Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF Dr. Amit Sabnis treats pediatric hematology and oncology patients. “The highs are much higher than the lows,” he said. His training in pediatric oncology has taught him how to help patients and their families find hope, make plans for the future and live the best life they can. “Many times that involves a period of hard treatment and then a cure,” he said.
Thanks to support from the Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship, Amit is not only caring for his patients in the clinic but also developing better treatments for them in the lab. He is researching metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a rare muscle cancer that affects children. Treatment for advanced RMS has not advanced in decades.