Sagar Lonial MD

Sagar Lonial, MD, is Chair and Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and the Anne and Bernard Gray Family Chair in Cancer at Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lonial received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. He then completed an internship and residencies in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Dr. Lonial is internationally recognized as a leading authority in multiple myeloma treatment and research. As a medical oncologist at the Winship Cancer Institute, Dr. Lonial treats patients with multiple myeloma and is a lead member of the bone marrow transplantation team and clinical trials team. He is board certified in hematology and medical oncology.

He is involved in numerous professional organizations including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He serves as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee of the International Myeloma Society, and serves as Vice Chair of the Myeloma Committee in the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. He also serves as President and Chair of the Society of Hematologic Oncology. Additionally, he is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the International Myeloma Foundation.

Dr. Lonial has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Leukemia, is the myeloma editor for Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma, and Leukemia, and is the hematologic malignancies section editor for the journal Cancer. In addition, he is an invited or ad hoc reviewer for several publications, including Blood, Haematologica, Clinical Cancer Research, The New England Journal of Medicine, and others.