Freddy E. Escorcia

Biography

Dr. Escorcia’s passion for learning began in a small coastal town on the Atlantic side of Nicaragua, continued through to Toronto, Ontario, then to central Illinois. He earned his undergraduate degrees in bioengineering and chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, igniting his interest in science and medicine, and prompting enrollment in the Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program of Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and The Rockefeller University in New York, NY. Dr. Escorcia’s thesis work involved engineering tumor-targeted antibodies and polymers to delivery cytotoxic alpha-particle radionuclide payloads. This experience with harnessing radiation for cancer therapy led to Dr. Escorcia’s pursuit of a radiation oncology residency at MSKCC and continues to drive his research and clinical interests as an Assistant Clinical Investigator within the Molecular Imaging Program and the Radiation Oncology Branch at the NCI Center for Cancer Research.

Research Interest

1) Radiation oncology 2) Bioconjugate chemistry 3) Radiochemistry 4) Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics, 5) Chemical Biology, 6) Clinical Research, 7) Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 8) Molecular Pharmacology.