Francisco A Socola MD

Francisco A. Socola, MD, is a hematology and oncology physician specializing in malignant hematology, cellular therapy, and bone marrow transplantation at UC Davis Health. He serves as an Associate Professor (Clinical) in the UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, within the Malignant Hematology/Cellular Therapy and Transplantation program. Dr. Socola’s clinical focus includes acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, aplastic anemia, and myeloproliferative neoplasms such as chronic myeloid leukemia, essential thrombocytosis, primary myelofibrosis, and polycythemia vera. His practice integrates advanced therapeutic approaches for complex blood cancers and marrow failure disorders, including transplant-based strategies and cellular therapies. He earned his medical degree at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru, completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, and pursued hematology/oncology fellowship training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He further completed sub-fellowship training in bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy, including CAR T-cell therapy, at Stanford University, and previously practiced in malignant hematology and bone marrow transplant at Tulane University. Dr. Socola’s research interests center on reducing relapse in AML and MDS before and after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and he has contributed to peer-reviewed publications in hematologic malignancies and transplantation.