical Oncology sub-specialization, on Medicine Faculty of University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Dr. Neric started his CRO career as a Medical Officer and Medical Monitor and he has joined our company in February 2023. Currently, he is involved in Fortrea clinical trials as a Project Physician, for the Phases I, II and III of clinical trials and also cooperates with other Fortrea departments on different projects.
Paulo Nunes, MD
Medical Director
Paulo Nunes, MD, is an Oncology Medical Director based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Dr. Nunes is a medical oncologist and epidemiologist with more than 10 years of experience in oncology clinical and epidemiological research both as an investigator and medical monitor and has worked both in the academic setting as well as in cooperative oncology groups. His main areas of scientific interest are early-phase clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and gynecological cancers.
Dr. Nunes earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande and completed his internal medicine residency at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, medical oncology residency at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS, and a fellowship in gynecological cancer and phase I clinical research at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He holds a master's degree in Epidemiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He joined our company in March 2022.
Maksym Nvikov, MD
Senior Medical Director
Maksym Novikov, MD, is a Senior Medical Director for Fortrea, based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom. He serves as global lead project physician on assigned projects, providing medical expertise and support in the development and conduct of clinical trials. This includes reviewing feasibility of investigator sites and recruitment of trial subjects and performing feasibility risk assessment and data safety monitoring, develops and reviews protocols, case report forms and other data and materials on assigned projects.
Dr. Novikov has more than 20 years of experience as a physician (surgeon), clinical researcher and medical director. Before Fortrea, he was Senior Medical Officer for Chiltern International in the UK. He also has held clinical research and medical monitoring positions with Novartis, AstraZeneca and other drug development and health care organizations. He joined Fortrea in April 2019.
Zehra Nurgul Pamuklar MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director
Zehra Nurgul Pamuklar, MD, PhD, is a Senior Medical Director of Oncology for Fortrea, based in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Pamuklar has more than 20 years of experience in oncology clinical drug development in biotechnology companies and CROs. She has supported planning and execution of global oncology clinical development projects from early phase to post approval, within medical affairs and clinical development organizations, and management of pharmaceutical, academic and regulatory interactions.
Dr. Pamuklar graduated in medicine from the Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; she has a PhD in Physiology/Immunophysiology and a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Research Management from Duke University, Durham, NC.
Before joining our company in 2019, Dr. Pamuklar provided medical management of Phase I to Phase III immuno-oncology/oncology clinical trials in non-small cell lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, bladder cancer, esophageal carcinoma, melanoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, urothelial cancer, colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer.
Lingjuan Pang, MD
Medical Director
Lingjuan Pang, MD, is a Medical Director of oncology for Fortrea Clinical Development Service, based in Guangzhou, Guang Dong Province, China. Dr. Pang as a member of our global team of Medical Monitors has significant medical and pharmaceutical expertise with 14 years in the industry. She has vast knowledge of oncology therapeutic experience across Phase I-III. She has built strong relationships with external research groups and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to which our experience and success ensures optimal performance in clinical tirals.
Dr. Pang earned her master degree from Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, major in oncology in 2005. She joined our company in Jan, 2021.
Yi Pi, MD
Medical Monitor
As a member of our global team of Medical Monitors, Dr. Yi Pi has significant medical and pharmaceutical expertise with more than 15 years in the industry and academia. He was certificated for specialized clinical practice in Cardiac Surgery and internal Medicine of Cardiology and had performed as the Principal Investigator and Medical Monitor, fully engaged in both designing and implementing clinical research in China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai hospital and Duke Clinical Research Institute.
After joining our company in 2021, Dr. Pi has been working as lead/regional physician on multiply early phase studies, as well as confirmatory trials in treatment areas including Oncology, as well as Cardiology, Endocrinology, Respirology, Neurology, Dermatology and Rare Diseases. Dr. Pi earned his medical degree from Xiangya School of Medicine and Master of Health Science degree from Duke University School of Medicine.
Suning Qian, MD
Oncology Medical Expert
Suning Qian, MD, has eight years of pharmaceutical experience in oncology area and has built strong relationships with external research groups and Key Opinion Leaders. She has medical monitoring experience in all phases of oncology trials, focused on planning and execution of oncology clinical development projects. Dr. Qian earned her medical degree from Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University, and completed her internal medicine residency and fellowship training at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. She joined our company in July 2021.
