Christina V. Angeles, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School in the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Angeles earned her medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. While in residency she completed a two-year basic/translational science Surgical Oncology Research Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) focusing on the molecular biology and novel therapeutics for sarcoma. After residency, Dr. Angeles returned to MSKCC and completed a clinical Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship. Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Michigan, she was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Geisel School of Medicine – Dartmouth College. Dr. Angeles is board-certified in both General Surgery and Complex General Surgical Oncology.
Christina Angeles was awarded a SYNERGY Scholars KL2 award, and currently holds a Clinician Scientist Development Grant by the American Cancer Society and a Clinical Investigator Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology for her translational research focused on the mechanism and effects on immunotherapy in melanoma patients. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of 7 professional societies including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), and the Society for Immunotherapy for Cancer (SITC).
As a surgical oncologist, her clinical practice encompasses caring for patients with soft tissue cancers including sarcoma, melanoma, non-melanoma cutaneous malignancies, and complex GI cancers. She is the Director of the Sarcoma Research Working Group and the Co-Leader of the Melanoma Interest Group at the Rogel Cancer Center-University of Michigan. Her laboratory is currently focusing on the mechanism and effects of immunotherapy, specifically investigating the role of resident memory T cells in providing durable cancer immunity.
Christina enjoys many outdoor activities throughout all seasons- hiking, jogging, cross country and downhill skiing, swimming - with her husband and two energetic sons.