Ramaswamy Govindan,MD

Ramaswamy Govindan,MD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Anheuser Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology, Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology and Director, Section of Medical Oncology, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As the Anheuser Busch Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology and a member of our esophageal and lung cancer specialist teams, Dr. Govindan cares for patients diagnosed with these cancers through treatment and recovery.

Research Interest

The management of lung cancer, mesothelioma and esophageal cancer as well as developing clinical trials for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Education

  • 1986: MD, University of Madras, Madras, India

Training

  • 1987 - 1991: Resident,internal medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India
  • 1991 - 1993: Intern and resident, internal medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago
  • 1993 - 1996: Fellow, hematology and oncology, Washington University, St. Louis

Board Certification

  • 1993: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • 1996: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology
  • 1997: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Selected Research Publications

Immunotherapy for advanced-stage squamous cell lung cancer: the state of the art and outstanding questions.
  • Wang Y, Safi M, Hirsch FR, [...] Govindan R, [...] Zhang JJ
  • Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2025
Novel Therapies in Cancer: Trials and Tribulations.
  • Waqar SN, Govindan R
  • Clin Cancer Res 2024
Combined KRAS-MAPK pathway inhibitors and HER2-directed drug conjugate is efficacious in pancreatic cancer.
  • Bulle A, Liu P, Seehra K, [...] Govindan R, [...] Lim KH
  • Nat Commun 2024
Pre-radiotherapy ctDNA liquid biopsy for risk stratification of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Semenkovich NP, Badiyan SN, Samson PP, [...] Govindan R, [...] Chaudhuri AA
  • NPJ Precis Oncol 2023
Integrated analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data for the discovery of splice-associated variants in cancer.
  • Cotto KC, Feng YY, Ramu A, [...] Govindan R, [...] Griffith M
  • Nat Commun 2023
Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of Incident Lung Cancer.
  • Tian R, Wiley B, Liu J, [...] Govindan R, [...] Cao Y
  • J Clin Oncol 2023
Developmental Pathways Are Epigenetically Reprogrammed during Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis.
  • Karlow JA, Devarakonda S, Xing X, [...] Govindan R, [...] Wang T
  • Cancer Res 2022

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Contact Information

  • Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

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