Ranjit Nair, MD
Department of Lymphoma - Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2008 | University of Kerala, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, IND, MD, Internal Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2017-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Lymphoma/Myeloma, Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2014-2017 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology, Lehigh Valley Health Network John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center, Allentown, PA |
| 2011-2014 | Internal Medicine Residency, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA |
| 2008-2009 | Medical Internship, University of Kerala, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 2002-2008 | Medical School, University of Kerala, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram |
Experience & Service
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Medical Externship, Mary Breckenridge Hospital, Hyden, KY, 2010 - 2011
Research Volunteer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - 2010
Honors & Awards
| 2016 | Chief Fellow, Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute |
| 2014 | Young Achiever's Award, National American College of Physicians |
| 2014 | Best Resident Poster Presentation, Lehigh Valley Health Network |
| 2012 | Medical Journey Competition, Lehigh Valley Hospital |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Fang P, Gunther JR, Pinnix CC, Dong W, Strati P, Nastoupil LJ, Steiner RE, Ahmed S, Damron EP, Fowler N, Nair R, Westin JR, Neelapu S, Ha CS, Dabaja BS. A Prospective Trial of Radiation Therapy Efficacy and Toxicity for Localized Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(5):1414-1420, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33309978.
- Duke TC, Nair R, Torres-Cabala C, Amaria RN, Keiser E, Miranda R, Iyer SP, Heberton M. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment. JAAD Case Rep 6(12):1264-1267, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33294560.
- Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Fang P, Bankston ME, Milgrom SA, Boyce D, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner R, Strati P, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Westin J, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Nastoupil L, Neelapu S, Flowers C, Dabaja BS. Assessment of Radiation Doses Delivered to Organs at Risk Among Patients With Early-Stage Favorable Hodgkin Lymphoma Treated With Contemporary Radiation Therapy. JAMA Netw Open 3(9):e2013935, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32990738.
- Glober G, Gunther J, Fang P, Milgrom S, Korivi BR, Jensen CT, Wagner-Bartak NA, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner R, Parmar S, Iyer S, Westin J, Fayad L, Rodriguez MA, Neelapu S, Nastoupil L, Flowers CR, Dabaja BS, Pinnix CC. Imaging Surveillance of Limited-stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients After PET-CT-documented First Remission. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 20(8):533-541, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32291233.
- Strati P, Nastoupil LJ, Westin J, Fayad LE, Ahmed S, Fowler NH, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Steiner RE, Wang M, Pinnix CC, Adkins S, Claussen CM, Martinez CS, Hawkins MC, Johnson NA, Singh P, Mistry HE, Horowitz S, George S, Feng L, Kebriaei P, Shpall EJ, Neelapu SS, Tummala S, Chi TL. Clinical and radiologic correlates of neurotoxicity after axicabtagene ciloleucel in large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 4(16):3943-3951, 2020. PMID: 32822484.
- Elhammali A, Amini B, Ludmir EB, Gunther JR, Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Andraos T, Yoder A, Weber D, Orlowski R, Manasanch E, Patel K, Strati P, Nair R, Lee HC, Thomas S, Iyer S, Kaufmann G, Garg N, Dabaja BS. New paradigm for radiation in multiple myeloma: lower yet effective dose to avoid radiation toxicity. Haematologica 105(7):e355-e357, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31919088.
- Gunther JR, Pinnix CC, Glober GR, Christopherson KM, Fang P, Lee HJ, Ahmed S, Steiner RE, Nair R, Strati P, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil LJ, Dabaja BS. Partial omission of bleomycin for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with combined modality therapy: Does incomplete ABVD lead to inferior outcomes?. EJHaem 1(1):272-276, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32864660.
- Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Strati P, Fang P, Hawkins MC, Adkins S, Westin J, Ahmed S, Fayad L, Lee HJ, Nair R, Steiner RE, Iyer SP, Rodriguez MA, Wang M, Flowers C, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil LJ. Bridging therapy prior to axicabtagene ciloleucel for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 4(13):2871-2883, 2020. PMID: 32589728.
- Strati P, Ahmed S, Kebriaei P, Nastoupil LJ, Claussen CM, Watson G, Horowitz SB, Brown ART, Do B, Rodriguez MA, Nair R, Shpall EJ, Green MR, Neelapu SS, Westin JR. Clinical efficacy of anakinra to mitigate CAR T-cell therapy-associated toxicity in large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv 4(13):3123-3127, 2020. PMID: 32645136.
