A chance encounter with a teenage leukemia patient while on a clinical rotation during medical school set Rajeev Vibhakar, MD, PhD, on the path to a career researching and treating pediatric brain tumors.
A member of the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center since 2008, Vibhakar is now a clinician and researcher at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where he works with children and families impacted by medulloblastoma and other types of brain cancer.
We sat down with Vibhakar, who holds the Cancer League of Colorado Chair, to talk about his road to medicine and what he likes most about his dual role as a clinician and researcher.