Neekesh Dharia, MD PhD

Senior Medical Director at Genentech

Burlingame, California, United States

About

Senior Medical Director at Genentech in oncology early clinical development. Post-graduate work was combining genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function screening with large omics datasets to identify new targets in pediatric cancers in Kimberly Stegmaier's group at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Todd Golub's Cancer Data Science group at the Broad Institute. Former attending physician in pediatric hematology and oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital. Completed pediatric hematology and oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital. Completed pediatric residency at UCLA Medical Center which included Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, Olive View UCLA Medical Center and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Graduate work was in malaria research using bioinformatic techniques including genomic microarray and sequence analysis. Using whole-genome methods to elucidate mechanisms of drug resistance and study populations of malaria parasites. Specialties: Pediatrics, oncology, computational biology, functional genomics, target identification, data science, sequence analysis, early phase clinical trials.

Experience

  • Genentech (Full-time · 5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Senior Medical Director
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Early Clinical Development Oncology

    • Lead Medical Director
      Aug 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Early Clinical Development Oncology

    • Medical Director
      Oct 2020 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Early Clinical Development Oncology

  • Boston Children's Hospital (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist
      Jul 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellow
      Jul 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs

      Post-graduate work was combining genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function screening with large omics datasets to identify new targets in pediatric cancers in Kimberly Stegmaier's group at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Todd Golub's Cancer Data Science group at the Broad Institute.

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist
      Jul 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellow
      Jul 2014 - Jun 2017 · 3 yrs

      Post-graduate work was combining genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function screening with large omics datasets to identify new targets in pediatric cancers in Kimberly Stegmaier's group at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Todd Golub's Cancer Data Science group at the Broad Institute.

  • Instructor at Harvard Medical School
    Jul 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Postdoctoral Fellow at Broad Institute
    Jul 2015 - Oct 2020 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Post-graduate work was combining genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function screening with large omics datasets to identify new targets in pediatric cancers in Kimberly Stegmaier's group at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Todd Golub's Cancer Data Science group at the Broad Institute.