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
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Clinical Medical Director, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present
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
Institutional Committee Activities
Vizient Champion for department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Mortality Review Team, 2021 - Present
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
- Mamlouk O, Strati P, Feng L, Sun R, Ayers A, Steiner RE, Nair R, Flowers C, Ramdial JL, Saini N, Srour SA, Champlin RE, Kebriaei P, Nastoupil LJ, Rodriguez MA, Shpall EJ, Nieto Y, Westin J, Neelapu SS, Mandayam S, Ahmed S. Real-world analysis of safety and efficacy of CAR T-cell therapy in lymphoma patients with decreased kidney function. Br J Haematol 204(1):e11-e16, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37822075.
- Steiner RE, Hwang SR, Khurana A, Habermann TM, Epperla N, Annunzio K, Allen PB, Baird K, Paulino D, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, David K, Evens AM, Pandya K, Bair SM, Kamdar M, Ba Aqeel S, Torka P, Lynch R, Smith S, Feng L, Noorani M, Ahmed S, Nair R, Vega F, Wu S, Fang P, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lee HJ. Impact of Cumulative Dose of Brentuximab Vedotin on Outcomes of Frontline Therapy for Advanced Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma. Blood Adv 7(24):7485-7493, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37603594.
- Jallouk AP, Kui N, Sun R, Westin JR, Steiner RE, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Fayad LE, Zaki AA, Hawkins M, Adkins S, Noorani M, Das K, Henderson J, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Ramdial J, Flowers CR, Neelapu SS, Ahmed S, Strati P. Effect of delayed cell infusion in patients with large B-cell lymphoma treated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Haematologica. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38031807.
- Strati P, Jallouk A, Deng Q, Li X, Feng L, Sun R, Adkins S, Johncy S, Cain T, Steiner RE, Ahmed S, Chihara D, Fayad LE, Iyer SP, Horowitz S, Nastoupil LJ, Nair R, Hassan A, Daoud TE, Hawkins M, Rodriguez MA, Shpall EJ, Ramdial JL, Kebriaei P, Hong DS, Westin JR, Neelapu SS, Green MR. A Phase I Study of Prophylactic Anakinra to Mitigate ICANS in Patients with Large B-cell Lymphoma. Blood Adv 7(21):6785-6789, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37389847.
- Strati P, Li X, Deng Q, Marques-Piubelli ML, Henderson J, Watson G, Deaton L, Cain T, Yang H, Ravanmehr V, Fayad LE, Iyer SP, Nastoupil LJ, Hagemeister FB, Parra ER, Saini N, Takahashi K, Fowler NH, Westin JR, Steiner RE, Nair R, Flowers CR, Wang L, Ahmed S, Al-Atrash G, Vega F, Neelapu SS, Green MR. Prolonged cytopenia following CD19 CAR T cell therapy is linked with bone marrow infiltration of clonally expanded IFNγ-expressing CD8 T cells. Cell Rep Med 4(8):101158, 2023. PMID: 37586321.
- Stein-Thoeringer CK, Saini NY, Zamir E, Blumenberg V, Schubert ML, Mor U, Fante MA, Schmidt S, Hayase E, Hayase T, Rohrbach R, Chang CC, McDaniel L, Flores I, Gaiser R, Edinger M, Wolff D, Heidenreich M, Strati P, Nair R, Chihara D, Fayad LE, Ahmed S, Iyer SP, Steiner RE, Jain P, Nastoupil LJ, Westin J, Arora R, Wang ML, Turner J, Menges M, Hidalgo-Vargas M, Reid K, Dreger P, Schmitt A, Müller-Tidow C, Locke FL, Davila ML, Champlin RE, Flowers CR, Shpall EJ, Poeck H, Neelapu SS, Schmitt M, Subklewe M, Jain MD, Jenq RR, Elinav E. A non-antibiotic-disrupted gut microbiome is associated with clinical responses to CD19-CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy. Nat Med 29(4):906-916, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36914893.
- Steiner RE, Parra ER, Vega F, Feng L, Westin JR, Neelapu SS, Strati P, Green MR, Flowers CR, Solis LM, Wistuba II, Ahmed S, Nair R, Hagemeister FB, Noorani M, Marques-Piubelli ML. PD-L1+ macrophages are associated with favorable features in primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma. Exp Hematol Oncol 12(1):32, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36941707.
