Diwakar Davar
Experienced in Brain Tumor
Experienced in Brain Tumor
5115 Centre Avenue, Hillman Cancer Center, 
Pittsburgh, PA 

Overview

Diwakar Davar, MBBS, M.Sc is an assistant professor of medicine and a medical oncologist/hematologist. He specializes in the management of advanced melanoma and the development of early phase studies to test novel immunotherapeutic approaches to treat advanced cancers.;.

Dr. Davar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Uveal Melanoma, Uveal Melanoma, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 92 peer reviewed articles and participating in 20 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Brain Tumor.

Specialties
Hematology
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in PA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Magee Womens Hospital Of Upmc Health System
Upmc Presbyterian Shadyside
Upmc Altoona
Upmc Passavant
Upmc East
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Aetna
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Blue Shield of California
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Humana
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Medicaid
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Locations

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5115 Centre Avenue, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Davar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Metastatic Uveal Melanoma

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


19 Clinical Trials

Phase 1/2 Study of IMC-F106C in Advance PRAME-Positive Cancers
Immune Checkpoint Blockade for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Selected Unresectable or Metastatic Cancers
DREAMseq (Doublet, Randomized Evaluation in Advanced Melanoma Sequencing) a Phase III Trial
A Phase 1 Study of SEA-TGT (SGN-TGT) in Subjects With Advanced Malignancies
A Phase 1 Study of SGN-CD228A in Select Advanced Solid Tumors
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