About
Dr. Dipesh Uprety was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. He graduated from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. He then did an Internal Medicine residency at Abington-Jefferson Health, Abington, Pennsylvania. He was a Hematology and Medical Oncology fellow at Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he also served as a Chief Fellow in his final year. He then did an advanced fellowship in Thoracic Oncology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Uprety is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Karmanos Cancer Institute and specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer.
Dr. Uprety is also actively involved in clinical research and has published more than 100 papers or abstracts including original research, commentaries, editorial, abstracts and a book chapter in the leading journals and major conference meetings. He has special interest on studying mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy.