Avani Rao, MD

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Dr. Avani Rao joined Radiation Oncology Associates in 2020. Her clinical interests include the treatment of pediatric, gynecological, breast, and gastrointestinal malignancies.

Dr. Rao is originally from Kentucky. She graduated magna cum laude with a BS in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from Yale University, and completed medical school, internal medicine internship, and radiation oncology residency at Johns Hopkins University. She was inducted to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society during medical school, and during residency, Dr. Rao served as Chief Resident. After residency, she pursued additional fellowship training at University of Maryland to gain specific expertise in proton therapy. She has received several awards supporting her research and recognizing her clinical excellence. She continues her commitment to advancing the care of patients with cancer, leading the research efforts in radiation oncology at Inova, serving as a committee member and investigator in cooperate groups including the NRG Oncology and the Children’s Oncology Group, and is the primary investigator for several research studies, including a novel trial investigating the effects of exercise during radiation therapy to attempt to mitigate fatigue and other treatment-related side effects. These efforts have resulted in over 50 peer-reviewed manuscript publications.

Dr. Rao is board-certified and makes it her utmost priority to deliver multidisciplinary, patient-centered cancer care. Outside of the clinic, Dr. Rao enjoys running, yoga, playing tennis, and being the mother of three children.

Publications

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Hahn EA, Pugh SL, Lu HL, Vela AM, Gillespie EF, Nichols EM, Wright JL, MacDonald SM, Cahlon O, Baas C, Braunstein LZ, Fang LC, Freedman GM, Jimenez RB, Kesslering CM, Mishra MV, Mutter RW, Ohri N, Rosen LR, Urbanic JJ, Jagsi R, Mitchell SA, Bekelman JE, Cella D; Study Group Investigators:. Validation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Comprehensive Nodal Irradiation in the RadComp Trial . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Sep 1;120(1):149-161. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.03.020. Epub 2024 May 13. PMID: 38739047; PMCID: PMC11329347.

Kumar R, Dholakia A, Rasheed Z. Stem cell-directed therapies in pancreatic cancer . Curr Probl Cancer. 2013 Sep-Oct;37(5):280-6. doi: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Oct 8. PMID: 24331183; PMCID: PMC3868009.

Rao AD, Ladra M, Dunn E, Kumar R, Rao SS, Sehgal S, Dorafshar AH, Morris CD, Terezakis SA. A Road Map for Important Centers of Growth in the Pediatric Skeleton to Consider During Radiation Therapy and Associated Clinical Correlates of Radiation-Induced Growth Toxicity . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Mar 1;103(3):669-679. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.10.026. Epub 2018 Nov 7. PMID: 30414451.

Rao AD, Terezakis SA. In Reply to Gultekin et al . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 May 1;101(1):236. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.01.062. PMID: 29619970.

Kim SH, Ding K, Rao A, He J, Bhutani MS, Herman JM, Narang A, Shin EJ. EUS-guided hydrogel microparticle injection in a cadaveric model . J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun;22(6):83-91. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13266. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 34028956; PMCID: PMC8200447.

Fan KY, Dholakia AS, Wild AT, Su Z, Hacker-Prietz A, Kumar R, Hodgin M, Hsu CC, Le DT, De Jesus-Acosta A, Diaz LA Jr, Laheru DA, Hruban RH, Fishman EK, Brown TD, Pawlik TM, Wolfgang CL, Tran PT, Herman JM. Baseline hemoglobin-A1c impacts clinical outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer . J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Jan;12(1):50-7. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0006. PMID: 24453292; PMCID: PMC4104671.

O’Grady F, Janson M, Rao AD, Chawla AK, Stephenson L, Fan J, Wang P. The use of a mini-ridge filter with cyclotron-based pencil beam scanning proton therapy . Med Phys. 2023 Apr;50(4):1999-2008. doi: 10.1002/mp.16254. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36709409.

Liu KX, Ioakeim-Ioannidou M, Susko MS, Rao AD, Yeap BY, Snijders AM, Ladra MM, Vogel J, Zaslowe-Dude C, Marcus KJ, Yock TI, Grassberger C, Braunstein SE, Haas-Kogan DA, Terezakis SA, MacDonald SM. A Multi-institutional Comparative Analysis of Proton and Photon Therapy-Induced Hematologic Toxicity in Patients With Medulloblastoma . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Mar 1;109(3):726-735. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.09.049. Epub 2020 Nov 23. PMID: 33243479.