- Westin J, Davis RE, Feng L, Hagemeister F, Steiner R, Lee HJ, Fayad L, Nastoupil L, Ahmed S, Rodriguez A, Fanale M, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Nair R, Oki Y, Fowler N, Wang M, Ma MCJ, Vega F, McDonnell T, Pinnix C, Griffith D, Lu Y, Tewari S, Sun R, Scott DW, Flowers CR, Neelapu S, Green MR. Smart Start: Rituximab, Lenalidomide, and Ibrutinib in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 41(4):JCO2200597, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35952327.
- Wu SY, Fang PQ, Wang EB, Ahmed S, Duvic M, Jain P, Castillo LEM, Nair R, Steiner RE, Strati P, Huen AO, Iyer SP, Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS, Gunther JR. Safety of Concurrent Radiation Therapy With Brentuximab Vedotin in the Treatment of Lymphoma. Adv Radiat Oncol 8(6):101279, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37448588.
- Ahsen A, Korsun P, Albahra F, Nair R, Tariq Z. Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection in a 38-Year-Old Male after a Dog Bite. Case Rep Infect Dis 2023:9917898, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37876860.
- Cherng HJ, Xu G, Feng L, Steiner R, Fayad L, Strati P, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Flowers CR, Rodriguez M, Wang M, Hagemeister F, Pinnix CC, Ramdial J, Srour S, Nieto Y, Rezvani K, Champlin R, Kebriaei P, Westin J, Macapinlac HA, Shpall E, Ahmed S. Positron emission tomography derived metrics in relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma with residual disease before autologous stem cell transplant. Br J Haematol 200(1):35-44, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36068929.
- Strati P, Jallouk AP, Sun R, Choi J, Das K, Cherng HJ, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Steiner RE, Huff CD, Yu Y, Mistry H, Pulsifer B, Noorani M, Saini N, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Flowers CR, Westin JR, Hildebrandt MAT, Neelapu SS. Impact of conditioning chemotherapy on lymphocyte kinetics and outcomes in LBCL patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy. Leukemia 36(11):2669-2677, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36127509.
- Fahrmann JF, Saini NY, Chia-Chi C, Irajizad E, Strati P, Nair R, Fayad LE, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Iyer S, Steiner R, Vykoukal J, Wu R, Dennison JB, Nastoupil L, Jain P, Wang M, Green M, Westin J, Blumenberg V, Davila M, Champlin R, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Flowers CR, Jain M, Jenq R, Stein-Thoeringer CK, Subklewe M, Neelapu SS, Hanash S. A polyamine-centric, blood-based metabolite panel predictive of poor response to CAR-T cell therapy in large B cell lymphoma. Cell Rep Med 3(11):100720, 2022. PMID: 36384092.
- Saini NY, Swoboda DM, Greenbaum U, Ma J, Patel RD, Devashish K, Das K, Tanner MR, Strati P, Nair R, Fayad L, Ahmed S, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Steiner R, Jain N, Nastoupil L, Loghavi S, Tang G, Bassett RL, Jain P, Wang M, Westin JR, Green MR, Sallman DA, Padron E, Davila ML, Locke FL, Champlin RE, Garcia-Manero G, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Flowers CR, Jain MD, Wang F, Futreal AP, Gillis N, Neelapu SS, Takahashi K. Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with increased risk of severe neurotoxicity in axicabtagene ciloleucel therapy of large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Cancer Discov 3(5):385-393, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35533245.
- Cherng HJ, Sun R, Sugg B, Irwin R, Yang H, Le CC, Deng Q, Fayad L, Fowler NH, Parmar S, Steiner R, Hagemeister F, Nair R, Lee HJ, Rodriguez M, Samaniego F, Iyer SP, Flowers CR, Wang L, Nastoupil LJ, Neelapu SS, Ahmed S, Strati P, Green MR, Westin J. Risk assessment with low pass whole genome sequencing of cell free DNA before CD19 CAR T-cells for large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 140(5):504-515, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35512184.
