- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Curtis Jamison Perry, MD, PhD
Genitourinary Oncology, Medical Oncology, Urologic Oncology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From patients or physicians
Board Certified in
Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology
Titles
- Instructor of Medicine (Medical Oncology & Hematology)
Education & Training
- Medical Oncology FellowshipYale University (2025)
- ResidencyYale University (2021)
- MDYale School of Medicine (2018)
- PhDYale University, Immunobiology (2018)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Young Investigator Award 2023: American Society for Clinical Oncology (2023)
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (2024)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2021)
Professional Service
- Cancer Discovery (2025 - 2026): Reviewer
Publications
- Leitner B, Fosam A, Lee W, Zilinger K, Nakandakari S, Zhang X, Gaspar R, Zhu W, Perry C, Rabinowitz J, Perry R. Precancer exercise capacity and metabolism during tumor development coordinate the skeletal muscle–tumor metabolic competition. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2508707122. PMID: 41325517, PMCID: PMC12704748, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508707122.
- Shah A, Liu K, Liu R, Ramshankar G, Perry C, Perry R. Interactions among tumor subtype, PPARγ expression, and adipose proliferation shape outcomes in breast cancer. Physiological Reports 2025, 13: e70649. PMID: 41236441, PMCID: PMC12617248, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70649.
- Wang J, Perry C, Frey A, Fei Y, Costa P, Ghadermarzi S, Levine D, Ishizuka J. 907 Midkine suppresses interferon-driven antigen presentation and dendritic-cell activation in neuroendocrine tumors. 2025, a1027-a1027. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2025-sitc2025.0907.
- Vaidya P, Wu S, Bryant D, Perry C, Prakash V, Lou E, Guo T, Brownell I, Darabi S, Gao L, Abdulla F, Park S. Molecular Characterization of Polyomavirus-Positive and Negative Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Cancers 2025, 17: 3508. PMID: 41228301, PMCID: PMC12609552, DOI: 10.3390/cancers17213508.
- Frey A, Clulo K, Fei Y, Dumit T, Scallo F, Allen J, Chang E, Perry C, Wirth L, Jacobs D, Braun D, Bosenberg M, Tran T, Clune J, Kluger H, Olino K, Ishizuka J. Targeting an essential viral oncoprotein with an IL-7-enhanced mRNA vaccine induces durable immunity to Merkel cell carcinoma. Cell Reports 2025, 44: 116359. PMID: 41042672, PMCID: PMC12646823, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116359.
- Fei Y, Costa P, Junejo M, Li M, Perry C, Damsky W, Ishizuka J. Transcriptomic landscape of Kaposi sarcoma: Insights into therapeutic targeting of KSHV. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2025, 43 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.e23526.
- Kahn A, Perry C, Etts K, Kluger H, Sznol M. Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients With BRAFV600-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibitors After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. The Oncologist 2023, 29: e507-e513. PMID: 37971411, PMCID: PMC10994263, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad300.
- Dong M, Wang B, Wei J, de O. Fonseca A, Perry C, Frey A, Ouerghi F, Foxman E, Ishizuka J, Dhodapkar R, van Dijk D. Causal identification of single-cell experimental perturbation effects with CINEMA-OT. Nature Methods 2023, 20: 1769-1779. PMID: 37919419, PMCID: PMC10630139, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02040-5.
- Kahn A, Perry C, Etts K, Kluger H, Sznol M. Clinical predictors of longer survival in patients with BRAFV600-mutated metastatic melanoma receiving immunotherapy prior to BRAF/MEK inhibition in the metastatic setting. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 9555-9555. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.9555.
- Weiss SA, Djureinovic D, Jessel S, Krykbaeva I, Zhang L, Jilaveanu L, Ralabate A, Johnson B, Levit NS, Anderson G, Zelterman D, Wei W, Mahajan A, Trifan O, Bosenberg M, Kaech SM, Perry CJ, Damsky W, Gettinger S, Sznol M, Hurwitz M, Kluger HM. A Phase I Study of APX005M and Cabiralizumab with or without Nivolumab in Patients with Melanoma, Kidney Cancer, or Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Resistant to Anti-PD-1/PD-L1. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 4757-4767. PMID: 34140403, PMCID: PMC9236708, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0903.
- Krykbaeva I, Damsky W, Turner N, Perry C, Kluger H, Bosenberg M. LB1122 Myeloid targeting in combination with PD1 inhibition boosts anti-tumor immunity in melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2019, 139: b19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.06.089.
