Dr. Mahzad Akbarpour
Affiliation:
• Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Hematology, Oncology & Cell Therapy), Rush Medical College
• Director, Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Processing Lab / Rush Cell Therapy Lab, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center (Chicago, USA).
• Director, Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Processing Lab / Rush Cell Therapy Lab, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center (Chicago, USA).
Cell therapy manufacturing Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) CAR-T / cellular immunotherapy
Top 3 highlights
- Directs a hospital-based cell therapy program — Leads stem cell/bone marrow transplant processing and advanced cellular-therapy support for hematologic malignancies.
- Expanded Rush Cell Therapy Lab end-to-end capabilities — Helped scale lab operations to handle patient samples through processing workflows and enable advanced therapies and early-phase clinical trial participation.
- Advanced readiness for decentralized cell & gene therapy manufacturing — Positioned the lab for production, quality control, and release activities to accelerate access to treatment.
