Emory Faculty
Emory Faculty
Ticiana Leal, MD
Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Medical Oncology
Emory Winship Cancer Institute
1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Bldg C, Fl 2, Atlanta, GA 30322 +1 More LocationsBooking information not available
(404) 778-1900About
Board-certified in medical oncology and palliative care, Ticiana Leal, MD, specializes in treating patients with lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymic malignancies at Winship Cancer Institute.
Dr. Leal is a professor and director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology Program in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. She also serves as medical director of the Clinical Trials Office at Winship Cancer Institute.
Before joining Emory, Dr. Leal was on the faculty at UW Carbone Cancer Center in Madison, Wisconsin, where she led the Thoracic Malignancies Disease-Oriented Team.
She earned her medical degree from Federal University of Ceara in Fortaleza, Brazil. She completed her internal medicine residency at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, followed by a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a fellowship in medical oncology at University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison.
Dr. Leal’s clinical research focuses on trials involving chemotherapy and immunotherapy agents for lung cancer.
She has authored or coauthored numerous peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters and posters. She serves as associate editor and executive editorial board member of The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. She is also Lung Cancer Section Editor for Current Treatment Options in Oncology and serves on the editorial advisory boards of Cancer and The Brazilian Journal of Oncology.
Languages
- English
Emory Affiliation
- Emory Clinic - School of Medicine Faculty
- Emory Physician Group Practice
- Emory Healthcare Network
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Academic Title
- Professor
Academic Profile
Year Started Practicing
- 2009
Locations
Emory Winship Cancer Institute
1365 Clifton Road Northeast
Bldg C, Fl 2
Atlanta,
GA
30322
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown
36 Linden Avenue Northeast
Atlanta,
GA
30308
Credentials
Education
- Fellowship: University of Wisconsin, Medical Oncology, 2009
- Fellowship: University of Illinois at Chicago, Geriatric Medicine, 2007
- Residency: Weiss Memorial Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2006
- Medical Education: Federal University of Ceara, MD, 2001
Professional Memberships
Dr. Leal holds professional memberships with American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, European Society of Medical Oncology, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, and International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. She is the NCI LUNG-MAP Chair, ECOG-ACRIN representative.