- Ayeni D, Miller B, Kuhlmann A, Ho PC, Robles-Oteiza C, Gaefele M, Levy S, de Miguel FJ, Perry C, Guan T, Krystal G, Lockwood W, Zelterman D, Homer R, Liu Z, Kaech S, Politi K. Tumor regression mediated by oncogene withdrawal or erlotinib stimulates infiltration of inflammatory immune cells in EGFR mutant lung tumors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 172. PMID: 31291990, PMCID: PMC6617639, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0643-8.
- Damsky W, Jilaveanu L, Turner N, Perry C, Zito C, Tomayko M, Leventhal J, Herold K, Meffre E, Bosenberg M, Kluger HM. B cell depletion or absence does not impede anti-tumor activity of PD-1 inhibitors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 153. PMID: 31200747, PMCID: PMC6567557, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0613-1.
- Wang Y, Nasiri AR, Damsky WE, Perry CJ, Zhang XM, Rabin-Court A, Pollak MN, Shulman GI, Perry RJ. Uncoupling Hepatic Oxidative Phosphorylation Reduces Tumor Growth in Two Murine Models of Colon Cancer. Cell Reports 2018, 24: 47-55. PMID: 29972790, PMCID: PMC6056247, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.008.
- Perry CJ, Muñoz-Rojas AR, Meeth KM, Kellman LN, Amezquita RA, Thakral D, Du VY, Wang JX, Damsky W, Kuhlmann AL, Sher JW, Bosenberg M, Miller-Jensen K, Kaech SM. Myeloid-targeted immunotherapies act in synergy to induce inflammation and antitumor immunity. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2018, 215: 877-893. PMID: 29436395, PMCID: PMC5839759, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171435.
- Yeon SM, Halim L, Chandele A, Perry CJ, Kim SH, Kim SU, Byun Y, Yuk SH, Kaech SM, Jung YW. IL-7 plays a critical role for the homeostasis of allergen-specific memory CD4 T cells in the lung and airways. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 11155. PMID: 28894184, PMCID: PMC5593957, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11492-7.
- Wang J, Perry CJ, Meeth K, Thakral D, Damsky W, Micevic G, Kaech S, Blenman K, Bosenberg M. UV‐induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response in the YUMMER1.7 mouse melanoma model. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2017, 30: 428-435. PMID: 28379630, PMCID: PMC5820096, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12591.
- Damsky W, Wang J, Perry C, Meeth K, Kaech S, Bosenberg M. 766 Exposure to ultraviolet light enhances anti-tumor immunity and response to immunotherapy in a mouse model of melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2017, 137: s132. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.791.
- Jung YW, Kim HG, Perry CJ, Kaech SM. CCR7 expression alters memory CD8 T-cell homeostasis by regulating occupancy in IL-7– and IL-15–dependent niches. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 8278-8283. PMID: 27385825, PMCID: PMC4961181, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602899113.
- Wang J, Meeth K, Perry C, Ventura A, Kaech S, Edelson R, Bosenberg M. 616 UV-induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response and tumor regression in BRAFV600E, CDKN2A-/-, PTEN-/- melanoma model. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2016, 136: s109. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.02.656.
- Chen JH, Perry CJ, Tsui YC, Staron MM, Parish IA, Dominguez CX, Rosenberg DW, Kaech SM. Prostaglandin E2 and programmed cell death 1 signaling coordinately impair CTL function and survival during chronic viral infection. Nature Medicine 2015, 21: 327-334. PMID: 25799228, PMCID: PMC4505619, DOI: 10.1038/nm.3831.
- Perry RJ, Camporez JP, Kursawe R, Titchenell PM, Zhang D, Perry CJ, Jurczak MJ, Abudukadier A, Han MS, Zhang XM, Ruan HB, Yang X, Caprio S, Kaech SM, Sul HS, Birnbaum MJ, Davis RJ, Cline GW, Petersen KF, Shulman GI. Hepatic Acetyl CoA Links Adipose Tissue Inflammation to Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. Cell 2015, 160: 745-758. PMID: 25662011, PMCID: PMC4498261, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.012.
- Staron MM, Gray SM, Marshall HD, Parish IA, Chen JH, Perry CJ, Cui G, Li MO, Kaech SM. The Transcription Factor FoxO1 Sustains Expression of the Inhibitory Receptor PD-1 and Survival of Antiviral CD8+ T Cells during Chronic Infection. Immunity 2014, 41: 802-814. PMID: 25464856, PMCID: PMC4270830, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.10.013.
- Parish IA, Marshall HD, Staron MM, Lang PA, Brüstle A, Chen JH, Cui W, Tsui YC, Perry C, Laidlaw BJ, Ohashi PS, Weaver CT, Kaech SM. Chronic viral infection promotes sustained Th1-derived immunoregulatory IL-10 via BLIMP-1. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 124: 3455-3468. PMID: 25003188, PMCID: PMC4109559, DOI: 10.1172/jci66108.