Devine CA, Liu KX, Ioakeim-Ioannidou M, Susko M, Poussaint TY, Huisman TAGM, Aboian M, Brown D, Zaslowe-Dude C, Rao AD, Orlina LT, Rawal B, Mueller S, Marcus KJ, Terezakis SA, Braunstein SE, Haas-Kogan DA. Brainstem Injury in Pediatric Patients Receiving Posterior Fossa Photon Radiation . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Dec 1;105(5):1034-1042. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.08.039. Epub 2019 Aug 28. PMID: 31472183.

Alcorn SR, LaVigne AW, Elledge CR, Fiksel J, Hu C, Kleinberg L, Levin A, Smith T, Cheng Z, Kim K, Rao AD, Sloan L, Page B, Stinson SF, Voong KR, McNutt TR, Bowers MR, DeWeese TL, Zeger S, Wright JL. Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of the Bone Metastases Ensemble Trees for Survival Decision Support Platform (BMETS-DSP): A Case-Based Pilot Assessment . JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2022 Oct;6:e2200082. doi: 10.1200/CCI.22.00082. PMID: 36306499; PMCID: PMC9848564.

Bates JE, Terezakis S, Morris CG, Rao AD, Sehgal S, Kumar R, Mailhot Vega RB, Mendenhall NP, Hoppe BS. Comparative Effectiveness of Proton Therapy versus Photon Radiotherapy in Adolescents and Young Adults for Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma . Int J Part Ther. 2021 Jul 8;8(3):21-27. doi: 10.14338/IJPT-21-00011.1. PMID: 35127972; PMCID: PMC8768899.

Hooshangnejad H, Han-Oh S, Shin EJ, Narang A, Rao AD, Lee J, McNutt T, Hu C, Wong J, Ding K. Demonstrating the benefits of corrective intraoperative feedback in improving the quality of duodenal hydrogel spacer placement. Med Phys. 2022 Jul;49(7):4794-4803. doi: 10.1002/mp.15665. Epub 2022 Apr 18. PMID: 35394064; PMCID: PMC9540875.

DeCesaris C, Rao AD. Characterizing the Risk of Vertebral Body Fractures in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer . JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2014340. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14340. PMID: 32870308.

Kerdsirichairat T, Narang AK, Thompson E, Kim SH, Rao A, Ding K, Shin EJ. Feasibility of Using Hydrogel Spacers for Borderline-Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Tumors . Gastroenterology. 2019 Oct;157(4):933-935. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.07.012. Epub 2019 Jul 12. PMID: 31306631; PMCID: PMC7263852.

Rao AD, Rashid AS, Chen Q, Villar RC, Kobyzeva D, Nilsson K, Dieckmann K, Nechesnyuk A, Ermoian R, Alcorn S, MacDonald SM, Ladra MM, Ford EC, Winey BA, Figueiredo MLS, Chen MJ, Terezakis SA. Reirradiation for Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Malignancies: A Multi-institutional Review. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Nov 1;99(3):634-641. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.07.026. Epub 2017 Jul 29. PMID: 29280457.

Rabinovich E, Johnson-Arbor K, Serrano M, Chao C, Eblan MJ, Rao AD, Terao M, Toretsky J, Sarangi S, Varela C, Hong D. The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Management of Severe Radiation-Induced Hemorrhagic Gastritis in a Pediatric Patient. JPGN Rep. 2021 Dec 3;3(1):e144. doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000144. PMID: 37168767; PMCID: PMC10158405.

Wild AT, Herman JM, Dholakia AS, Moningi S, Lu Y, Rosati LM, Hacker-Prietz A, Assadi RK, Saeed AM, Pawlik TM, Jaffee EM, Laheru DA, Tran PT, Weiss MJ, Wolfgang CL, Ford E, Grossman SA, Ye X, Ellsworth SG. Lymphocyte-Sparing Effect of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Patients With Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Mar 1;94(3):571-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.026. Epub 2015 Dec 1. PMID: 26867885; PMCID: PMC4847529.

Stanley SE, Rao AD, Gable DL, McGrath-Morrow S, Armanios M. Radiation Sensitivity and Radiation Necrosis in the Short Telomere Syndromes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Dec 1;93(5):1115-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.08.048. Epub 2015 Sep 4. Erratum in: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Feb 1;94(2):423. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.021. PMID: 26581148; PMCID: PMC4708077.

Rao AD, Sugar EA, Barrett N, Mahesh M, Arceci RJ. The utility of computed tomography in the management of fever and neutropenia in pediatric oncology. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Oct;62(10):1761-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25561. Epub 2015 Apr 30. PMID: 25929242.

