Dr. Syed Mohammad ‘Ali’ Kazmi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center since 2017. He received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He then obtained a Master of Research degree from the University of Glasgow, UK. He completed his internal medicine residency training at the UT Health Science Center at Houston followed by Hematology and Oncology clinical fellowship training at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He joined UT Southwestern Medical Center and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas, where he specializes in the management of gastrointestinal malignancies, develop clinical trials and translational research projects in colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal cancer populations. Dr. Kazmi is the co-leader of the gastrointestinal cancer disease-oriented team and the Phase 1 clinical trials team and is responsible for overseeing the clinical trials portfolio in gastrointestinal cancers and other solid tumors.