Ayushi Chauhan
Department of Lymphoma - Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2021 | Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, US, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship |
| 2021 | National Institute of Health (NIH)- National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, US, Research Fellow |
| 2018 | University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, US, Internal Medicine Residency |
| 2013 | Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IN, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | Texas Medical License |
| 2021 | American Board Of Internal Medicine |
| 2021 | American Board Of Internal Medicine |
| 2021 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2018 | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates |
Experience & Service
Other Professional Positions
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Assistant Professor, Georgia Cancer Center Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, 2021 - 2024
Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC), Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, 2021 - Present
Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) for the Hematology-Oncology, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, 2021 - Present
Speaker, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 2021 - Present
Speaker, Lymphoma Research Foundation, 2021 - Present
Patient Case-based learning preceptor for 1st and 2nd year medical students, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2021 - Present
Chief Fellow, Hematology-Oncology fellowship, MedStar Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2020 - 2021
Co-chair, Faculty Retention subcommittee as part of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, 2020 - 2021
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | BioAscend Academy of Next Wave of investigators in CLL and NHL scholar |
| 2023 | Stephanie. A. Gregory Distinguished Scholar by the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) |
| 2022 | LRF Grant Awardee 2023-2025: Lymphoma Research Mentoring program |
| 2020 | Selected attendee at FDA/ASCO Fellows’ Day Workshop |
| 2019 | Selected attendee at the 18th Annual Southeastern Fellows Research Skills & Training Workshop |
| 2009 | Meghna Krishan Baweja Memorial Scholarship for the Best All-round Performance in the First Professional Exam, Maulana Azad Medical College, India |
| 2008 | Distinction in Biochemistry in the 1st Professional Examination, Maulana Azad Medical College, India |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2023. Real-World Outcomes for Primary CNS Lymphoma from a Single Academic Institution: The Augusta Experience. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Outcomes of Regimented Weight Monitoring on Morbidity and Mortality during AML Induction. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Consolidation Cycles May Impede Stem Cell Transplant Planning for High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. A Highly Successful Model to Decrease Racial Disparities and Increase Access to Autologous Transplants Among African Americans with Multiple Myeloma - Outreach and Satellite Transplant Clinics. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Bortezomib Induced Peripheral and Severe Autonomic Neuropathy Characterized By Dizziness, Orthostatic Hypotension and Weight Loss. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Eliminating Racial Disparities Among Transplant Patients in Multiple Myeloma after Referral to a Tertiary Center. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Academic Outreach and Collaboration with Community Oncology Practices to Enhance Referrals and Reduce Disparities in Hematological Malignancies. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Are Pivotal CART Trials Representative of Population at Risk?. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Financial Trends of AML Patients over the Past Decade. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. The Overuse of C. Difficile Testing Among Autologous Transplant Patients with Melphalan Conditioning: A Single Center Experience. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Prephase Cyclophosphamide: An Advantageous Bridge to Definitive Therapy. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Outcomes in Acute Lymphoid Leukemia Patients with Incomplete Hyper-CVAD Cycles. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Improving Clinical Outcomes in APL: Weight Maintenance Strategies to Reduce Complications during Induction Therapy. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Therapy Related Multiple Myeloma: A Distinct Entity. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. Levels Prior to Mobilization and Collection May Not Influence Stem Cell Yield. Invited. ASH. Augusta, Georgia, US.
- 2023. A Case of Toxic Myelopathy due to Intrathecal Methotrexate for treatment of Burkitt's Lymphoma. Invited. Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Congress. Augusta, Georgia, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Butler M, Carr C, Marie Barnett MMA, Salley J, Chauhan A, Belakhlef S, Gerald C Wallace IV, Rutkowski M, Vender J, Vale FL. Presentation of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma as a pituitary mass: A case report and review of the literature, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Chauhan A, Lai C, Kuhr F, Simmons H, Cheson BD. Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Follicular Lymphoma Using Next Generation Sequencing to Detect Minimal Residual Disease. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 24(9):634-641, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38789312.
