Neal E. Ready
Experienced in Sinus Cancer

Dr. Neal E. Ready

Otolaryngology
Duke Health
Duke Cancer Center
20 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Clinical Trials:Currently Recruiting for 1 Trial
Accepting New Patients
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Experienced in Sinus Cancer
Duke Health
Duke Cancer Center
20 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

I am a medical oncologist and researcher who specializes in treating patients with lung cancer and head and neck cancer. I’ve been at Duke for eight years. I first realized I wanted to become a doctor in graduate school, because it gave me the opportunity to practically apply scientific evidence to help others. What I love most about my job is working with our research and clinical staff to come up with new and hopeful therapies for patients. When a patient comes to see me, I look at their past and current medical history, review their lab tests, and then work with a team to figure out which treatment would work best for them. If a patient comes from far away, we try to make sure we can fit in visits with all the relevant specialists before they leave. Outside of work, I enjoy exercising with friends and spending time with my children at their various activities.

Dr. Ready is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sinus Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, and Throat Cancer.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 88 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Sinus Cancer.

Specialties
Otolaryngology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in NC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Med, Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Hematology, Brown University Medical School (Rhode Island), Medical Oncology, New England Medical Center, Tufts University Medical School (Massachusetts)
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Duke Cancer Center
20 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Call: 919-681-6900

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Ready 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.

Lung Cancer
Mesothelioma

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.


3 Clinical Trials

Phase I Study Evaluating MEM-288 Oncolytic Virus Alone and in Combination With Standard of Care Therapy in Advanced Solid Tumors
Phase I Study Evaluating MEM-288 Oncolytic Virus Alone and in Combination With Standard of Care Therapy in Advanced Solid Tumors
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: August 29, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Drug: MEM-288
Study Phase: Phase 1
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Maintenance Sunitinib Malate (NSC 736511) for Untreated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase IB/Randomized Phase II Study
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Maintenance Sunitinib Malate (NSC 736511) for Untreated Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase IB/Randomized Phase II Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: April 04, 2023
Intervention Type: Other, Drug
Study Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
An Open-label, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine (SC16LD6.5) for Third-line and Later Treatment of Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Delta-Like Protein 3-Expressing Small Cell Lung Cancer (TRINITY)
An Open-label, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine (SC16LD6.5) for Third-line and Later Treatment of Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Delta-Like Protein 3-Expressing Small Cell Lung Cancer (TRINITY)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: July 30, 2021
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 2
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88 Total Publications

Perioperative pembrolizumab in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): conventional and distribution-based immune profiling of the tumor microenvironment and peripheral circulation.
Perioperative pembrolizumab in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): conventional and distribution-based immune profiling of the tumor microenvironment and peripheral circulation.
Journal: Journal for immunotherapy of cancer
Published: October 07, 2025
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234 Crooked Creek Pkwy, 
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919-385-5300
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