Dr Raghav Sundar is a clinician-scientist specialising in gastrointestinal oncology. He is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Research Director in the Department of Haematology-Oncology, at the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore. He treats patients with gastrointestinal malignancies including colorectal, gastric and hepatobiliary malignancies. He specialises in experimental therapeutics and early phase clinical trials, and is a part of the Phase 1 clinical trials team. He underwent fellowship training at the Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK. His research interest is in genomics and epigenetics of gastric cancer and tumors that metastasize to the peritoneum. He studies the interaction between the tumor epigenome and the immune microenvironment. His work has identified predictive biomarkers of systemic therapy in gastric cancer as well as potential therapeutic targets. His studies incorporate contemporary technology such as spatial transcriptomics and machine-learning. Another area of research interest in chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. As a translational clinician-scientist his works arches across several domains, collaborating with engineers, bioinformaticians, laboratory scientists, pharmaceutical and industry partners. He has published over 80 manuscripts, in high impact journals such as Cancer Discovery, Journal of Clinical Oncology, British Medical Journal and Gut.
Leadership Positions
Research Director (April 2022 - Present) – National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, National University Health System.
Assistant Research Director (November 2020 – March 2022) – National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, National University Health System.
Chief Senior Resident (Jan 2013 to July 2013) – Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System.
Chief Resident (Academic) (November 2011 to May 2012) - University Medical Centre, National University Health System (First Academic Chief Resident in Singapore)
Chief Resident (May 2011 to October 2011) – University Medical Centre, National University Health System
