Saiama Waqar, MD, MSCI

Saiama Waqar, MD, MSCI

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As a member of our lung cancer specialist team, Dr. Waqar cares for patients diagnosed with lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymic cancers through treatment and recovery. Learn more about how Dr. Waqar and Siteman approach lung cancer diagnosis and staging, treatment and recovery.

Research Interest

I am the Research Director for Thoracic Oncology in the Division of Oncology. As a thoracic oncologist, my research focus is designing clinical trials geared towards personalized therapies for patients with lung cancer, including molecular targeted therapies, immunotherapy and antibody-drug conjugate therapy.

Education

  • 2001: MD, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 2015: MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Training

  • 2001 - 2002: Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 2005 - 2008: Resident, internal medicine, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2008 - 2011: Fellow, hematology and oncology, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 2008: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • 2011: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Selected Research Publications

Toripalimab for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.
  • Cali Daylan AE, Morgensztern D, Waqar SN
  • JAMA Oncol 2025
Lung-MAP Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis of Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancers (SWOG S1400).
  • Kozono D, Hua X, Wu MC, [...] Waqar SN, [...] Redman MW
  • J Thorac Oncol 2024
Novel Therapies in Cancer: Trials and Tribulations.
  • Waqar SN, Govindan R
  • Clin Cancer Res 2024
Pre-radiotherapy ctDNA liquid biopsy for risk stratification of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Semenkovich NP, Badiyan SN, Samson PP, [...] Waqar SN, [...] Chaudhuri AA
  • NPJ Precis Oncol 2023
Neoadjuvant atezolizumab for resectable non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single-arm phase II trial.
  • Chaft JE, Oezkan F, Kris MG, [...] Waqar SN, [...] Carbone DP
  • Nat Med 2022

Contact Information

  • West St. Louis County

    Medical Office Building 2, 10 Barnes West Drive
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center
    224 Euclid Ave.
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Center for Advanced Medicine at Siteman Cancer Center
    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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