- Strati P, Ahmed MA, Nastoupil LJ, Feng L, Hagemeister FB, Fayad LE, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Wang M, Westin JR, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Parmar S, Ahmed S, Nair R, Steiner RE, Noorani M, Flowers CR, Davis RE, Fowler NH, Neelapu SS. Pretreatment SUVmax may influence the clinical benefit of BR over R-CHOP in patients with previously untreated FL. Leuk Lymphoma 61(6):1380-1387, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31971032.
- Zhao S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Navsaria L, Ok CY, Zhang S, Nomie K, Han G, Hao D, Hill HA, Jiang C, Yao Y, Nastoupil L, Westin J, Fayad L, Nair R, Steiner R, Ahmed S, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Oriabure O, Chen W, Song X, Zhang J, Badillo M, Moghrabi O, Aranda J, Tang G, Yin CC, Patel K, Medeiros LJ, Li S, Vega F, Thirumurthi S, Xu G, Neelapu S, Flowers CR, Romaguera J, Fowler N, Wang L, Wang ML, Jain P. Efficacy of venetoclax in high risk relapsed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) - outcomes and mutation profile from venetoclax resistant MCL patients. Am J Hematol 95(6):623-629, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32239765.
- Jain P, Zhang S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Nomie K, Gonzalez GN, Gonzalez-Pagan O, Hill HA, Lee HJ, Fayad L, Westin J, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister F, Chen W, Oriabure O, Badillo M, Jiang C, Yixin Y, Li S, Tang G, Yin CC, Patel KP, Medeiros LJ, Nair R, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Thirumurthi S, Champlin R, Xu G, Tinsu P, Santos D, Wang R, Han G, Zhang J, Song X, Neelapu S, Romaguera J, Futreal A, Flowers C, Fowler N, Wang L, Wang ML. Genomic profiles and clinical outcomes of de novo blastoid/pleomorphic MCL are distinct from those of transformed MCL. Blood Adv 4(6):1038-1050, 2020. PMID: 32191807.
- Tolay S, Nair R, McIntosh AF, Sopka DM, Nair SG. Dramatic Response to Concurrent Anti-PD-1 Therapy and Radiation in Resistant Tumors with Sarcomatoid Differentiation. Oncologist 24(1):e49-e52, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30104290.
- Nair R, Neelapu SS. The promise of CAR T-cell therapy in aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 31(3):293-298, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30213399.
- Sreedhar A, Nair R, Scialla W. Paraneoplastic Auto-immune Hemolytic Anemia: An Unusual Sequela of Enteric Duplication Cyst. Anticancer Res 38(1):509-512, 2018. PMID: 29277816.
- Nair R, Tabchi S, Hagemeister F. Obinutuzumab Treatment of Follicular Lymphoma. N Engl J Med 377(26):2605, 2017. PMID: 29281573.
- Nair R, Shah U. Lactic Acidosis: A Rare Oncological Emergency in Solid Tumors at Presentation. Am J Med Sci 353(4):402-406, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28317631.
- Nair R, Gheith S. Flame cell in IgA monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Blood 129(10):1402, 2017. PMID: 28280047.
- Sreedhar A, Sheikh HA, Scagliotti CJ, Nair R. Advanced-stage calciphylaxis: Think before you punch. Cleve Clin J Med 83(8):562-4, 2016. PMID: 27505874.
- Nair R, Gheith S, Nair SG. Immunotherapy-Associated Hemolytic Anemia with Pure Red-Cell Aplasia. N Engl J Med 374(11):1096-7, 2016. PMID: 26981948.
- Nair R, Gheith S, Lamparella N. Rituximab-Induced Splenic Rupture and Cytokine Release. Am J Case Rep 17:165-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26972227.
- Sreedhar A, Feden D, Perilli G, Nair R, Magaji V.. 48, XXYY Genotype: Case Report of a Rare Clinical Syndrome. Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes 2:1-3, 2016.
- Nair R, Mishriki YY. Miss the ear, and you may miss the diagnosis. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 81(11):656-7, 2014. PMID: 25368214.
- Nair R, Gheith S, Popescu D, Agostino NM. A rare case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a patient with light chain (AL) amyloidosis treated with lenalidomide. International Journal of Clinical Experimental Pathology 7(5):2683-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24966987.
