{"entity":{"id":"santosh-kesari","kind":"person","name":"Santosh Kesari","aka":[],"tldr":"The neuro-oncologist who founded Asthra Health in Santa Monica, a practice giving outside opinions on complex cancers.","summary":"Santosh Kesari is a board-certified neurologist and neuro-oncologist and the founder of Asthra Health, which its site describes as technology-enabled precision medicine in oncology, neurology, autoimmunity and longevity health for patients with advanced cancers and complex neurological conditions. His clinical and research work concerns brain tumours, including glioblastoma and brain metastases. His publications are listed on PubMed.","asOf":"2026-09-17","links":[{"label":"Asthra Health","url":"https://asthrahealth.com/"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kesari+S%5BAuthor%5D+glioblastoma"}],"tags":["leadership"],"related":[],"cancers":["glioblastoma"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["asthra-health"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":["paper-santosh-kesari-nat-commun-2026"],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Founder, Asthra Health; neuro-oncologist","institutionId":"asthra-health","specialisms":["Neuro-oncology","Brain tumours","Precision medicine second opinions"],"profiles":[{"label":"Asthra Health","url":"https://asthrahealth.com/"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kesari+S%5BAuthor%5D+glioblastoma"}],"papers":[{"title":"Drug and single-cell gene expression integration identifies sensitive and resistant glioblastoma cell populations","journal":"Nature Communications","year":2026,"url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67783-5","doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-67783-5","note":"Europe PMC author record matched by affiliation (Asthra Health); 5 citations on Europe PMC."}]},"route":"/people/santosh-kesari/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"glioblastoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Glioma & glioblastoma","route":"/cancers/glioblastoma/"}],"institution":[{"id":"asthra-health","kind":"institution","name":"Asthra Health","route":"/institutions/asthra-health/"}],"paper":[{"id":"paper-santosh-kesari-nat-commun-2026","kind":"paper","name":"Drug and single-cell gene expression integration identifies sensitive and resistant glioblastoma cell populations","route":"/key-papers/paper-santosh-kesari-nat-commun-2026/"}]}}