Penn Medicine Provider
Medical Oncology
Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH
5.0
(130)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 2nd Floor West

About me

  • Physician Leader, Airways Malignancies Research
  • Director, Precision Oncology Innovation, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation
  • Section Chief, Head & Neck and Thoracic Cancers, Hematology-Oncology
  • Leslye M. Heisler Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence

Dr. Aggarwal specializes in the management of patients with lung cancer. Her clinical research focus is on the development of novel immunotherapeutic approaches, and the discovery and application of biomarkers to guide therapy and monitor treatment. She serves as the local and national principal investigator for multiple clinical trials focusing on the development of targeted immunotherapy approaches.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College
  • Residency: University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

130 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

July 2025
5.0
5.0
professional
July 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. aggarwal is very kind and very knowledgeable and i feel very happy to be in her hands
July 2025
5.0
5.0
she was charming as a human being, focused on me and my questions, patient and smart
July 2025
5.0
5.0
Dr. Aggarwal and her staff do a great job helping me manage my disease.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Aggarwal is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Aggarwal C, Martinez-Marti A, Majem M, Barlesi F, Carcereny E, Chu Q, Monnet I, Sánchez-Hernández A, Dakhil S, Camidge DR, Pillet M, Brown M, Paliompeis C, Dowson A, Cooper ZA, Kumar R, Herbst RS. Durvalumab Alone or Combined With Novel Agents for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Update From the COAST Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2518440


Mack PC, Redman MW, Tukachinsky H, Kozono DE, Minichiello K, Dragnev KH, Tolba KA, Neal JW, Madison RW, Waqar SN, Aggarwal C, Hirsch FR, Patel JD, Herbst RS, Chiang AC, Reckamp KL, Kelly K, Borghaei H, Gray JE, Gandara DR. Elevated ctDNA Tumor Fraction Is Associated with Improved Mutation Detection but Worse Overall Survival in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: a Lung-MAP Study , Clin Cancer Res: 2025


Roy AM, Bakouny Z, Dizman N, Paul MA, Ozay ZI, Lal BM, Nawfal R, Eid M, Chehade REH, Machaalani M, Butt A, Aggarwal C, Bekaii-Saab T, Chavez-MacGregor M, Lopes G, Marshall AL, Murphy M, Owonikoko T, Xie W, Lee AI, Choueiri TK. International Medical Graduates Representation at International Oncology Conference Meetings: An Analysis of ASCO Annual Meetings , JCO Oncol Pract: 2025


Teja Voruganti, Rosalyn Marar, Benjamin Bleiberg, Edoardo Garbo, Biagio Ricciuti, Kaushal Parikh, Charu Aggarwal Perioperative Therapy in Oncogene-Driven Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Strategies and Unanswered Questions , American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book, 45(3): 2025


Kamboj M, Kirkwood MK, Bohlke K, Gralow JR, Garrett-Mayer E, Aggarwal C. More Frequent than Annual Administration of COVID-19 Vaccination May Be Appropriate for Patients With Cancer , JCO Oncol Adv, 2: 2025,e2400107


Cantor DJ, Nimeiri H, Horn L, West M, Ben-Shachar R, Huerga I, Patel JD, Aggarwal C. Outcomes Following First-Line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With or Without Chemotherapy Stratified by KRAS Mutational Status-A Real-World Analysis in Patients With Advanced NSCLC , Clin Lung Cancer: 2025


Adam Barsouk, Omar Elghawy, Alex Watts, Lauren Reed-Guy, William Tompkins, Krishna Chandrasekhara, Connor B Grady, Wade Iams, Fangdi Sun, Geoffrey Liu, Devalben Patel, Jorge J Nieva, Kristen A Marrone, Vamsidhar Velcheti, Stephen V Liu, Tejas Patil, Jared Weiss, William Schwartzman, Liza C Villaruz, Amanda Hermann, Dara L Aisner, Wei-Ting Hwang, D Ross Camidge, Lova Sun, Aditi Puri Singh, Roger B Cohen, Charu Aggarwal, Corey J Langer, Melina E Marmarelis Osimertinib vs. Afatinib in 1L therapy of atypical EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC): A multi-institution, real-world survival analysis , Lung Cancer, 203: 2025


Sun L, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C. Management of Patients With EGFR Exon 20-Mutant Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Journal of Clinical Oncology: 2025


Stalker M, Marmarelis M, Langer C, Cohen RB, Singh A, Aggarwal C, Sun L. Outcomes Following Treatment for Progression in Patients Treated With Durvalumab Consolidation in LA-NSCLC , Clin Lung Cancer, 26(2): 2025,124-130


Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Reed-Guy L, Stalker M, Sussman J, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Singh A, Cohen RB, Langer C, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Sun L, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C. Brief Report: Osimertinib Plus Capmatinib for Patients With MET-Altered EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Following Progression on Front Line Therapy , Clin Lung Cancer, 26(2): 2025,158-163