Dr. Altura is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, with a sub-board certification in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and holds a medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. She has held academic appointments at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels at The Ohio State University and The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She has authored many peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals including The Journal of Clinical Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, and Nature Communications, and has presented her research at leading conferences including ASCO, ASCO GI, AACR, and ESMO. She is a longstanding member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and has served on the medical review board for several scientific and medical journals and conferences.
Throughout her career, Dr. Altura has combined rigorous scientific leadership with a deep commitment to patient safety, mentoring the next generation of medical professionals and building lasting relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and Principal Investigators worldwide.