Biographical summary
Konstantinos Leventakos, M.D., is a medical oncologist with a focus on thoracic malignancies, personalized medicine and immunotherapy. His clinical focus includes:
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Small cell lung cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Thymic malignancies
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Multidisciplinary approach to thoracic malignancies and personalized medicine
- Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for clinical trial matching
In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Leventakos is active in research and education of medical students, residents and Oncology fellows. He publishes in many journals and speaks at many national and international meetings.
Conditions treated
Interests
- Lung cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Thymoma and thymic cancer
- Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung
- Individualized medicine
- Artificial intelligence and clinical trial matching
- Immunotherapy
- Early Cancer Therapeutics/Phase 1 Clinical Trials
- Palliative care and symptom control
- Telemedicine in Oncology
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2017
Ph.D.University of Athens Medical School
- 2017
FellowHematology/Oncology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2014
ResidencyGeorgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center
- 2011
ResidencyAttikon Unversity Hospital of Athens
- 2009
Post-doctoral FellowshipUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2005
MDMedical School of University of Crete, Heraklion
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2017
HematologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2017
Medical OncologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2014
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2017
Travel Grant to represent NANETS at the 14th Annual European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) Conference, 3/8-10 2017 in Barcelona, SpainNorth American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)
- 2017
Tow Shung Tan Humanism in Medicine Award Mayo Clinic
- 2017
Travel grant to participate in 17th Annual Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer Meeting, Santa Monica, CA, February, 2017International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
- 2016
Support to participate in the Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, held in Zeist, Netherlands. AACR, ECCO, EORTC, ESMOAmerican Association for Cancer Research
- 2016
ASCO Ambassadorship to represent ASCO to the Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, held in Zeist, Netherlands, June 2016ASCO Ambassadorship
- 2016
Travel Grant for the 2016 NANETS symposium in Jackson, Wyoming 9/30 – 10/1, 2016North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS)
- 2016
Rising Star in OncologySociety of Translational Oncology
- 2015
Travel grant to participate in the 2015 ESMO Preceptorship on Immuno-OncologyEuropean Society of Medical Oncology
- 2009
"The 2009 Kimberly Patterson Fellowship in Leukemia Research Award" for excellence in translational and clinical researchUniversity of Texas System
- 2005
Scholarship for attending the ESO Oncology Course for Medical StudentsEuropean School of Oncology
- 2004
Scholarship for one-month observership in St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Boston, Medical School of University of Crete and Tufts University School of Medicine student exchange programStudent Exchange Program
Professional memberships
- 2015 - present
MemberAmerican Association of Cancer Research
- 2014 - present
MemberEuropean Society for Medical Oncology
- 2014 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
- 2014 - present
MemberInternational Association of the Study of Lung Cancer
Publications