Departments and Programs
Locations
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
Titles
- Instructor of Medicine (Medical Oncology & Hematology)
Education & Training
- Medical Oncology FellowshipYale University (2025)
- ResidencyYale University (2021)
- MDYale School of Medicine (2018)
- PhDYale University, Immunobiology (2018)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Young Investigator Award 2023: American Society for Clinical Oncology (2023)
Board Certifications
- AB of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology (2024)
- AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2021)
Professional Service
- Cancer Discovery (2025 - 2026): Reviewer
Publications
- Leitner B, Fosam A, Lee W, Zilinger K, Nakandakari S, Zhang X, Gaspar R, Zhu W, Perry C, Rabinowitz J, Perry R. Precancer exercise capacity and metabolism during tumor development coordinate the skeletal muscle–tumor metabolic competition. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2508707122. PMID: 41325517, PMCID: PMC12704748, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508707122.
- Shah A, Liu K, Liu R, Ramshankar G, Perry C, Perry R. Interactions among tumor subtype, PPARγ expression, and adipose proliferation shape outcomes in breast cancer. Physiological Reports 2025, 13: e70649. PMID: 41236441, PMCID: PMC12617248, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70649.
- Wang J, Perry C, Frey A, Fei Y, Costa P, Ghadermarzi S, Levine D, Ishizuka J. 907 Midkine suppresses interferon-driven antigen presentation and dendritic-cell activation in neuroendocrine tumors. 2025, a1027-a1027. DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2025-sitc2025.0907.
- Vaidya P, Wu S, Bryant D, Perry C, Prakash V, Lou E, Guo T, Brownell I, Darabi S, Gao L, Abdulla F, Park S. Molecular Characterization of Polyomavirus-Positive and Negative Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Cancers 2025, 17: 3508. PMID: 41228301, PMCID: PMC12609552, DOI: 10.3390/cancers17213508.
- Frey A, Clulo K, Fei Y, Dumit T, Scallo F, Allen J, Chang E, Perry C, Wirth L, Jacobs D, Braun D, Bosenberg M, Tran T, Clune J, Kluger H, Olino K, Ishizuka J. Targeting an essential viral oncoprotein with an IL-7-enhanced mRNA vaccine induces durable immunity to Merkel cell carcinoma. Cell Reports 2025, 44: 116359. PMID: 41042672, PMCID: PMC12646823, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116359.
- Fei Y, Costa P, Junejo M, Li M, Perry C, Damsky W, Ishizuka J. Transcriptomic landscape of Kaposi sarcoma: Insights into therapeutic targeting of KSHV. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2025, 43 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.e23526.
- Kahn A, Perry C, Etts K, Kluger H, Sznol M. Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients With BRAFV600-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibitors After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. The Oncologist 2023, 29: e507-e513. PMID: 37971411, PMCID: PMC10994263, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad300.
- Dong M, Wang B, Wei J, de O. Fonseca A, Perry C, Frey A, Ouerghi F, Foxman E, Ishizuka J, Dhodapkar R, van Dijk D. Causal identification of single-cell experimental perturbation effects with CINEMA-OT. Nature Methods 2023, 20: 1769-1779. PMID: 37919419, PMCID: PMC10630139, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-02040-5.
- Kahn A, Perry C, Etts K, Kluger H, Sznol M. Clinical predictors of longer survival in patients with BRAFV600-mutated metastatic melanoma receiving immunotherapy prior to BRAF/MEK inhibition in the metastatic setting. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 9555-9555. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.9555.
- Weiss SA, Djureinovic D, Jessel S, Krykbaeva I, Zhang L, Jilaveanu L, Ralabate A, Johnson B, Levit NS, Anderson G, Zelterman D, Wei W, Mahajan A, Trifan O, Bosenberg M, Kaech SM, Perry CJ, Damsky W, Gettinger S, Sznol M, Hurwitz M, Kluger HM. A Phase I Study of APX005M and Cabiralizumab with or without Nivolumab in Patients with Melanoma, Kidney Cancer, or Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Resistant to Anti-PD-1/PD-L1. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 4757-4767. PMID: 34140403, PMCID: PMC9236708, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0903.
- Krykbaeva I, Damsky W, Turner N, Perry C, Kluger H, Bosenberg M. LB1122 Myeloid targeting in combination with PD1 inhibition boosts anti-tumor immunity in melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2019, 139: b19. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.06.089.
- Ayeni D, Miller B, Kuhlmann A, Ho PC, Robles-Oteiza C, Gaefele M, Levy S, de Miguel FJ, Perry C, Guan T, Krystal G, Lockwood W, Zelterman D, Homer R, Liu Z, Kaech S, Politi K. Tumor regression mediated by oncogene withdrawal or erlotinib stimulates infiltration of inflammatory immune cells in EGFR mutant lung tumors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 172. PMID: 31291990, PMCID: PMC6617639, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0643-8.
