Yago L. Nieto, M.D., Ph.D

Yago L. Nieto, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research focuses on hematological malignancies, stem cell and bone marrow transplantation, and transplantation immunology, with recent work concentrating on high-dose chemotherapy regimens and salvage autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed/refractory germ cell tumors and large B-cell lymphoma. His latest publications include proof-of-concept studies on circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a real-time biomarker in marker-negative germ cell tumors, analyses of somatic transformations in these tumors, and a CIBMTR evaluation of CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma. He also contributes to NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for hematopoietic cell transplantation.