- Nair R, Mishriki Y.Y.. Giant Hiatal Hernia Mimicking Cardiac Tamponade. A Focus on Cardiology 53(9), 2013.
- Strati P, Ahmed S, Furqan F, Fayad LE, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Nastoupil L, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Steiner RE, Wang ML, Pinnix CC, Horowitz SB, Feng L, Sun R, Claussen CM, Hawkins M, Johnson N, Singh P, Mistry H, Johncy S, Adkins S, Kebriaei P, Shpall EJ, Green MR, Flowers C, Westin J, Neelapu SS. Prognostic Impact of Corticosteroids on Efficacy of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy in Large B-cell Lymphoma. Blood. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33534891.
- Jain P, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Zhang S, Ok CY, Navsaria L, Nastoupil L, Lee HJ, Tang G, Yin CC, Badillo M, Nair R, Li S, Patel KM, Flowers C, Vega F, Wang L, Wang ML. Outcomes of relapsed mantle cell lymphoma patients after discontinuing acalabrutinib. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33491779.
- Augustyn A, Medeiros LJ, Ludmir EB, Gunther J, Fang P, Li S, Ok CY, Bankston ME, Verma V, Pasalic D, Ahmed S, Nastoupil LJ, Westin JR, Strati P, Neelapu SS, Nair R, Steiner RE, Iyer SP, Rodriguez A, Fayad LE, Flowers CR, Dabaja BS, Pinnix CC. The impact of cell-of-origin, MYC/Bcl-2 dual expression and MYC rearrangement on disease relapse among early stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with combined modality therapy. Leuk Lymphoma:1-12. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33480830.
- Mamlouk O, Nair R, Iyer SP, Edwards A, Neelapu SS, Steiner RE, Adkins S, Hawkins M, Saini NY, Devashish K, Strati P, Mandayam S, Ahmed S. Safety and Efficacy of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Blood. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33512386.
- Nair R, Drillet G, Lhomme F, Le Bras A, Michel L, Rossi J, Sherman M, Xue A, Kerber A, Jittapiromsak N, Chi L, Tummala S, Neelapu SS, Houot R. Acute leucoencephalomyelopathy and quadriparesis after CAR T-cell therapy. Haematologica. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32732365.
- Gunther JR, Park C, Dabaja BS, Milgrom SA, Cruz Chamorro RJ, Medeiros LJ, Khoury JD, Garg N, Amini B, Steiner R, Nair R, Strati P, Westin JR, Ju Lee H, Fowler N, Nastoupil L, Neelapu SS, Pinnix CC. Radiation therapy for salivary gland MALT lymphoma: ultra-low dose treatment achieves encouraging early outcomes and spares salivary function. Leuk Lymphoma:1-5. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31373240.
Invited Articles
- R Nair, K Patel. Emerging role of CAR T cell therapy in Multiple Myeloma. Advances in Cell and Gene Therapy, 2018.
Abstracts
- S Tabchi, R Nair, KK Patel, HC Lee, SK Thomas, B Amini, S Ahmed, Rohtesh S Mehta, Qaiser Bashir, Muzaffar H Qazilbash, Donna M Weber, Robert Z Orlowski, Raymond Alexanian, Lei Feng, Elisabet Esteve Manasanch. The MD Anderson modified cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (mCBAD) for the treatment of newly diagnosed (NDMM) and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Clinical Oncology 36(15), 2018.
- Ranjit Nair, Usman Shah, Hope Kincaid, Jennifer Macfarlen, Eliot Friedman.. Retrospective analysis of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with carboplatin/ paclitaxel versus FOLFOX in newly diagnosed esophageal or junctional cancers: A single institution experience. Clinical Oncology 35(4), 2017.
- S. Adediran, E. Friedman, R. Nair. Primary Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors: A Single Institution Retrospective Review. Thoracic Oncology 12(11), 2017.
- Ryan Mayo, Ranjit Nair, Shereen Gheith. An Unusual Case of IgG4 Associated Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma Presenting as Subcutaneous Nodules Mimicking Lipomas. Pennsylvania Society of Oncology and Hematology, 2016.
- Sreedhar,A. , Nair, R., Gretchen P.G. A Case Report of Ruxolitinib Induced Hypocalcemia: A Stochastic or Deterministic Effect?. LVHN Scholarly Works, 2016.