Dr. Wainberg is an academic medical oncologist at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine specializing in gastrointestinal malignancies. I currently serve as the co-director of the GI oncology program and medical director of the Pancreas Cancer Center at UCLA with a joint appointment in medicine and surgery. My research focus is on translational research of GI cancers with a particular focus on drug development. I also serve as the director of the Early Phase Clinical Research Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. I am currently the principal investigator on over 25 clinical trials focused on targeted therapeutics in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.