Dr. Alex Chehrazi-Raffle graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his medical degree from the Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and then went on to complete his residency in internal medicine at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. It was during this residency that Dr. Chehrazi-Raffle gained exposure to the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he is currently completing his fellowship in hematology/oncology and will stay on as assistant professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics. During his fellowship, Dr. Chehrazi-Raffle has helped lead a multi-center research initiative that investigated barriers to clinical trial referrals in Southern California. To build on these findings, Dr. Chehrazi-Raffle joined ACORI to help improve access to clinical trials for all patients with cancer.