Guy Travis Clifton, M.D.

Dr. Clifton has served as Chief Medical Officer, Consultant & Advisor at Calidi Biotherapeutics since April 2025. Dr. Clifton is a practicing surgical oncologist with over 17 years of experience in drug development, early phase and translational clinical trials, and cancer immunotherapy.  He has previously served as the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Parthenon Therapeutics/Incendia Therapeutics for over three years and has worked with over 20 companies in an advisory role. Dr. Clifton has over 80 peer-reviewed publications on cancer and related topics.  As a Colonel in the U.S. Army, he served on multiple deployments including four to Afghanistan as well as to New York City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Clifton received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the United States Military Academy, West Point, and Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University; completed his residency in General Surgery from the Brooke Army Medical Center; and held a fellowship in General Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.