Distinguished Scientist: Apar Kishor Ganti, M.D.

Apar Kishor Ganti, M.D.

This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony for UNMC’s 2019 Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.

Distinguished Scientist

The Distinguished Scientist Award — which is sponsored by the chancellor — recognizes researchers who have been among the most productive scientists at UNMC during the past five years.

  • Name: Apar Kishor Ganti, M.D.
  • Title:Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
  • Joined UNMC: 2003
  • Hometown: Pune, India

Research focus:

  • Lung, head and neck cancer

The goal of my research is: To identify newer treatment approaches for patients who are not candidates for standard therapies. My laboratory is evaluating new pathways in head and neck and lung cancer. The goal is to identify novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers for these malignancies.

My research will make a difference because: There is a large unmet need for treatment options in these diseases. Any progress in our understanding of these cancers will lead to improvement in the quality of life and survival of these patients.

The best advice I’ve ever been given is:

Keep doing your work sincerely, and don’t let the results be the underlying motive.

Three things you may not know about me are:

  • In grade school I was nicknamed Appu by my friends, after the mascot of the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games
  • I learned to swim and play tennis after the age of 40.
  • I married the girl who proposed to me.

27 comments

  1. Amy Dodson says:

    Congratulations Dr. Ganti!

  2. Maneesh Jain says:

    Congratulations Apar!!

  3. Andrea Williams says:

    Congratulations Dr. Ganti!

  4. Lynette Smith says:

    Congratulations Apar!

  5. Nicole Shonka says:

    Well deserved my friend!

  6. Aparna says:

    Congratulations.

  7. Adam Karpf says:

    Congratulations Apar!

  8. venkata subbarao madhira says:

    Dear Dr. Apar, Congratulations.

  9. Mariza Hoffman says:

    Congrats Dr. Ganti!!!

  10. Krishna Gundabolu says:

    Congratulations Apar!

  11. Larisa Skrypnik says:

    Great to work with you. Congratulations!!!!

  12. Srinivas Kompella says:

    Congratulations Apar.

  13. Thuy Koll says:

    Congratulations!

  14. Theresa Franco says:

    Apar, you are so deserving of this recognition. Congratulations. Can I call you Appu from now on? It suits you. Theresa

  15. Suresh Madhira says:

    Your down to earth personality endears you to the noble profession of medicene.Reach more heights.

  16. Kedar Pataskar says:

    Heartiest congratulations Apar

  17. Dr. Shrikant D Pawar says:

    Congratulations Dr. Ganti

  18. Sheeja Kurian says:

    Congratulations!! God Bless!!

  19. Kishor Shinde says:

    Great work. All the best

  20. Durga says:

    Hearty congratulations Dr Apar. …….Manikyam atta and Durga

  21. Dr.Pradnya Kaushik Kulkarni says:

    Hearty Congratulations dear Apar…..proud to have a friend and philosopher of such a great calibre like you……May you be blessed with more power peace health and wealth…….

  22. Paulo Shila says:

    Congratulations Dr. Ganti!! — Paulo Shila

  23. Amit Parasnis says:

    Congratulations Apar…or should I say Pappya!!!…from You know who.

  24. Abhijit Bhosale says:

    Heartiest congrats mate. Very well deserved. Keep up the good work 👏👏👍👍

  25. N Srinivasan Sarma says:

    Heartiest Congratulations Apar remember the days when we studied together at school God Bless u all Proud to have you as my friend Srinivasan from S V Union school

  26. Gleb Haynatzki says:

    Well deserved and long overdue, Dr Ganti! Congratulations!

  27. Thej Poonacha says:

    congratulations Dr Ganti!

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