Dejan Juric, MD
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Dr. Juric is Director of the Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies & Program Director of the Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Program, Mass General Hospital Cancer Center, and Physician in Medicine (Hematology/Oncology) at Massachusetts General Hospital. Â He is also Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science. Â Dr. Juric is a pioneering medical oncologist in targeted cancer therapies. Â He is a leading expert in genetic alterations associated with therapy resistance, continually expanding working knowledge of cancer biology, and providing insights into new treatment strategies. Â Most recently his focus has been on advancing the development of new agents against PIK3CA, one of the most frequently mutated oncogenes in metastatic breast cancer and other advanced malignancies. Â Dr. Juric received his medical degree from the University of Zagreb, and subsequently trained in Internal Medicine at the University Medical Center, Zagreb. Â Dr. Juric did postdoctoral research in cancer biology at Stanford University after which he became a Fellow in Oncology. Â Dr. Juric was subsequently a Resident in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a Fellow in Medical Oncology under Jose Baselga, MD, PhD at Dana Farber/Partners Cancer Care.