Our Team
Lauren Bendesky, MD, MBA
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Education |
- Radiation Oncology Medical Residency, University of California San Francisco (2026-2030)
- Transitional Year Internship, Inspira Vineland (2025-2026)
- Doctor of Medicine Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (2021-2025)
- Master of Business Administration, Fox School of Business at Temple University (2020-2022)
- Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Washington University in St. Louis (2015-2019)
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Awards & Honors |
- Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Patient Advisory Panel Member (2022-2026)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honors Society (2025)
- Scientist Survivor Program Grant Recipient, American Association for Cancer Research (2025)
- ASTRO-BCRF Radiation Oncology Visiting Away Rotation Award (2024)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship (2023-2025)
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Consumer Review (2021-Present)
- Medical Student Program in Radiation Oncology Grant Recipient (2022)
- Pediatric Student Research Program at Washington University School of Medicine Grant Recipient (2017)
- St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellow (2017)
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Selected Publications, Abstracts, & Posters |
Publications
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Adler-Shelow F, Bendesky L, etc. St. Baldrick’s Creating Advocates Through Research Education (CARE) Training Program Resource Guide. St. Baldrick’s Foundation. 2021.
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Monlish DA, Greenberg ZJ, Bhatt ST, Leonard KM, Romine MP, Dong Q, Bendesky L, etc. TLR2/6 Signaling Promotes the Expansion of Premalignant Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in the NUP98-HOXD12 Mouse Model of MDS. Exp Hematol. 2020;88:42-55.
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Monlish DA, Greenberg ZJ, Bhatt ST, Ralphs D, Keller JL, Bendesky L, etc. Differential Effects of TLR1/2 and TLR2/6 Signaling on Normal and Premalignant Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells. Blood. 2018;123:1806. doi:10.1182/blood-2018-99-119719
Abstracts
- Harkenrider M, Solanki AA, Stang K, Ross D, Bendesky L, etc. Multi-Institutional Analysis of MRI-Based Brachytherapy for Medically Inoperable Endometrial Cancer. Brachytherapy. 2025;24:S28.
Posters
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Bendesky L. Survivor Turned Advocate: Importance of Advocacy and How to Prepare. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL (2025).
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Bendesky L, Dougherty T, Kumar S, Fredette J, Roth K. Liver Adiposity as a Predictor of Morality in NSCLC Patients. American Medical Association Research Challenge. (2024)
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Bendesky L. Radiotherapy Patient Outcomes in Recurrent and Medically Inoperable Endometrial Cancer. MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Symposium, Houston, TX. (2022)
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Bendesky L. Downstream Signaling Pathways in Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Pediatric Student Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO (2017).