Naimish Pandya

Naimish Pandya, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist, physician-scientist, and immunotherapy drug developer with more than 17 years of progressive oncology and immuno-oncology clinical development experience. He is former faculty of the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he led the gastroenterology oncology division and spearheaded multi-specialty-based clinical trials. Subsequently, Dr. Pandya transitioned his career full-time to industry and most recently served as Vice President & Head of Clinical Development at NexImmune, where he oversaw the company’s multi-antigen T cell therapy and progressed products into early clinical development. He previously held senior clinical leadership positions at Northern Biologics and MacroGenics. Dr. Pandya also served in varying roles and leadership at MedImmune/AZ, along with consulting leadership roles at GSK, Incyte and several start-up biotech companies. In these positions, he focused on developing and progressing various IO and targeted therapies, including small molecules, monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, and oncolytic viruses in both solid tumors and heme malignancies.

Throughout his career, Dr. Pandya has developed oncologic and rheumatologic drug candidates and managed all phases of clinical trials. He has successfully taken many preclinical molecules through an IND launch and developed and executed numerous first-in-human Phase 1 trials. Similarly, he has led multiple global Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in oncology.

Dr. Pandya received his medical degree from Temple University and completed his oncology training at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.