Sagar LonialCo-Chair

Professor Sagar Lonial is currently the Chief Medical Officer at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, US. He is also a Professor and Chair of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US. 

Professor Lonial is internationally recognized as a leading authority in multiple myeloma treatment and research, having recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Hematology-Oncology from the Indo-American Cancer Association. As a medical oncologist, he treats patients with multiple myeloma and is a leading member of the bone marrow transplantation and clinical trials team. He has recently spent time developing the B-cell malignancy program with respect to novel targeted agents in laboratory models as well as early clinical trials. 

Professor Lonial obtained his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, US, which was followed by a residency at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, US, and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US.