Michelle Choe, MD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch
Member
Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center (IIRC), Fred Hutch
Dr. Michelle Choe specializes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and pediatric solid tumors as an assistant professor in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch. She is dedicated to finding ways to use cell and gene therapy to treat advanced pediatric cancers, particularly aggressive sarcomas, a disease that is both personal and professional for her following her own diagnosis as a young adult with parosteal osteosarcoma.
Dr. Choe conducts research into cellular therapies for pediatric solid tumors and clinical trials for adoptive immunotherapy for pediatric solid tumors. She is also an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and an attending physician at Seattle Children’s. She previously served as a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immunotherapy fellow at Fred Hutch/Seattle Children’s.
Other Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Washington School of MedicineAssistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Attending Physician
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Education
Fred Hutch Cancer Center/Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2024, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation & Immunotherapy Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, 2022, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship
University of California, Irvine/Children’s Hospital Orange County, 2019, Pediatrics Residency
Loma Linda School of Medicine, 2016, MD
Johns Hopkins University, 2010, BA
Research Interests
Cellular therapies for pediatric solid tumors
Clinical trials for adoptive immunotherapy for pediatric solid tumors
Clinical Trials
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Pediatric solid tumor
Current Studies
FOLR1-CAR T cells for recurrent/refractory osteosarcoma
STEAP1-CAR T cells for recurrent/refractory Ewing sarcoma