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Dr. Nicole Jiam is a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon-scientist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the ear and skull base. She is the Director of the UCSF Otolaryngology Innovation Center. Dr. Jiam's research expertise focuses on personalized approaches for cochlear implant programming, complex sound processing, music perception, flat-panel CT imaging, and machine learning/artificial intelligence.
Dr. Keenan completed her MD and PhD at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she focused on using cancer vaccines to overcome immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment in mouse models of pancreatic cancer. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at UCSF. During her fellowship, she trained in both gastrointestinal oncology and cancer immunotherapy. She is the Co-Director of the Cancer Immunotherapy Program and Medical Director of the Cancer Immunotherapy Clinic.