- Samples L, Voutsinas J, Fakhri B, Khajavian S, Spurgeon S, Stephens D, Skarbnik A, Mato A, Broome C, Gopal A, Smith S, Lynch R, Rainey M, Kim MS, Barrett-Campbell O, Hemond E, Tsang M, Ermann D, Malakhov N, Rao D, Shakib-Azar M, Morrigan B, Chauhan A, Plate T, Gooley T, Ryan K, Lansigan F, Hill B, Pongas G, Parikh SA, Roeker L, Allan JN, Cheng R, Ujjani C, Shadman M. Hypertension treatment for patients receiving ibrutinib: a multicenter retrospective study. Blood Adv 8(9):2085-2093, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38315043.
- Kota, V, Bryan, LJ, Chauhan, A, Mian, MA, Keruakous, A, Cortes, JE, Jillella, AP. CT-448 Academic Center Outreach to Community Practices Increases Transplant Referrals and Possibly Reduces Racial Disparities. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia 22:S445, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Hussain, A, Ali, K, Parekh, N, Stevenson, JM, Davies, JG, Bremner, S, Rajkumar, C, Ali, K, Rajkumar, C, Davies, JG, Harchowal, J, Timeyin, J, Schiff, R, Stevenson, JM, Cammen Van Der, T, Timeyin, J, Klus, L, Fatz, D, Chauhan, A, Hunt, D, Bosquet, KL, Allen, J, Henderson, N, Gonzalaz-Cuevas, C, Burke-Adams, S, Khan, N, Yip, K, Breeds, J, Gaylard, J, Newman, J, Pettifer, T, Fox, H, Metiu, MG, Foord, D, Valentine, S, Dobson, T, Nyangoma, S, Banya, W, Raftery, J. Characterising older adults' risk of harm from blood-pressure lowering medications. Age and Ageing 51(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35352796.
- Alderuccio JP, Olszewski AJ, Evens AM, Collins GP, Danilov AV, Bower M, Jagadeesh D, Zhu C, Sperling A, Kim S, Vaca R, Wei C, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Pria AD, D'Angelo C, Farooq U, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Kassam S, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Post FA, Varma G, Karmali R, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Mian A, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Caimi P, Smith SE, Kamdar M, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Rector D, Smith SD, Stadnik A, Portell CA, Lin Y, Naik S, Montoto S, Lossos IS, Cwynarski K. HIV Associated Burkitt lymphoma: Outcomes from a US and UK Collaborative Analysis 5(14):2852-2862, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34283175.
- Zayac, A, Evens, AM, Danilov, AV, Smith, SD, Jagadeesh, D, Leslie, LA, Wei, C, Kim, SH, Naik, S, Sundaram, S, Reddy, N, Farooq, U, Kenkre, VP, Epperla, N, Blum, KA, Khan, N, Singh, D, Alderuccio, JP, Godara, A, Yazdy, M, Diefenbach, C, Rabinovich, E, Varma, G, Karmali, R, Shao, Y, Trabolsi, A, Burkart, M, Martin, P, Stettner, S, Chauhan, A, Choi, YK, Straker-Edwards, A, Klein, A, Churnetski, MC, Boughan, KM, Berg, S, Haverkos, B, Orellana-Noia, VM, D'Angelo, C, Bond, D, Maliske, SM, Vaca, R, Magarelli, G, Sperling, A, Gordon, MJ, David, K, Savani, M, Caimi, PF, Kamdar, M, Lunning, M, Palmisiano, N, Venugopal, P, Portell, CA, Bachanova, V, Phillips, T, Lossos, IS, Olszewski, AJ. Outcomes of Burkitt lymphoma with central nervous system involvement. Haematologica 106(7):1932-1942, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33538152.
- Chauhan A, Cheson B. Copanlisib in the Treatment of Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma: Utility and Experience from the Clinic. Cancer Manag Res:677-692, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33531838.
- Chauhan A, Liu S. Small Cell Lung Cancer: Advances in Diagnosis and Management. Semin Respir Crit Care Med:435-446, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32450596.
- Chauhan AF, Viruni N, Alvin Liu T, Fernando Arevalo CJ, Chesond BD. Successful Treatment of Ocular Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Ibrutinib: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Leuk Res Rep, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32509518.
