Neelofur Ahmad
Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of MD Anderson League City, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, League City, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1988 | Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA, MD, Medical Education |
| 1986 | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, BS, Medical Education |
Postgraduate Training
| 1991-1993 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1989-1991 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL |
| 1988-1989 | Clinical Internship, General Surgery, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL |
Board Certifications
| 1993 | The American Board of Radiology |
| 1989 | National Board of Medical Examiners |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1994 - 1998
Associate Member, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 - 1994
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Clinical Co-Chair, New Process Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Chair, Bioethics and Supportive Care Committee, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2016
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Herman Greater Heights Hospital, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2016
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2014
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tomball Regional Hospital, Tomball, TX, 2010 - 2013
Medical Co-Director, Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Humble, TX, 2007 - 2011
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Humble, TX, 2007 - 2011
Secretary, Medical Executive Committee, Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2006
Cancer Liaison Physician of the Commission on Cancer, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2009
Co-Chair, Cancer Advisory Committee, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, Houston Northwest Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2004 - 2009
Medical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Jefferson/Lower Bucks Radiation Oncology Center, Bristol, PA, 1996 - 1998
Co-Director, Residency Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1995 - 1996
Director, Medical Student Education, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1994 - 1996
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
President/Co-Owner, Houston Northwest Radiotherapy Center, LLC, Houston, TX, 2002 - 2009
Radiation Oncologist, Northwest Radiotherapy Association, P.A. dba/Northwest Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX, 1999 - 2016
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, MD Anderson Physician Advisory Board, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Member, Patient Experience Operational Task Force, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Clinical Co-Chair, New Process Review Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Member, Quality Care Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018 - Present
Member, Supportive Medicine Clinical Practice Committee MHMD (Memorial Hermann Physician Network), 2016 - 2016
Member, Ethics Clinical Practice Committee MHMD (Memorial Hermann Physician Network), 2016 - 2016
Member, Bioethics and Supportive Care Committee Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, 2016 - 2016
Member, Cancer Committee Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, 2013 - 2014
Member, Breast Cancer Advisory Committee Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, 2013 - 2014
Member, Cancer Service Line Committee Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, 2013 - 2014
Member, Integrated Network Cancer Committee Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, 2013 - 2016
Member, Cancer Committee Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, 2011 - 2016
Member, Cancer Service Line Committee Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, 2011 - 2016
Member, Breast Cancer Physician Leadership Committee Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, 2011 - 2016
Member, Hematology-Oncology Clinical Practice Committee MHMD (Memorial Hermann Physician Network), 2010 - 2016
Member, Bioethics Committee Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, 2009 - 2011
Member, Cancer Committee Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, 2007 - 2011
Member, Radiation Safety Committee Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, 2007 - 2011
Member, Continuing Medical Education Committee Houston Northwest Medical Center, 2004 - 2009
Member, Comprehensive Breast Center Physician Advisory Board Houston Northwest Medical Center, 2000 - 2009
Member, Radiation Safety Committee Houston Northwest Medical Center, 2000 - 2009
Member, Cancer Advisory Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1997 - 1998
Member, Institutional Review Board Lower Bucks Hospital, 1996 - 1998
Member, Cancer Committee Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1994 - 1996
Member, Practice Monitoring Committee Fox Chase Cancer Center, 1993 - 1994
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Top 10% Performer CAHPS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Physician Referral Service |
| 1995 | ASTRO Travel Grant, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) |
| 1992 | Chief Resident in Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
| 1987 | Honors in Transplant Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School |
| 1982 | Honors Program in Medical Education, Northwestern University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ahmad NR, Nagle D. Long-term results of preoperative radiation therapy alone for stage T3 and T4 rectal cancer. Br J Surg 84(10):1445-8, 1997. PMID: 9361610.
- Lingareddy V, Ahmad NR, Mohiuddin M. Palliative reirradiation for recurrent rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 38(4):785-90, 1997. PMID: 9240647.
- Ahmad NR, Huq MS, Corn BW. Respiration-induced motion of the kidneys in whole abdominal radiotherapy: implications for treatment planning and late toxicity. Radiother Oncol 42(1):87-90, 1997. PMID: 9132831.
- Huq MS, Yu Y, Mohiuddin M, Ahmad NR, Suntharalingam N. Differential dose delivery using a nondocking applicator for intraoperative radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 37(2):429-33, 1997. PMID: 9069318.
