Carmen
Carmen Calfa, MD
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Medical Co-Director, Cancer Survivorship Program
Dr. Carmen Calfa is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Associate Director of Community Outreach and Medical Director of Clinical Operations for the Survivorship Cancer Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has been recognized for her clinical care and research and has received the prestigious Zubrod 2020 Outstanding Clinical Researcher of the Year Award. Recognized for the work in the community, she is also the recipient of 2020 Miami Dolphins Everyday Hero Award.
In addition to being an outstanding and compassionate physician, she has dedicated her career to developing new treatment approaches for women with breast cancer and improving breast cancer survivorship. She is leading the Multidisciplinary Survivorship Clinic Program at Sylvester and she plays a key role in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Steering Committee. As Medical Director for Clinical Operations, Survivorship Cancer Program, she dedicates her efforts to not only improve survival by promoting access to innovative research but also quality of life for those diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers.
She is the institutional principal investigator for several clinical trials, and she leads the Precision Medicine Clinical Trials Initiative at Sylvester.
Dr. Calfa serves as the institutional principal investigator for the ASCO’s TAPUR Study and has been a member of the Molecular Tumor Board and TAPUR’s steering committee. She is looking forward to continuing her work with the ASCO-TAPUR team and expand precision medicine options to patients everywhere.
She earned a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu-Mures in Romania and has completed Internal Medicine Residency as well as Hematology-Oncology Fellowship training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.
Carmen Calfa, MD
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Associate Professor, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
- Medical Co-Director, Cancer Survivorship Program
Dr. Carmen Calfa is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Associate Director of Community Outreach and Medical Director of Clinical Operations for the Survivorship Cancer Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has been recognized for her clinical care and research and has received the prestigious Zubrod 2020 Outstanding Clinical Researcher of the Year Award. Recognized for the work in the community, she is also the recipient of 2020 Miami Dolphins Everyday Hero Award.
In addition to being an outstanding and compassionate physician, she has dedicated her career to developing new treatment approaches for women with breast cancer and improving breast cancer survivorship. She is leading the Multidisciplinary Survivorship Clinic Program at Sylvester and she plays a key role in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Steering Committee. As Medical Director for Clinical Operations, Survivorship Cancer Program, she dedicates her efforts to not only improve survival by promoting access to innovative research but also quality of life for those diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers.
She is the institutional principal investigator for several clinical trials, and she leads the Precision Medicine Clinical Trials Initiative at Sylvester.
Dr. Calfa serves as the institutional principal investigator for the ASCO’s TAPUR Study and has been a member of the Molecular Tumor Board and TAPUR’s steering committee. She is looking forward to continuing her work with the ASCO-TAPUR team and expand precision medicine options to patients everywhere.
She earned a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tirgu-Mures in Romania and has completed Internal Medicine Residency as well as Hematology-Oncology Fellowship training at Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine.