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Revathy B. Iyer, MD

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Assistant Program Director, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Office Address

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Unit Number: 1476
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 792-5043
Fax: (713) 745-1151
Email: riyer@mdanderson.org

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1988 Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, MD, Medicine
1983 University Of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, BS, Biology

Postgraduate Training

7/1989-6/1993 Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, Bharat Raval, MD, Department Chairman
7/1988-6/1989 Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, Dallas, TX, Daniel Foster, MD, Department Chairman

Board Certifications

1993 American Board of Radiology

Experience/Service

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Assistant Program Director, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2000-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Iyer RB, Guo CC, Perrier N. Adrenal pheochromocytoma with surrounding brown fat stimulation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 192(1):300-301, 1/2009. PMID: 19098214.
2. Beadle BM, Jhingran A, Salehpour M, Sam M, Iyer RB, Eifel PJ. Cervix regression and motion during the course of external beam chemoradiation for cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(1):235-241, 1/2009. e-Pub 5/2008. PMID: 18513882.
3. Johnson CD, Chen MH, Toledano AY, Heiken JP, Dachman A, Kuo MD, Menias CO, Siewert B, Cheema JI, Obregon RG, Fidler JL, Zimmerman P, Horton KM, Coakley K, Iyer RB, Hara AK, Halvorsen RA, Casola G, Yee J, Herman BA, Burgart LJ, Limburg PJ. Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers. N Engl J Med 359(12):1207-1217, Nov, 2008. PMID: 18799557.
4. Small W, Mell LK, Anderson P, Creutzberg C, De Los Santos J, Gaffney D, Jhingran A, Portelance L, Schefter T, Iyer RB, Varia M, Winter K, Mundt AJ. Consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy in postoperative treatment of endometrial and cervical cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(2):428-434, Jun, 2008. PMID: 18037584.
5. Yu TK, Bhosale PR, Crane CH, Iyer RB, Skibber JM, Rodriguez-Bigas MA, Feig BW, Chang GJ, Eng C, Wolff RA, Janjan NA, Delclos ME, Krishnan S, Das P. Patterns of locoregional recurrence after surgery and radiotherapy or chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4):1175-1180, Jul, 2008. PMID: 18207667.
6. Vikram R, Yeung HD, Macapinlac HA, Iyer RB. Utility of PET/CT in differentiating benign from malignant adrenal nodules in patients with cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol 191(5):1545-1551, Nov, 2008. PMID: 18941099.
7. Iyer RB, Faria S, DuBrow R. CT colonography surveillance in patients with a history of colorectal cancer. Abdom Imaging 32(2):234-238, Mar-Apr, 2007. PMID: 16967249.
8. Milam RA, Milam MR, Iyer RB. Detection of early-stage ovarian cancer by FDG-PET-CT in a patient with BRCA2-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 25(35):5657-5658, 2007. PMID: 18065738.
9. Small W Jr, Winter K, Levenback C, Iyer RB, Gaffney D, Asbell S, Erickson B, Jhingran A, Greven K.. Extended field irradiation and intracavitary brachytherapy combined with cisplatin chemotherapy for cervical cancer with positive para-aortic or high common iliac lymph nodes: results of arm 1 of RTOG 0116. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(4):1081-1087, Jul, 2007. PMID: 17398031.
10. Iyer RB, Balachandran A, Bruzzi JF, Johnson V, Macapinlac HA, Munden RF. PET/CT and hepatic radiation injury in esophageal cancer patients. Cancer Imaging 7:189-194, 2007. PMCID: PMC2151325.
11. Bruzzi JF, Munden RM, Truong MT, Marom EM, Sabloff BS, Gladish GW, Iyer RB, Pan TS, Macapinlac HA, Erasmus JJ. PET/CT of esophageal cancer: its role in clinical management. Radiographics 27(6):1635-1652, Nov-Dec, 2007. PMID: 18025508.
