Guy Travis Clifton

Travis is a co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Parthenon Therapeutics. Travis is a practicing surgical oncologist and clinical trialist with over 13 years of oncology drug development and clinical practice experience.

He received a BS in Chemistry from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a medical degree from Vanderbilt University Medical School. He completed General Surgery residency at BAMC and Complex General Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He has deployed multiple times overseas to combat zones and within the US for COVID-19 response with the US Army. He has 13 years of experience in translational cancer immunotherapy research with an intimate experience with the design, initiation, and execution of cancer immunotherapy clinical trials. He has over 60 peer-reviewed oncology publications, over 120 published abstracts, and multiple book chapters.