- Fry RD, Ahmad NR, Fishel R, Mitchell EP, Rakinic J, Waldman S. Expert exchange: Locally recurrent rectal cancer. Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery 10:43-63, 1997.
- Alexander AA, Palazzo JP, Ahmad NR, Liu JB, Forsberg F, Marks J. Endosonographic and color Doppler flow imaging alterations observed within irradiate rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 35(2):369-75, 1996. PMID: 8635946.
- Mohiuddin M, Chen E, Ahmad N. Combined liver radiation and chemotherapy for palliation of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol 14(3):722-8, 1996. PMID: 8622017.
- Hoffman JP, O’Dwyer P, Agarwal P, Salazar H, Ahmad NR. Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for localized pancreatic carcinoma: A perspective. Cancer Supplement 78:592-597, 1996.
- Ahmad NR, Lanciano RM, Corn BW, Schultheiss T. Postoperative radiation therapy for surgically staged endometrial cancer: impact of time factors (overall treatment time and surgery-to-radiation interval) on outcome. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 33(4):837-42, 1995. PMID: 7591891.
- Fortunato L, Ahmad NR, Yeung RS, Coia LR, Eisenberg BL, Sigurdson ER, Yeh K, Weese JL, Hoffman JP. Long-term follow-up of local excision and radiation therapy for invasive rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum 38(11):1193-9, 1995. PMID: 7587763.
- Ahmad NR, Goosenberg EB, Frucht H, Coia LR. Palliative Treatment of Esophageal Cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 4(3):202-214, 1994. PMID: 10717108.
- Ahmad NR, Marks G, Mohiuddin M. High-dose preoperative radiation for cancer of the rectum: impact of radiation dose on patterns of failure and survival. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 27(4):773-8, 1993. PMID: 8244804.
- Mohiuddin M, Ahmad N, Marks G. A selective approach to adjunctive therapy for cancer of the rectum. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 27(4):765-72, 1993. PMID: 8244803.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- . Contemporary Outcomes after Multimodality Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients Presenting with Ipsilateral Supraclavicular Node Involvement. Red Journal (IJROBP), 2021.
Editorials
- Hoffman JP, Ahmad NR, Coia LR, Weese JL, Engstrom PF, Agarwal P, Salazar H, Litwin S. Preoperative chemoradiatiotherapy for stage I-III adenocarcinoma of the pancreas:The Fox Chase Cancer Center experience with 63 patients. The Cancer Bulletin 46:499-503, 1994.
- Mohiuddin M, Ahmad NR. Pre-operative chemoradiation for advanced rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 25(5):923-4, 1993. PMID: 8478245.
- Lei,x; Ahmad,NR; Bloom,E; Chun,S; Goodman,CR; Hoffman,K; Joyner,M; Mitchell,MP. Adoption of Ultra-Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients. Advances in Radiation Oncology.
Abstracts
- Stephen Chun, Alexander Augustyn, Valerie Reed, Neelofur Ahmad, Manoop Bhutani, Elizabeth S.. Implementation of a stereotactic body radiotherapy program for unresectable pancreatic cancer in an integrated community academic radiation oncology satellite network. Cureus Journal of Medical Science, 2022.
- Penny Fang, MD, Elizabeth Bloom, MD, Wendy A. Woodward, MD, PhD, Michael C. Stauder, MD, Welela Tereffe, MD, MPH, Stephen G. Chun, MD, Pamela J. Schlembach, MD, Lauren L. Mayo, MD, Neelofur Ahmad, MD, Isidora Y. Arzu, MD, Valerie K. Reed, MD, Gregory M. Chronowski, MD, Marc Delclos, MD, Benjamin D. Smith, MD. A Phase 2 Study of Hypofractionated Partial Breast Irradiation (HF-PBI) in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer(accepted for presentation at 2018 ASTRO), 2018.
- Mitchell EP, Anne P, Fry R, Ahmad N, Boman B, Edmunston T, Rakinic J, Goldstein S, Rose L, Palazzo J, Cagir B, Kovatic A, Hauck W, Fishel R, Bonanni R, Hoey D, Rose D, Curran W. Combined modality therapy of locally advanced or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the rectum: report of phase I trial of chemotherapy (CT) with CPT-11, 5-FU and concomitant irradiation (RT). Proc AM Soc Clin Onc 20:130a, 2001.
