Ashwani Rajput, MD, FACS

Dr. Rajput completed his medical school, general surgery training and a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular genetics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He went on to the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., for a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology (CGSO). There, he was recruited to join the faculty at Roswell Park with appointments in GI Surgical Oncology, Endoscopy as well as Pharmacology and Therapeutics. His laboratory investigated the key signal transduction pathways in colorectal metastases using novel orthotopic murine models.

In 2009, Dr. Rajput was recruited to the University of New Mexico as the inaugural division chief of Surgical Oncology. During his tenure in New Mexico, he also served as the director of surgical services for the NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and vice-chair of surgery for academic affairs and faculty development. Under his leadership, an ACGME-approved fellowship in CGSO was created and launched. During his tenure in New Mexico, the cancer center was also awarded Comprehensive Designation from the National Cancer Institute. He was recruited to Johns Hopkins University in 2019 as the inaugural Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center in Washington D.C. Throughout these roles in New Mexico and D.C., he has actively addressed cancer health care outcomes and health equity.

As the Regional Executive Medical Director for the Providence Swedish Cancer Institute (PSCI), Dr. Rajput is responsible for the development and implementation of PSCI’s strategic vision and enhancing collaboration across the Puget Sound. Thus, he oversees the expansion of PSCI’s clinical multi-disciplinary programs that deliver excellence in cancer care as well as the innovative clinical and translational research programs at PSCI and the Paul G. Allen Research Center.