Hooshangnejad H, Youssefian S, Narang A, Shin EJ, Rao AD, Han-Oh S, McNutt T, Lee J, Hu C, Wong J, Ding K. Finite Element-Based Personalized Simulation of Duodenal Hydrogel Spacer: Spacer Location Dependent Duodenal Sparing and a Decision Support System for Spacer-Enabled Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy. Front Oncol. 2022 Mar 24;12:833231. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.833231. PMID: 35402281; PMCID: PMC8987290.

Shrestha B, Sun Y, Faisal F, Kim V, Soares K, Blair A, Herman JM, Narang A, Dholakia AS, Rosati L, Hacker-Prietz A, Chen L, Laheru DA, De Jesus-Acosta A, Le DT, Donehower R, Azad N, Diaz LA, Murphy A, Lee V, Fishman EK, Hruban RH, Liang T, Cameron JL, Makary M, Weiss MJ, Ahuja N, He J, Wolfgang CL, Huang CY, Zheng L. Long-term survival benefit of upfront chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Cancer Med. 2017 Jul;6(7):1552-1562. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1104. Epub 2017 Jun 21. PMID: 28639410; PMCID: PMC5504321.

DeCesaris CM, Mossahebi S, Jatczak J, Rao AD, Zhu M, Mishra MV, Nichols E. Outcomes of and treatment planning considerations for a hybrid technique delivering proton pencil-beam scanning radiation to women with metal-containing tissue expanders undergoing post-mastectomy radiation. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Nov;164:289-298. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.07.012. Epub 2021 Jul 17. PMID: 34280402.

Rao AD, Chen Q, Ermoian RP, Alcorn SR, Figueiredo MLS, Chen MJ, Dieckmann K, MacDonald SM, Ladra MM, Kobyzeva D, Nechesnyuk AV, Nilsson K, Ford EC, Winey BA, Villar RC, Terezakis SA. Practice patterns of palliative radiation therapy in pediatric oncology patients in an international pediatric research consortium. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Nov;64(11). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26589. Epub 2017 Jul 11. PMID: 28696044.

Feng Z, Rao AD, Cheng Z, Shin EJ, Moore J, Su L, Kim SH, Wong J, Narang A, Herman JM, McNutt T, Li D, Ding K. Dose Prediction Model for Duodenum Sparing With a Biodegradable Hydrogel Spacer for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 1;102(3):651-659. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.184. Epub 2018 Jul 19. PMID: 30031143; PMCID: PMC6150787.

Alcorn S, Nilsson K, Rao AD, Ladra MM, Ermoian RP, Villar RC, Chen MJ, Kobyzeva D, Nechesnyuk AV, Ford E, MacDonald S, Winey B, Dieckmann K, Terezakis SA. Patterns of Stereotactic Radiotherapy in Pediatrics: Results From an International Pediatric Research Consortium. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Oct;40(7):522-526. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001290. PMID: 30247288.

Rao AD, Shin EJ, Beck SE, Garrett C, Kim SH, Lee NJ, Liapi E, Wong J, Herman J, Narang A, Ding K. Demonstration of Safety and Feasibility of Hydrogel Marking of the Pancreas-Duodenum Interface for Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) in a Porcine Model: Implications in IGRT for Pancreatic Cancer Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Jul 1;101(3):640-645. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.02.024. Epub 2018 Mar 2. PMID: 29680252; PMCID: PMC6064682.

Rao AD, Feng Z, Shin EJ, He J, Waters KM, Coquia S, DeJong R, Rosati LM, Su L, Li D, Jackson J, Clark S, Schultz J, Hutchings D, Kim SH, Hruban RH, DeWeese TL, Wong J, Narang A, Herman JM, Ding K. A Novel Absorbable Radiopaque Hydrogel Spacer to Separate the Head of the Pancreas and Duodenum in Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Dec 1;99(5):1111-1120. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 14. PMID: 28943075; PMCID: PMC5699940.

Rao AD, Sun K, Zhu M, Mossahebi S, Sabouri P, Houser T, Jatczak J, Zakhary M, Regine WF, Miller RC, Bentzen S, Mishra MV. Plan quality effects of maximum monitor unit constraints in pencil beam scanning proton therapy for central nervous system and skull base tumors. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Jul;160:18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.03.016. Epub 2021 Mar 19. PMID: 33753157.

Rao AD, Liu Y, von Eyben R, Hsu CC, Hu C, Rosati LM, Parekh A, Ng K, Hacker-Prietz A, Zheng L, Pawlik TM, Laheru DA, Jaffee EM, Weiss MJ, Le DT, Hruban RH, De Jesus-Acosta A, Wolfgang CL, Narang AK, Chang DT, Koong AC, Herman JM. Multiplex Proximity Ligation Assay to Identify Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Improved Survival in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Feb 1;100(2):486-489. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.10.001. Epub 2017 Oct 12. PMID: 29157747; PMCID: PMC7405990.

