Andrea Espejo Freire, MD

Dr. Andrea Espejo Freire is an oncologist specializing in the care of patients with sarcomas and other rare tumors. Dr. Espejo Freire received her medical degree from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. She completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Espejo Freire has contributed to describing the genomic biology of angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and synovial sarcoma, among other tumors. Her goal is to translate molecular findings into new targeted therapies for patients living with these aggressive tumors. Dr. Espejo Freire has also studied the efficacy of different treatment regimens for patients with bone sarcomas and angiosarcomas. This is important as therapies for sarcomas are not well established and the toxicities are significant. One of Dr. Espejo Freire's major research interests is the study of the tumor microenvironment for the purpose of developing strategies to overcome tumor resistance to immunotherapy.