- Evens AM, Danilov A, Jagadeesh D, Sperling A, Kim S, Vaca R, Wei C, Rector D, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Lin Y, Farooq U, D'Angelo C, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Mian A, Ramdial J, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Smith SE, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Smith SD, MD, Stadnik A, Lossos IS, David KA, Naik S, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Portell CA, Olszewski AJ, Alderuccio JP. The Evaluation and Treatment (Tx) of Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) in the Modern Era: Real World (RW) Outcomes and Prognostication across 26 US Cancer Centers. Blood, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- DESAI A, CHAUHAN A. Metastatic lung perivascular epithelioid cell tumor from the chest wall. Chest, 2018.
- Shah P, Ahmed N, Sharma A, Chauhan A, Grover P, Rathmann J, Thayer J. A rare case of Erdheim-Chester disease masquerading as metastatic lung cancer. Chest:649A-650A, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- SHAH P, SHARMA A, FRAULINO D, CHAUHAN A, FRANCISCO DM. A rare case of spontaneous bacterial empyema due to Pasteurella multocida. Chest:527A–528A, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Chauhan A, Russo J. Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia: A HIT and a miss. J Gen Intern Med, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27114361.
- Chauhan A, Moorjani H, Koenigsmann C. Virological response and haematological toxicity of telaprevir and boceprevir-containing regimens: The New York State correctional system experience, 2015.
Review Articles
- Chauhan, A, Cheson, B. Copanlisib in the treatment of relapsed follicular lymphoma. Cancer Management and Research 13:677-692, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33531838.
Other Articles
- Chauhan A, Evens AM, Danilov A, Smith SD, Jagadeesh D, Leslie LA, Wei C, Kim S, Naik S, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Farooq U, Kenkre VP, Epperla N, Blum KA, Khan N, Singh D, Alderuccio JP, Godara A, Yazdy MS, Diefenbach C, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Shao Y, Trabolsi A, Burkart M, Martin P, Stettner S, Chauhan A, Choi YK, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Churnetski MC, Boughan KM, Berg S, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, D'Angelo C, Bond DA, Maliske SM, Vaca R, Magarelli G, Sperling A, Gordon MJ, David KA, Savani M, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Lunning MA, Palmisiano N, Venugopal P, Portell CA, Bachanova V, Phillips T, Lossos IS, Olszewski AJ Outcomes of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) and Central Nervous System (CNS) Involvement Treated in the Modern Era: A Multi-Institutional Real-World Analysis. Haematologica 106(7):1932–1942, 2021. PMID: 8252937.
- Evens AM, Danilov A, Jagadeesh D, Sperling A, Kim S, Vaca R, Wei C, Rector D, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Lin Y, Farooq U, D'Angelo C, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Mian A, Savani M, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein AK, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Smith SE, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Ramdial J, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Smith SD, Stadnik A, David KA, Naik S, Lossos IS, Lunning MA, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Palmisiano N, Bachanova V, Portell CA, Phillips T, Olszewski AJ, Alderuccio JP Burkitt Lymphoma in the Modern Era: Real World Outcomes and Prognostication Across 30 US Cancer Centers. Blood:374-386, 2021. PMID: 32663292.
- Chauhan A, Hegde U, Desai N Myasthenic syndrome with pembrolizumab use. Neurology, 2017.
Abstracts
- Stokes M, Chauhan A, Kota V. Hidac Consolidation Cycles May Impede Stem Cell Transplant Planning for High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. ASH.
- Jillella A, Chauhan A, Kota V. A Highly Successful Model to Decrease Racial Disparities and Increase Access to Autologous Transplants Among African Americans with Multiple Myeloma - Outreach and Satellite Transplant Clinics. ASH.
- Chahin M, Chauhan A. Real-World Outcomes for Primary CNS Lymphoma from a Single Academic Institution: The Augusta Experience. ASH.
- Desai S, Chauhan A, Jillella A. Improving Clinical Outcomes in APL: Weight Maintenance Strategies to Reduce Complications during Induction Therapy. ASH.
- Chauhan A. Burkitt lymphoma: current and future perspectives. MCG Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.
- Hostetter M, Chauhan A. A Case of Toxic Myelopathy due to Intrathecal Methotrexate for treatment of Burkitt's Lymphoma. Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Congress.
- Dalgetty M, Chauhan A, Kota V. Financial Trends of AML Patients over the Past Decade.
- Dickey J, Chauhan A, Kota V. The Overuse of C. Difficile T esting Among Autologous Transplant Patients with Melphalan Conditioning: A Single Center Experience. ASH.
