Marc Machaalani, MD

Incoming Resident at Yale and Research Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

I am an incoming Internal Medicine resident at Yale New Haven Hospital and a postdoctoral research fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, where I am mentored by Dr. Toni K. Choueiri.

I received my medical degree from the Lebanese University in 2023. My research focuses on integrative analyses of circulating and tumor biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma, with particular interests in tumor–host interactions, immune evasion, the gut microbiome, and cancer genomics.

My work has been published in journals including Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and European Urology and has been presented at international meetings including the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting (ASCO) and genitourinary symposium (ASCO GU), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual congress, and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) annual meeting. I have been the reciepient of several national and international honors, including multiple ASCO Conquer Cancer and ESMO Merit Awards.