Jyoti Mayadev

Dr. Jyoti Mayadev is a Professor, Assistant Vice-Chair Developmental Therapeutics, Section Chief of Gynecologic Oncology, Director of Gynecologic Brachytherapy, and serves as Co-Leader of the GYN Oncology Disease Team for the Moores NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego. She oversees the clinical and translational research aspects of image-guided radiation and developmental therapeutics for gynecologic cancers. Dr. Mayadev’s main clinical and research focus is the enhancement of therapies combined with radiation for increased cure, patient selection, and decreased toxicity through clinical trial development.

Dr. Mayadev is a widely recognized national leader in the field of gynecologic oncology and radiation therapy. She is Co-Chair of the NRG Oncology Cooperative Group Cervical Cancer committee, and a member of the NRG Oncology phase I/Developmental Therapeutics committee, NRG Early Clinical Trials Oversight committee, NRG Oncology GYN Executive committee, and RT Developmental Therapeutics committee. Through these leadership roles, she is a key participant in the national strategy and design of cervical cancer clinical trials for new treatment paradigms. She was named GYN Track Vice-Chair for the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and serves as a core writing member of the American Board of Radiology. Furthermore, she is the national principal investigator on national cancer institute (NCI) funded phase I clinical trials in cervical cancer exploring the use of immunotherapy and radiation in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Dr. Mayadev serves as the chair and member on various steering committees for global phase III trials in gynecologic cancer, and for industry sponsored therapeutic development. She is widely published, and has received grant funding from the NCI, NRG Oncology Group, Padres Pedal the Cause, pharmaceutical and radiation industry, and Moores Cancer Center. Dr. Mayadev is a frequent invited speaker to further knowledge in gynecology oncology including the American Academy of Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS).

Prior to her arrival at UC San Diego, Dr. Mayadev was the Director of Brachytherapy at UC Davis, where she initiated their image-guided brachytherapy programs, and lead the gynecologic and breast oncology research programs in radiation oncology. She has received awards for her teaching and clinical expertise, including Educator of the Year, and the Dean’s Award for Gynecologic Brachytherapy. Dr. Mayadev conceived, designed, and developed the “Image Guided Brachytherapy Handbook”, and served as the Editor-in-Chief, published by Springer. Dr. Mayadev graduated at the top of her medical school class at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and became chief resident at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, before entering the University of California system as a clinician scientist faculty member.