Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Investigator
Matthew Ingham, MD
212-305-7115
mi2337@cumc.columbia.edu
Dr. Ingham is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at New York University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed fellowship training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center where he served as Chief Fellow.
Dr. Ingham specializes in the care of patients with sarcoma and gastrointestinal cancers and is also an active member of the experimental therapeutics unit. His research focuses on the development and clinical evaluation of new treatments for patients with sarcoma. He leads a National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored clinical trial evaluating a new treatment approach for uterine leiomyosarcoma based on research conducted at Columbia University. He also leads several other investigator-initiated clinical trials evaluating new targeted and immunotherapy based treatment approaches for leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma and other types of sarcoma. He is the author of two recent authoritative reviews on the treatment of sarcoma published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. He is the recipient of the 2019 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Career Development Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America in recognition of his research and was also named a 2019 NextGen Innovator by HemOnc Today, among other awards and honors. His overall goal is to provide patients with compassionate oncologic care and access to the most promising treatment approaches.