- Anne P, Mitchell EP, Ahmad N, Fry R, Rakinic J, Goldstein S, Rose L, Palazzo J, Hauck W, Fishel R, Bonanni R, Rose D. Radiosensitization in locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the rectum using combined modality therapy (CMT) with CPT-11, 5-FU and concomitant irradiation. Proc AM Soc Clin Onc 19:250a, 2000.
- Mitchell E, Ahmad N, Fry R, Anne PR, Rakinic J, Goldstein S, Rose L, Kaurmann A, Hightower M,Palazzo J, Boman B, Bonani R, Hoey D, Curran WJ. Combined modality therapy of locally advanced or recurrent adenocarcinoma of the rectum: Preliminary report of a phase I trial of chemotherapy (CT with CPT-11, 5FU and concomitant irradiation (RT). Proc AM Soc Clin Onc 18:247a, 1999.
- Anne PR, Mitchell E, Rosato FE, Ahmad N, Kairys JC, Chapman AE, Bonanni R, Curran WJ. A phase I study of preoperative paclitaxel, carboplatin, 5-FU and radiation in patients with resectable esophageal or gastric cancer. Proc AM Soc Clin Onc 18:277a, 1999.
- Nagle D, Ahmad N, Topham A, Newschaffer C, Wolferth C, Vernick J. Mucosa at risk: The long-term incidence of metachronous colorectal cancer. Dis Col Rectum, 1998.
- Ahmad NR, Anne PR, Nagle DA, Rose LJ, Mitchell EP, Fry RD. Preoperative chemoradiation therapy appears superior to preoperative radiation alone in the management of clinical T3/T4 rectal cancer. Proc of the Am Soc of Clin Onc 16:256a, 1997.
- Nagle D, Ahmad NR, Fry R. Irradiated rectal cancer patients need five years of follow-up to adequately detect local recurrence. Dis Col Rectum, 1997.
- Nagle D, Smith C, Ahmad NR, Fry R. Morbidity of preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Dis Col Rectum, 1997.
- Ahmad NR, Nagle DA, Topham A. Pathologic complete response predicts long-term survival following preoperative radiation therapy for rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 39:284, 1997.
- Ahmad NR, and Nagle D:. Long-term functional outcome of patients treated with chemoradiation therapy for carcinoma of the anal canal. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 36:271, 1996.
- Ono MK, Ahmad NR, Huq MS, Vernick J, Rosato FE. The influence of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) on outcome of surgically resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 36:300, 1996.
- Mohiuddin M, Regine W, Ahmad NR, Lingareddy V, Marks G. High dose preoperative radiation and sphincter preservation surgery for cancer of the distal 2 cm of the rectum: the ultimate challenge. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 32:158, 1995.
- Kelsey L. Corrigan, M.D., M.P.H.1 *Xiudong Lei, Ph.D.,1 Neelofur Ahmad, M.D.,1 Isidora Arzu, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Elizabeth Bloom, M.D.,1 Chelain Goodman, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Karen E. Hoffman, M.D., M.H.Sc., M.P.H.,1 Melissa Joyner, M.D.,1 Lauren Mayo, M.D.,1 Melissa Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Kevin T. Nead, M.D., M.Phil.,1 George H. Perkins, M.D.,1 Valerie Reed, M.D.,1 Jay P. Reddy, M.D., Ph.D.,1 Pamela Schlembach, M.D.,1 Simona F. Shaitelman, M.D., Ed.M.,1 Michael C. Stauder, M.D.,1 Eric A. Strom, M.D., 1 Welela Tereffe, M.D., M.P.H.,1 Wendy A. Woodward, M.D., Ph.D.,1 **Benjamin D. Smith, M.D.1. Ultra-Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients.
Book Chapters
- Ahmad NR, Nagle DA. Sphincter preservation in rectal cancer. Preoperative radiation therapy followed by local excision. In: Semin Radiat Oncol. 1, 36-8, 1998.
- Hoffman JP, Weese JL, Ahmad NR, Coia LR, Litwin S, Engstrom PF. Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy for patients with pancreatic carcinoma without demonstrable metastatic disease:The Fox Chase Cancer Center experience. In: Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 141-148, 1995.
- Mohiuddin M and Ahmad NR. Cancer of the rectum and anus. In: Current Radiation Oncology. Little, Brown and Company: Boston, NA, 284-308, 1994.
Letters to the Editor
- Coia LR, Ahmad N, Rosenthal SA. Expansile stents in esophageal cancer. N Engl J Med 330: 790; author reply 790-1, 1994.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 17, 2022