Ara A. Vaporciyan

Ara A. Vaporciyan is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research focuses on surgical oncology, thoracic malignancies, and multimodal cancer care, with recent work spanning CT-based deep learning models for predicting checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis, FOXM1-specific TCR-engineered T cells for non–small cell lung cancer, and clinicogenomic features of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma. He has also investigated lymphovascular invasion patterns in early esophageal cancer and machine-learning strategies for adapting immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC. His contributions integrate translational immunology, precision oncology, and advanced imaging to improve outcomes in lung and esophageal cancers.