Biography:

Dr. Mercedes Porosnicu is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Molecular Medicine at Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center, NC USA. Her clinical practice is focused on Head and Neck Cancer and she is the Leader of the Head and Neck Cancer Disease Oriented Team. Dr. Porosnicu’s laboratory and translational research focuses on novel therapeutic agents such as oncolytic viruses, targeted drug therapies and immunotherapy. Her research goal is to increase treatment efficacy by identifying mechanisms and predictors of tumor response that would allow for better patients’ selection and for more efficient combination of biologic agents.