- Chauhan A, Moorjani H, Koenigsmann C. Virological response and haematological toxicity of telaprevir and boceprevir-containing regimens: The New York State correctional system experience. Oral presentation at the Viral Hepatitis conference.
- Chauhan A, Russo J. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: A HIT and a miss. Annual Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) meeting.
- Chauhan A, Hegde U. Locally advanced melanoma in elderly: Durable response with Anti-PD1 immunotherapy after anti-CTLA4 failure. American College of Physicians Regional Meeting.
- Shah P, Panwala A, Chauhan A. Severe babesiosis causing fulminant liver failure in an immunocompetent adult. Annual American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Meeting.
- Shah P, McAuliffe A. Splenic sequestration crisis in a patient Sickle beta thalassemia trait and concomitant G6PD deficiency. Annual Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Meeting.
- Chauhan A, Shah P. Extramedullary relapse of Multiple Myeloma presenting as upper gastrointestinal bleeding: A rare complication. Annual American College of Physicians Meeting.
- Chauhan A, Ashraf S, Niranjan S. Blast from the past: Methysergide induced Retroperitoneal Fibrosis. American Society of Nephrology (ASN) annual meeting.
- Chauhan A, Hegde U. Myasthenic Syndrome with Pembrolizumab use. Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting.
- Chauhan A, Monterroso C, Gerardi DA. A Diagnostic Dilemma: Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Mimicking Organizing Pneumonia. Annual American Thoracic Society Meeting.
- Chauhan A. Quality Improvement Hospitalist project. 7th Annual Dean’s Symposium on Continuous Quality Improvement.
- New Orleans. Nephrotic syndrome as first presentation of Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. American Society of Nephrology (ASN) annual meeting.
- Chauhan A, Shah P, Tendler B, Hegde U. Pembrolizumab induced Hypophysitis. American Thyroid Association (ATA) annual meeting.
- Chauhan A, Shah P. Unusual case of abdominal pain: Hidden GIST within the Desmoid. World Congress of Gastroenterology at American College of Gastroenterology.
- Chauhan A. Presentation on Immune-mediated pneumonitis with check-point inhibition in Stage IV non small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2018: Progress and Future Directions.
- Chauhan A. Presentation on Front-line therapies in CLL. Lymphoma research foundation Lymphoma Grand Rounds.
- Chauhan A, Dreta B, Sackstein P, Ahn J, Cheson BD. Role of baseline PET SUVmax in predicting early progression in Follicular lymphoma: A single-center retrospective analysis.
- Chauhan A. Treatment of Hypertension in patients receiving BTK inhibitors: A Multicenter retrospective study. EHA.
- Vamsi K, Chauhan A. Academic center outreach to community practices increases transplant referrals and possibly reduces racial disparities. Late Breaking Abstract, Transplant and Cellular Therapy.
- Chauhan A. CML session. Southern Blood Cancer Conference by the LLS.
- Chauhan A. CLL session. Mid-Atlantic Blood Cancer Conference by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
- Shreya Desai, Chauhan A, Vamsi K. Kota. Eliminating Racial Disparities Among Transplant Patients in Multiple Myeloma after Referral to a Tertiary Center. ASH.
- Chauhan A, Anvay Shah. Outcomes of Regimented Weight Monitoring on Morbidity and Mortality during AML Induction. ASH.
- Shishkina I, Chauhan A, Jillella A. Bortezomib Induced Peripheral and Severe Autonomic Neuropathy Characterized By Dizziness, Orthostatic Hypotension and Weight Loss. ASH.
- Jillella A, Chauhan A, A..Kota. Bortezomib Induced Peripheral and Severe Autonomic Neuropathy Characterized By Dizziness, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Weight Loss. ASH.
- Shah A, Chauhan A, Cortes J. Are Pivotal CART Trials Representative of Population at Risk?. ASH.
- Weeks C, Chauhan A, Kota V. Serum Ferritin Levels Prior to Mobilization and Collection May Not Influence Stem Cell Yield.
- Standridge M, Chauhan A, Bryan L. Prephase Cyclophosphamide: An Advantageous Bridge to Definitive Therapy. ASH.
- Matosz S, Chauhan A, Jillella A. Outcomes in Acute Lymphoid Leukemia Patients with Incomplete Hyper-CVAD Cycles. ASH.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified September 18, 2025