EDI

Simon Turcotte

Associate professor, Department of surgery, Université de Montréal;
Physician, Hepatopancreatobiliary and liver transplantation division, CHUM;
Co-director, CHUM hepatopancreatobiliary cancer clinical database and biological specimen repository
Roger-Des-Groseillers chair in hepatobiliary and pancreatic oncological surgery, Université de Montréal

Cancers of Interest

Liver, Pancreas, Melanoma

Research Interests and Clinical Approach

Characterization of immune recognition of liver and pancreatic cancers
Characterization of immune-suppressive pathways in liver and pancreatic cancers
Discovery of novel tumor antigens recognized by T cells
Clinical grade selection tumor-reactive T cells in the endogenous repertoire
Adoptive T cell transfer immunotherapy