12. Chi DS, Ramirez PT, Teitcher JB, Mironov S, Sarasohn DM, Iyer RB, Eisenhauer EL, Abu-Rustum NR, Sonoda Y, Levine DA, Brown CL, Aghajanian C, Gershenson DM, Hoskins WJ, Hricak H, Barakat RR. Prospective study of the correlation between postoperative computed tomography scan and primary surgeon assessment in patients with advanced ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal carcinoma reported to have undergone primary surgical cytoreduction to residual disease 1 cm or less. J Clin Oncol 25(31):4946-4951, Nov, 2007. PMID: 17971592.
13. Apte SM, Vadhan-Raj S, Cohen L, Bassett RL, Gordon IO, Levenback CF, Ramirez PT, Gallardo ST, Patenia RS, Garcia ME, Iyer RB, Freedman RS. Cytokines, GM-CSF and IFNgamma administered by priming and post-chemotherapy cycling in recurrent ovarian cancer patients receiving carboplatin. J Transl Med 4:16, 2006. PMCID: PMC1457001.
14. Kwek JW, *Iyer RB. Recurrent ovarian cancer spectrum of imaging findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol 187(1):99-104, 2006. PMID: 16794162.
15. Kwek JW, *Iyer RB, Dunnington J, Faria S, Silverman PM. Spectrum of imaging findings in the abdomen after radiotherapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol 187(5):1204-1211, 2006. PMID: 17056907.
16. D'Souza WD, Ahamad AA, Iyer RB, Salehpour MR, Jhingran A, Eifel PJ. Feasibility of dose escalation using intensity-modulated radiotherapy in posthysterectomy cervical carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61(4):1062-1070, 2005. PMID: 15752885.
17. Balachandran A, *Iyer RB. Imaging ovarian cancer. Appl Radiol 34(9):19-29, 2005.
18. Ahamad A, D'Souza W, Salehpour M, Iyer RB, Tucker SL, Jhingran A, Eifel PJ. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy after hysterectomy: comparison with conventional treatment and sensitivity of the normal-tissue-sparing effect to margin size. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 62(4):1117-1124, 2005. PMID: 15990017.
19. Hricak H, Gatsonis C, Chi DS, Amendola MA, Brandt K, Schwartz LH, Koeliker S, Siegelman ES, Brown JJ, McGhee RB Jr, Iyer RB, Vitellas KM, Snyder B, Long HJ 3rd, Fiorica JV, Mitchell DG; American College of Radiology Imaging Network 6651; Gynecologic Oncology Group 183. Role of imaging in pretreatment evaluation of early invasive cervical cancer: results of the intergroup study American College of Radiology Imaging Network 6651-Gynecologic Oncology Group 183. J Clin Oncol 23(36):9329-9337, 2005. PMID: 16361632.
20. Cotton PB, Durkalski VL, Pineau BC, Palesch YY, Mauldin PD, Hoffman B, Vining DJ, Small WC, Affronti J, Rex D, Kopecky KK, Ackerman S, Burdick JS, Brewington C, Turner MA, Zfass A, Wright AR, Iyer RB, Lynch P, Sivak MV, Butler H. Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy): a multicenter comparison with standard colonoscopy for detection of colorectal neoplasia. JAMA 291(14):1713-1719, 4/2004. PMID: 15082698.
21. Faria SC, *Iyer RB, Rashid A, Ellis L, Whitman GJ. Desmoid tumor of the small bowel and the mesentery. AJR Am J Roentgenol 183(1):118, 2004. PMID: 15208123.
22. Faria SC, *Iyer RB, Rashid A, Whitman GJ. Hepatic adenoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 182(6):1520, 2004. PMID: 15149999.
23. Gayed I, Vu T, Iyer RB, Johnson M, Macapinlac H, Swanston N, Podoloff D. The role of 18F-FDG PET in staging and early prediction of response to therapy of recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Nucl Med 45(1):17-21, 2004. PMID: 14734662.
24. Iyer RB, Silverman PM, Tamm EP, Dunnington JS, DuBrow RA. Diagnosis, staging, and follow-up of esophageal cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol 181(3):785-793, 9/2003. PMID: 12933482.
25. Kaur H, Silverman PM, Iyer RB, Verschraegen CF, Eifel PJ, Charnsangavej C. Diagnosis, staging, and surveillance of cervical carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 180(6):1621-1631, 6/2003. PMID: 12760933.

Last updated: 2/20/2013