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Ana Maria Avila Rodriguez, MD

Translational Oncology Research Program

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Hematology and Oncology
College of Medicine

Email: aavila40@uic.edu

Ana Maria Avila Rodriguez, MD, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIC. She practices at UI Health, specializing in the treatment of patients with plasma cell disorders, such as multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. Her academic passion has focused on the impact of the immune system in myeloma development, response to therapy and remission. Her research has focused on evaluating the tumor immune microenvironment using a multi-omic approach (CITE-seq) of multiple myeloma patients in remission on maintenance therapy with immunomodulatory drugs. She is also interested in health disparities in malignant hematology.

Language : English, French, Spanish

Education

  • MD, Universidad de La Sabana School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia

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Research Focus

  • Translational Oncology
  • Health Equity
  • Cancer Health Disparities
  • Tumor Microenvironment