Luana G. Sousa, M.D.
Department of Thoracic-Head & Neck Med Onc, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo
Education & Training
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2015-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncologist, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo |
| 2013-2015 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas |
Board Certifications
| 2020 | United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Certificated |
Honors & Awards
| 2022 | MD Anderson Cancer Center Endowed Fellowship Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2010 | Water Colin Award, Brazilian Society of Protozoology and Immunology |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- S Heeke, CM Gay, MR Estecio, A Stewart, H Tran, B Zhang, X Tang, MG Raso, K Concannon, Sousa LG, WE Lewis, K Kondo, MB Nilsson, Y Xi, L Diao, Q Wang, J Zhang, J Wang, II Wistuba, LA Byers, JV Heymach. Exploiting DNA Methylation for Classification of SCLC Subtypes from Liquid Biopsies Using a Robust Machine Learning Approach. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 17(9):S43, 2022.
- Sousa LG, Kimal Rajapakshe, Jaime Rodriguez Canales, Renee L Chin, Lei Feng, Qi Wang, Tomas Z Barrese, Erminia Massarelli, William William, Faye M Johnson, Renata Ferrarotto, Ignacio Wistuba, Cristian Coarfa, Jack Lee, Jing Wang, Cornelis JM Melief, Michael A Curran, Bonnie S Glisson. ISA101 and nivolumab for HPV-16+ cancer: updated clinical efficacy and immune correlates of response. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 10(2), 2022. PMID: 35193933.
- Sousa LG, Kaiwen Wang, Danice Torman, Bailee J Binks, Maria Laura Rubin, Clark R Andersen, Whitney E Lewis, Melvin J Rivera, Diana Kaya, Adel K El‐Naggar, Ehab Y Hanna, Bita Esmaeli, Steven J Frank, Diana Bell, Bonnie S Glisson, Jordi Rodon, Funda Meric‐Bernstam, J Jack Lee, Renata Ferrarotto. Treatment patterns and outcomes of palliative systemic therapy in patients with salivary duct carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified. Cancer 128(3):509-518, 2022. PMID: 34661906.
- Sousa LG, Felippe Lazar Neto, Danice Karagiannis Torman, Eduardo M Diaz, David I Rosenthal, Bonnie S Glisson, Diana Bell, Renata Ferrarotto. Therapeutic approaches and outcomes in patients with larynx or hypopharynx high‐grade neuroendocrine carcinoma: A s ingle‐center retrospective analysis. Head & Neck 43(12), 2021. PMID: 34524729.
- Felippe Lazar Neto, Sousa LG, Whitney E Lewis, Bonnie Glisson, John V Heymach, Anne S Tsao, Renata Ferrarotto. Outcomes of Critically Ill Lung Cancer Patients Initiating Targeted Therapy or Immunotherapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Center Report. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 2021. PMID: 34787022.
- Renata Ferrarotto, Sousa LG, Yun Qing, Diana Kaya, Bettzy Stephen, Dipti Jain, Diana Bell, Shubham Pant, Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Filip Janku, George Blumenschein, Bonnie S Glisson, Jordi Rodon Ahnert, Sarina A Piha-Paul, J Jack Lee, Michael K Wong, Charles Lu, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Aung Naing. Pembrolizumab in patients with refractory cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II trial. Advances in Therapy 38(8), 2021. PMID: 34241781.
- Sousa LG, Wang K, Torman D, Binks B, Andersen C, Lewis WE, Rivera M, Kaya D, El-Naggar A, Hanna E, Esmaeli B, S Frank SJ, Bell D, Glisson B, Ahnert J, Meric-Bernstam F, Lee JJ, Ferrarotto R. Treatment patterns and systemic therapy outcomes for patients with salivary duct carcinoma and adenocarcinoma NOS. Journal of Clinical Oncology 39(15_supplement):6084, 2021.
- Jose Mauricio Mota, Sousa LG, Maria Ignez Braghiroli, Luiz Tenório Siqueira, João Evangelista Bezerra Neto, Paulo Chapchap, Ana A de Oliveira Hoff, Paulo M Hoff. Pembrolizumab for metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma with high mutational burden: two case reports. Medicine 97(52), 2018. PMID: 30593126.
- Rosana Sousa, Viviane M Andrade, Thomas Bair, Nicholas A Ettinger, Sousa LG, Laura Andrade, Luiz H Guimarães, Paulo RL Machado, Edgar M Carvalho, Mary E Wilson, Albert Schriefer. Early Suppression of Macrophage Gene Expression by Leishmania braziliensis. Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. PMID: 30374342.
- Mota JM, Sousa LG, Riechelmann R. Complications from carcinoid syndrome: review of the current evidence. Ecancer medical science 10, 2016. PMID: 27594907.