Affiliation: Emory University

Dr. Raikar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Hematology, Oncology and BMT at Emory University School of Medicine. He is a physician-scientist with a research focus in cellular immunotherapy, with a primary interest in developing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for T-cell malignancies. Dr. Raikar received his MD degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 2009, where he also did his pediatric internship and residency. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine in 2016. During his fellowship, he created novel chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) using lamprey-derived variable lymphocyte receptors to target T-cell malignancies under the mentorship of H. Trent Spencer, PhD, Director of the Cell and Gene Therapy Program at Emory University. He is now a junior faculty member at Emory University and was recently awarded a NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) through the National Cancer Institute (NCI).