Rao AD, Figueiredo MLS, Yegya-Raman N, Sehgal S, Chen Q, Alcorn SR, Chen MJ, Ladra M, Villar R, Terezakis SA. Clinical practice and outcomes of palliative radiation therapy in pediatric oncology patients: An international comparison of experiences from two distinct countries and health care systems. Radiother Oncol. 2019 Nov;140:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.05.017. Epub 2019 Jun 4. PMID: 31174104.

Rao AD, Chen Q, Million L, Spunt SL, Fitzgerald TJ, Hu C, Rao SS, Laurie F, Kessel S, Morano K, Ladra MM, Terezakis SA. Preoperative Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Compared to Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for High-Grade Extremity Sarcomas in Children: Analysis of the Children’s Oncology Group Study ARST0332. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Jan 1;103(1):38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.09.005. Epub 2018 Sep 10. PMID: 30213752.

Dholakia AS, Kumar R, Raman SP, Moore JA, Ellsworth S, McNutt T, Laheru DA, Jaffee E, Cameron JL, Tran PT, Hobbs RF, Wolfgang CL, Herman JM. Mapping patterns of local recurrence after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a new approach to adjuvant radiation field design. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Dec 1;87(5):1007-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.09.005. PMID: 24267969; PMCID: PMC3971882.

Rao AD, Coquia S, De Jong R, Gourin C, Page B, Latronico D, Dah S, Su L, Clarke S, Schultz J, Rosati LM, Fakhry C, Wong J, DeWeese TL, Quon H, Ding K, Kiess A. Effects of biodegradable hydrogel spacer injection on contralateral submandibular gland sparing in radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. Radiother Oncol. 2018 Jan;126(1):96-99. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.09.017. Epub 2017 Oct 3. PMID: 28985953.

Herman JM, Chang DT, Goodman KA, Dholakia AS, Raman SP, Hacker-Prietz A, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Griffith ME, Pawlik TM, Pai JS, O’Reilly E, Fisher GA, Wild AT, Rosati LM, Zheng L, Wolfgang CL, Laheru DA, Columbo LA, Sugar EA, Koong AC. Phase 2 multi-institutional trial evaluating gemcitabine and stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer. 2015 Apr 1;121(7):1128-37. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29161. Epub 2014 Dec 23. PMID: 25538019; PMCID: PMC4368473.

Valero V 3rd, Saunders TJ, He J, Weiss MJ, Cameron JL, Dholakia A, Wild AT, Shin EJ, Khashab MA, O’Broin-Lennon AM, Ali SZ, Laheru D, Hruban RH, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Herman JM, Wolfgang CL. Reliable Detection of Somatic Mutations in Fine Needle Aspirates of Pancreatic Cancer With Next-generation Sequencing: Implications for Surgical Management. Ann Surg. 2016 Jan;263(1):153-61. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001156. PMID: 26020105; PMCID: PMC4662640.

Dholakia AS, Chaudhry M, Leal JP, Chang DT, Raman SP, Hacker-Prietz A, Su Z, Pai J, Oteiza KE, Griffith ME, Wahl RL, Tryggestad E, Pawlik T, Laheru DA, Wolfgang CL, Koong AC, Herman JM. Baseline metabolic tumor volume and total lesion glycolysis are associated with survival outcomes in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Jul 1;89(3):539-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.02.031. Epub 2014 Apr 18. PMID: 24751410; PMCID: PMC4372085.

Wild AT, Dholakia AS, Fan KY, Kumar R, Moningi S, Rosati LM, Laheru DA, Zheng L, De Jesus-Acosta A, Ellsworth SG, Hacker-Prietz A, Voong KR, Tran PT, Hruban RH, Pawlik TM, Wolfgang CL, Herman JM. Efficacy of platinum chemotherapy agents in the adjuvant setting for adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2015 Apr;6(2):115-25. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.091. PMID: 25830031; PMCID: PMC4311088.

Parekh A, Dholakia AD, Zabranksy DJ, Asrari F, Camp M, Habibi M, Zellars R, Wright JL. Predictors of radiation-induced acute skin toxicity in breast cancer at a single institution: Role of fractionation and treatment volume. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2017 Nov 6;3(1):8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2017.10.007. PMID: 29556573; PMCID: PMC5856985.

