Michael Shafique, MD
Dr. Michael Shafique is a thoracic oncologist at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. He specializes in treating patients with lung cancers, malignant pleural mesothelioma, neuroendocrine tumors, Pancoast tumors, and thymomas, as well as gynecologic malignancies.[1]
Dr. Shafique is actively involved in recruiting patients into early-phase clinical trials, particularly those that leverage innovative immunotherapy treatments. His clinical interest revolves around how best to use those protocols to improve patient outcomes and quality of life, particularly in creating personalized treatment plans for patients with rare targetable mutations.
Education and Career
Dr. Shafique earned his undergraduate degree in Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then attended medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and after earning his medical degree went on to complete an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Shafique completed a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of South Florida before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Thoracic Oncology at the Moffitt Cancer Center.[1]
Research
Dr. Shafique’s research focuses on using the best possible information about a patient’s specific disease in order to apply the most effective treatment. He is leading protocols and clinical trials that would see the evaluation of molecular subtypes of patients’ cancers in advance, at first diagnosis, and having them ready and matched to a clinical trial later on, either as an add-on or for a trial in a second-line setting or subsequent lines of therapy. To that end, much of his clinical research is focused on molecular subtypes, next-generation sequencing, and RNA sequencing.[2]
Dr. Shafique’s recent publications include:[1]
- Perez B, Aljumaily R, Marron TU, Shafique MR, Burris H, Iams WT, Chmura SJ, Luke JJ, Edenfield W, Sohal D, Liao X, Boesler C, Machl A, Seebeck J, Becker A, Guenther B, Rodriguez-Gutierrez A, Antonia SJ. Phase I study of peposertib and avelumab with or without palliative radiotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors. ESMO Open. 2024 Feb.9(2):102217. Pubmedid: 38320431.
- Saltos AN, Creelan BC, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori AA, Antonia SJ, Shafique MR, Ugrenovic-Petrovic M, Sansil S, Neuger A, Ozakinci H, Boyle TA, Kim J, Haura EB, Gray JE. A phase I/IB trial of binimetinib in combination with erlotinib in NSCLC harboring activating KRAS or EGFR mutations. Lung Cancer. 2023 Sep.183:107313. Pubmedid: 37499521.
- Meng L, Cao B, Ji R, Chen DT, Laber DA, Shafique M. Enhanced Efficacy of Chemotherapy by Addition of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Stage IV Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung: A Real-World Analysis. J Cancer. 2023 Sep.14(17):3169-3175. Pubmedid: 37928431. Pmcid: PMC10622985.
- Gilardone S, Thapa R, Laborde J, Shafique M, Saltos A, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Chiappori A, Simon G, Haura EB, Gray JE, Chen DT, Melzer D, Pellini B. Osimertinib vs. afatinib as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with an EGFR exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Nov.15(11):6115-6125. Pubmedid: 38090314. Pmcid: PMC10713299.
- Singh AM, Rubiera-Pebe R, Ahmad Y, Shafique M, Hicks JK, Tanvetyanon T. Safety Monitoring Activity During EGFR or Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Patients With Lung Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Jun.19(6):345-351. Pubmedid: 37075260.
- Liveringhouse CL, Latifi K, Asous AG, Lam NB, Rosenberg SA, Dilling TJ, MacMillan GV, Chiappori AA, Haura EB, Creelan B, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Shafique MR, Saltos AN, Weiner AA, Clarke J, Kelsey CR, Kim S, Caudell JJ, Rose TA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Li J, Schell MJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Dose-Limiting Pulmonary Toxicity in a Phase 1/2 Study of Radiation and Chemotherapy with Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage 3 Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jul.116(4):837-848. Pubmedid: 36657497.
- Huang S, Jordan A, Jenneman D, Shafique M, Holmstrom B. Rapid Improvement Following Receipt of Infliximab in Steroid-refractory Durvalumab-Associated Grade 3 Pneumonitis. Cureus. 2022 Feb.14(2):e22295. Pubmedid: 35350507. Pmcid: PMC8933124.
- Shafique M, Fisher TL, Evans EE, Leonard JE, Pastore DRE, Mallow CL, Smith ES, Mishra V, Schröder A, Chin K, Beck JT, Baumgart MA, Govindan R, Gabrail NY, Spira AI, Seetharamu N, Lou Y, Mansfield AS, Sanborn RE, Goldman JW, Zauderer M. A Phase Ib/II Study of Pepinemab in Combination with Avelumab in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jul.27(13):3630-3640. Pubmedid: 33820783.
- Perez BA, Kim S, Wang M, Karimi AM, Powell C, Li J, Dilling TJ, Chiappori A, Latifi K, Rose T, Lannon A, MacMillan G, Saller J, Grass GD, Rosenberg S, Gray J, Haura E, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Saltos A, Shafique M, Boyle TA, Schell MJ, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ. Prospective Single-Arm Phase 1 and 2 Study: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Thoracic Radiation Therapy After Platinum Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Feb.109(2):425-435. Pubmedid: 33002543. Pmcid: PMC8465780.
- Ganti AKP, Loo BW, Bassetti M, Blakely C, Chiang A, D’Amico TA, D’Avella C, Dowlati A, Downey RJ, Edelman M, Florsheim C, Gold KA, Goldman JW, Grecula JC, Hann C, Iams W, Iyengar P, Kelly K, Khalil M, Koczywas M, Merritt RE, Mohindra N, Molina J, Moran C, Pokharel S, Puri S, Qin A, Rusthoven C, Sands J, Santana-Davila R, Shafique M, Waqar SN, Gregory KM, Hughes M. Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 2.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Ne. 2021 Dec.19(12):1441-1464. Pubmedid: 34902832.
- Saltos A, Shafique M, Chiappori A. Update on the Biology, Management, and Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). Front Oncol. 2020 Jul.10:1074. Pubmedid: 32766139. Pmcid: PMC7378389.
- Puri S, Shafique M. Combination checkpoint inhibitors for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: an update on dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies. Drugs Context. 2020 Jan.9. Pubmedid: 32158484. Pmcid: PMC7048109.
