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Lara E. Davis, MD

Lara E. Davis, MD

Medical Oncology

  • Program Head, Sarcoma Oncology Program, Fred Hutch
  • Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch
  • Anderson Family Endowed Chair in Sarcoma, Fred Hutch
  • Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine
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About

Dr. Lara Davis is a board-certified physician and researcher at Fred Hutch who cares for patients with sarcomas and related tumors and researches these diseases.

Background

Dr. Davis is a medical oncologist who cares for patients with sarcoma. She is also a researcher, conducting research on sarcoma and all its subtypes. She leads sarcoma clinical trials both at Fred Hutch and nationally. She also leads translational research in osteosarcoma and collaborates with numerous labs on translational studies in additional sarcoma subtypes.

Area of Clinical Practice
Sarcoma

“I hope each patient feels seen as an individual and that you understand and feel confident in your treatment plan.”

— Dr. Davis

What do you value about your work?

I always like a challenge, and clinical care for sarcoma patients is extremely complex. These tumors can happen in any part of the body at any age, which makes things inherently difficult, and there are additional challenges with the ultra-rare sarcoma types, since we do not have a lot of data. It’s also very inspiring now because there's so much research going on; research that we’re taking part in and that is emerging around the world. There’s still much work to do, but there are exciting real-time advances that help make the challenges not overwhelming.

What do you want a patient to know about you?

I'll always be thinking about and consulting with research, but the person in front of me in the clinic is my number one priority. The hope is that the research we’re doing will help each person and that individual will help the next person by participating in research, if that’s a possibility for them. 

Diseases Treated

Sarcoma

Diseases Researched

Sarcoma

Languages

English

Education and Experience

Fellowship, Combined Medical Oncology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University

Residency, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Harvard University and Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston

MD, Oregon Health & Science University

BA, Neuroscience, Wellesley College

Board Certifications

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2015; Pediatrics, 2009; American Board of Pediatrics

Medical Oncology, 2013; Internal Medicine, 2009; American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Trials

We make promising new treatments available to you through studies called clinical trials led by Fred Hutch physicians. Many of these trials at Fred Hutch have led to FDA-approved treatments and have improved standards of care globally. Together, you and your physician can decide if a study is right for you.

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Publications

Many of our Fred Hutch physicians conduct ongoing research to improve standards of patient care. Their work is evaluated by other physicians and selected for publication to the United States National Library of Medicine, the largest medical library in the world. See scientific papers this Fred Hutch physician has written.

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