Samir D. Undevia, MD

Clinical Associate of Medicine

Director, Sarcoma Program

Dr. Samir Undevia treats bone and soft tissue sarcomas as well as advanced and metastatic tumors of all types for which conventional chemotherapy has failed or stopped working.

As director of the sarcoma program, he is a member of a comprehensive cancer team that is dedicated to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of bone and soft tissue sarcomas. This team includes surgical oncologists, orthopaedic oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and radiation oncologists. He and the rest of the team are involved in developing new therapies for the treatment of sarcomas.

Dr. Undevia’s research interests include the development of new drug therapies for all cancer types and specifically for sarcomas. In addition to treating patients with conventional chemotherapies, he specializes in the use of experimental drugs when standard treatments have failed. He also researches drug pharmacokinetics, which is the study of the action of drugs upon the human body.

Practice Locations

University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Year Started Practice

1997

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology

Medical School

New York University Medical School, New York, NY

Internship, Residency and Fellowship

University of Chicago Medical Center

Memberships

American Medical Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology

Languages Spoken

English
Spanish

Email

sundevia@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Office Phone

(773) 702-4400

Office Fax

(773) 702-3002

Office Postal Address

Samir Undevia, MD
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 2115
Chicago, IL 60637

Clinical Interests

• Hematology/oncology
• Bone and soft tissue sarcomas
• Advanced solid tumors refractory to standard therapy
• Investigational drug therapy

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Selected Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Undevia's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.