Rao AD, Sugar EA, Chang DT, Goodman KA, Hacker-Prietz A, Rosati LM, Columbo L, O’Reilly E, Fisher GA, Zheng L, Pai JS, Griffith ME, Laheru DA, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Wolfgang CL, Koong A, Herman JM. Patient-reported outcomes of a multicenter phase 2 study investigating gemcitabine and stereotactic body radiation therapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Nov-Dec;6(6):417-424. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 May 25. PMID: 27552809; PMCID: PMC5572652.

Rao AD, Shin EJ, Meyer J, Thompson EL, Fu W, Hu C, Fishman EK, Weiss M, Wolfgang C, Burkhart R, He J, Kerdsirichairat T, Herman JM, Ding K, Narang A. Evaluation of a Novel Absorbable Radiopaque Hydrogel in Patients Undergoing Image Guided Radiation Therapy for Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Nov-Dec;10(6):e508-e513. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2020.01.013. Epub 2020 Mar 7. PMID: 32151732; PMCID: PMC7483342.

Dholakia AS, Hacker-Prietz A, Wild AT, Raman SP, Wood LD, Huang P, Laheru DA, Zheng L, De Jesus-Acosta A, Le DT, Schulick R, Edil B, Ellsworth S, Pawlik TM, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Hruban RH, Cameron JL, Fishman EK, Wolfgang CL, Herman JM. Resection of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation does not depend on improved radiographic appearance of tumor-vessel relationships. J Radiat Oncol. 2013 Dec;2(4):413-425. doi: 10.1007/s13566-013-0115-6. Epub 2013 Sep 22. PMID: 25755849; PMCID: PMC4352297.

Rao AD, Goughenour A, Kebede B, Bamberger C, MacLennan G, Castro J, Stephenson L, Negussie A, Seracino S, Wang H, Hetelekidis S, Gao SJ, Majithia L, Chawla A, Parniani A, Wang P, Fan J. Dosimetric and On-treatment Clinical Results of a Volumetric-based Skin-sparing Planning Technique for Patients Treated to the Breast and Chest Wall With Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Oct 30;10(2):101653. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2024.101653. PMID: 39802863; PMCID: PMC11719829.

Parekh A, Fu W, Hu C, Shen CJ, Alcorn S, Rao AD, Asrari F, Camp MS, Wright JL. Impact of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors on receipt of radiation after breast conservation surgery: analysis of the national cancer database. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Nov;172(1):201-208. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4881-0. Epub 2018 Aug 6. PMID: 30083949.

Rao AD, Lee J, Fu W, Nicholas S, Alcorn SR, Moore J, Ladra M, Mahesh M, Bartolac S, Terezakis SA. Precision of 2 Low-dose Abdomen/Pelvis Cone Beam Computed Tomography Protocols for Alignment to Bone and Soft Tissue in Pediatric Patients Receiving Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 May;9(3):e307-e313. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2019.01.005. Epub 2019 Jan 23. PMID: 30684586.

Moningi S, Dholakia AS, Raman SP, Blackford A, Cameron JL, Le DT, De Jesus-Acosta AM, Hacker-Prietz A, Rosati LM, Assadi RK, Dipasquale S, Pawlik TM, Zheng L, Weiss MJ, Laheru DA, Wolfgang CL, Herman JM. The Role of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Jul;22(7):2352-8. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4274-5. Epub 2015 Jan 7. PMID: 25564157; PMCID: PMC4459890.

Kadhim LA, Dholakia AS, Herman JM, Wahl RL, Chaudhry MA. The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Radiat Oncol. 2013 Dec;2(4):341-352. doi: 10.1007/s13566-013-0130-7. Epub 2013 Oct 30. PMID: 29423019; PMCID: PMC5800762.

Rao AD, Nicholas SE, Kachniarz B, Hu C, Redmond KJ, Deville C, Wright JL, Page BR, Terezakis S, Viswanathan AN, DeWeese TL, Fivush BA, Alcorn SR. Association of a Simulated Institutional Gender Equity Initiative With Gender-Based Disparities in Medical School Faculty Salaries and Promotions. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Dec 7;1(8):e186054. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6054. PMID: 30646313; PMCID: PMC6324345.

Elnahal SM, Moningi S, Wild AT, Dholakia AS, Hodgin M, Fan KY, Huang P, Pronovost P, Pawlik TM, Herman JM. IMPROVING SAFE PATIENT THROUGHPUT IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ONCOLOGY CLINIC. Physician Leadersh J. 2015 Mar-Apr;2(2):56-60, 62, 64-5. Erratum in: Physician Leadersh J. 2015 Nov-Dec;2(6):3. Elnhal corrected to Elnahal. PMID: 26211213.