Gong Qing, MD
Associate Medical Director
Gong Qing, MD, is Associate Medical Director for Fortrea Clinical Development Services, based in Shanghai, China. She has over 16 years of academia and clinical practice experience and more than 4 years of early and late clinical development research experience covering oncology and other therapeutic area. Her industry experience includes global trials in solid tumors, including breast cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer etc., for products including biologics, targeted therapy and chemotherapy. Dr. Gong served as Associate Chief Physician before joining in industry and held medical responsibility in Pharma since 2018. She joined our company in March 2020.
María García Requesens, MD
Medical Director
María García Requesens, MD, is a Medical Director at Fortrea based in Madrid, Spain. Dr. García has 5 years of experience in oncology clinical drug development clinical trials in pharma and CROs. She focuses on medical support of global oncology clinical trials for solid tumors. Dr. García earned her medical degree from Universidad Europea in Madrid. She also holds a Nursing Degree and is very patient-oriented, believing in the power of cross-functional communication. She joined Fortrea (formerly Labcorp) in January 2020.
Kamal Saini, MD
Executive Medical Director, Oncology
Kamal Saini, MD, executive medical director at Fortrea Inc., is a board-certified medical oncologist based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he also practices part-time at the Addenbrooke’s (Cambridge University) Hospital. He contributes to the scientific strategic leadership of the oncology therapeutic area at Fortrea and provides clinical and medical expertise to project teams and other Fortrea departments on clients’ drug development projects. He liaises with key opinion leaders and academic cooperative groups with regard to the design, setup, and execution of cancer trials, especially in the breast cancer subdomain. He manages a team of high-performing medical monitors who are a part of the European oncology team. He leads the Precision Medicine and Emerging Therapies Leadership Center at Fortrea, and is also our global Scientific Publications Lead (Oncology). He brings more than 15 years of experience in clinical research and development to Fortrea. He is the author or co-author of several peer-reviewed journal articles. He joined our company in 2015.
Yulianna Tymovska, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director
Yulianna Tymovska, MD, PhD, is Senior Medical Director based in Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Tymovska has 20 years of clinical experience, specializing in Oncology (extensive clinical experience in breast, head and neck cancer, melanoma, and gynecology malignancies diagnostic and treatment, as well as research in mechanisms of tumors resistance to anti-cancer treatment and immune oncology).
Dr. Tymovska has more than 15 years of clinical research experience as a clinical trial investigator and medical director (monitor) providing medical expert oversight and monitoring of clinical trials, contribution and scientific expertise to study design, and regulatory documents, work in cross functional team on all phases of the studies and trials including feasibility assessments, design process, education efforts, and management of medical information.
Dr. Tymovska earned her medical degree and completed clinical oncology postgraduate training in Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, and PhD training in Kavetsky IEPOR of NAS of Ukraine. She joined our company in Jan 2023.
Liang Wan, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Liang Wan, MD, PhD, is a Medical Director for Fortrea in Shanghai, China. He serves as lead project physician on clients’ drug development projects, provides medical/scientific expertise to project teams, reviews protocols and medical data, and is responsible for medical and safety monitoring on assigned projects.
Dr. Wan has more than 25 years of experience as a physician, research clinician and medical director with therapeutic experience in oncology, gastroenterology, and hematology. Before joining Fortrea, he was Medical Director for IQVIA in Shanghai, serving as Global or Regional Medical Advisor on assigned projects. He began his career as a surgeon and clinical investigator at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rui Jin Hospital. Dr. Wan joined our company in May 2019.
Reigetsu Yoshikawa, MD, PhD
Senior Medical Director
Reigetsu Yoshikawa, MD, PhD, is a Senior Medical Director for Fortrea in Osaka, Japan. She contributes to the development of medical strategies and execution of clients’ clinical programs and provides medical/scientific expertise to project teams. Dr. Yoshikawa has more than 30 years of experience as a physician, medical director/advisor, and professor of medicine in Japan.
Before joining Fortrea, she was Senior Medical Advisor for Eli Lilly and previously served as Senior Medical Lead for Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma in Japan. Dr. Yoshikawa has served on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals and has authored or co-authored dozens of articles, presentations, and abstracts. She joined our company in January 2021.