Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes
Baltimore, United States
Chetan Bettegowda, MD/PhD is the Jennison and Novak Families Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a-surgeon scientist whose research is focused on understanding the genetic underpinnings of central nervous system (CNS) cancers. He and his group have discovered several of the key driver genes involved in the pathogenesis of a myriad of brain cancers, many of which are now used routinely to define the molecular classification of primary brain tumors. Dr. Bettegowda has also been focused on translating these genetic discoveries for translational benefit by applying them for the earlier detection of cancers. He and his group have published several of the seminal papers in liquid biopsies including a landmark study demonstrating the wide applicability of circulating tumor DNA for the detection and monitoring of cancers throughout the body. He has also published extensively on non-plasma based diagnostics for cancer detection. In addition to an active research enterprise, Dr. Bettegowda is a busy neurosurgeon whose clinical efforts are focused on caring for individuals with primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Dr. Bettegowda has been recognized by numerous organizations for his outstanding work. He is the inaugural recipient of the Jennison and Novak Families Endowed Professorship in Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has also been awarded the Hunterian Research Award, Sherman Award for Neurosurgery Resident Achievement, Harvey Cushing Award for Research Excellence, Hellen Taussig Award for Outstanding Research, Reinhoff Scholar Award and the American Association of Cancer Researchers Team Science Award for Liquid Biopsies and was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigators.