- Damsky W, Jilaveanu L, Turner N, Perry C, Zito C, Tomayko M, Leventhal J, Herold K, Meffre E, Bosenberg M, Kluger HM. B cell depletion or absence does not impede anti-tumor activity of PD-1 inhibitors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 153. PMID: 31200747, PMCID: PMC6567557, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0613-1.
- Wang Y, Nasiri AR, Damsky WE, Perry CJ, Zhang XM, Rabin-Court A, Pollak MN, Shulman GI, Perry RJ. Uncoupling Hepatic Oxidative Phosphorylation Reduces Tumor Growth in Two Murine Models of Colon Cancer. Cell Reports 2018, 24: 47-55. PMID: 29972790, PMCID: PMC6056247, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.008.
- Perry CJ, Muñoz-Rojas AR, Meeth KM, Kellman LN, Amezquita RA, Thakral D, Du VY, Wang JX, Damsky W, Kuhlmann AL, Sher JW, Bosenberg M, Miller-Jensen K, Kaech SM. Myeloid-targeted immunotherapies act in synergy to induce inflammation and antitumor immunity. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2018, 215: 877-893. PMID: 29436395, PMCID: PMC5839759, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171435.
- Yeon SM, Halim L, Chandele A, Perry CJ, Kim SH, Kim SU, Byun Y, Yuk SH, Kaech SM, Jung YW. IL-7 plays a critical role for the homeostasis of allergen-specific memory CD4 T cells in the lung and airways. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 11155. PMID: 28894184, PMCID: PMC5593957, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11492-7.
- Wang J, Perry CJ, Meeth K, Thakral D, Damsky W, Micevic G, Kaech S, Blenman K, Bosenberg M. UV‐induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response in the YUMMER1.7 mouse melanoma model. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2017, 30: 428-435. PMID: 28379630, PMCID: PMC5820096, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12591.
- Damsky W, Wang J, Perry C, Meeth K, Kaech S, Bosenberg M. 766 Exposure to ultraviolet light enhances anti-tumor immunity and response to immunotherapy in a mouse model of melanoma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2017, 137: s132. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.791.
- Jung YW, Kim HG, Perry CJ, Kaech SM. CCR7 expression alters memory CD8 T-cell homeostasis by regulating occupancy in IL-7– and IL-15–dependent niches. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 8278-8283. PMID: 27385825, PMCID: PMC4961181, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602899113.
- Wang J, Meeth K, Perry C, Ventura A, Kaech S, Edelson R, Bosenberg M. 616 UV-induced somatic mutations elicit a functional T cell response and tumor regression in BRAFV600E, CDKN2A-/-, PTEN-/- melanoma model. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2016, 136: s109. DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.02.656.
- Chen JH, Perry CJ, Tsui YC, Staron MM, Parish IA, Dominguez CX, Rosenberg DW, Kaech SM. Prostaglandin E2 and programmed cell death 1 signaling coordinately impair CTL function and survival during chronic viral infection. Nature Medicine 2015, 21: 327-334. PMID: 25799228, PMCID: PMC4505619, DOI: 10.1038/nm.3831.
- Perry RJ, Camporez JP, Kursawe R, Titchenell PM, Zhang D, Perry CJ, Jurczak MJ, Abudukadier A, Han MS, Zhang XM, Ruan HB, Yang X, Caprio S, Kaech SM, Sul HS, Birnbaum MJ, Davis RJ, Cline GW, Petersen KF, Shulman GI. Hepatic Acetyl CoA Links Adipose Tissue Inflammation to Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. Cell 2015, 160: 745-758. PMID: 25662011, PMCID: PMC4498261, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.012.
- Staron MM, Gray SM, Marshall HD, Parish IA, Chen JH, Perry CJ, Cui G, Li MO, Kaech SM. The Transcription Factor FoxO1 Sustains Expression of the Inhibitory Receptor PD-1 and Survival of Antiviral CD8+ T Cells during Chronic Infection. Immunity 2014, 41: 802-814. PMID: 25464856, PMCID: PMC4270830, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.10.013.
- Parish IA, Marshall HD, Staron MM, Lang PA, Brüstle A, Chen JH, Cui W, Tsui YC, Perry C, Laidlaw BJ, Ohashi PS, Weaver CT, Kaech SM. Chronic viral infection promotes sustained Th1-derived immunoregulatory IL-10 via BLIMP-1. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2014, 124: 3455-3468. PMID: 25003188, PMCID: PMC4109559, DOI: 10.1172/jci66108.
Departments and Programs
Locations
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park StreetNew Haven, CT 06511