- Shbib Dabaja B, Boyce-Fappiano D, Dong W, Damron E, Fang P, Gunther J, Rodriguez MA, Strati P, Steiner R, Nair R, Lee H, Abou Yehia Z, Shihadeh F, Pinnix C, Ng AK. Second malignancies in patients with Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Half a century of experience. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 35:64-69, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35601797.
- Al Zaki A, Feng L, Watson G, Ahmed SA, Mistry H, Nastoupil LJ, Hawkins M, Nair R, Iyer SP, Lee HJ, Steiner RE, Flowers CR, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Neelapu SS, Westin JR, Strati P. Day 30 SUVmax Predicts Progression in Lymphoma Patients Achieving PR/SD After CAR T-cell Therapy. Blood Adv 6(9):2867-2871, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35015825.
- Nieto Y, Gruschkus S, Valdez BC, Jones RB, Anderlini P, Hosing C, Popat U, Qazilbash M, Kebriaei P, Alousi A, Saini N, Srour S, Rezvani K, Ramdial J, Barnett M, Gulbis A, Shigle TL, Ahmed S, Iyer S, Lee H, Nair R, Parmar S, Steiner R, Dabaja B, Pinnix C, Gunther J, Cuglievan B, Mahadeo K, Khazal S, Chuang H, Champlin R, Shpall EJ, Andersson BS. Improved outcomes of high-risk relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma patients after high-dose chemotherapy: a 15-year analysis. Haematologica 107(4):899-908, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 33951890.
- Wang ML, Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Nastoupil L, Fayad L, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hill HA, Yao Y, Hagemeister FB, Westin JR, Fowler N, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Nair R, Iyer SP, Navsaria L, Badillo M, Mantle Cell Research Group, Feng L, Xuelin H, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Wagner-Bartak N, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Tang G, Lin P, Wang SA, Jorgensen J, Yin CC, Li S, Patel KP, Vega F, Medeiros LJ, Flowers CR, Wang L. Ibrutinib-rituximab followed by R-HCVAD as frontline treatment for young patients (≤65 years) with mantle cell lymphoma (WINDOW-1): a single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 23(3):406-415, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35074072.
- Briete LD, Towers WF, Bone R, Nair R, Steck M, Cutshall BT, Shah SP. Perioperative Anticoagulation Management. Crit Care Nurs Q 45(2):119-131, 2022. PMID: 35212652.
- Cherng HJ, Chuang HH, Steiner R, Fayad L, Strati P, Nair R, Hagemeister F, Nastoupil LJ, Lee HJ, Neelapu SS, Flowers CR, Samaniego F, Rodriguez M, Macapinlac HA, Feng L, Westin J. A prospective study on early PET/CT scans during the first cycle of salvage chemotherapy for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 63(1):74-83, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34435552.
- Al Feghali KA, Fang P, Gule-Monroe M, Milgrom S, Khoury JD, Gunther JR, Sheu T, Nair R, Ahmed S, Steiner R, Strati P, Shpall EJ, Nieto YL, Hosing C, Nastoupil LJ, Westin JR, Neelapu SS, Fowler N, Flowers C, Pinnix CC, Dabaja BS. Prognostic value of disease distribution in secondary central nervous system diffuse large B cell lymphoma treated with radiation therapy. Leuk Lymphoma 62(10):1-8, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33942701.
- Marques-Piubelli ML, Solis LM, Parra ER, Castillo LM, Gouni S, Nair R, Chihara D, Konopleva M, Wistuba II, Iyer SP, Vega F, Strati P. BCL-W expression associates with poor outcome in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified. Blood Cancer J 11(9):153, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34531377.
- Greenbaum U, Strati P, Saliba RM, Torres J, Rondon G, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Srour SA, Westin J, Fayad LE, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Steiner RE, Wang M, Pinnix CC, Flowers CR, Tummala S, Ramdial JL, Yalniz FF, Hawkins M, Rezvani K, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, Neelapu SS, Kebriaei P, Ahmed S. CRP and ferritin in addition to the EASIX score predict CAR-T-related toxicity. Blood Adv 5(14):2799-2806, 2021. PMID: 34264268.
- Strati P, Ahmed S, Furqan F, Fayad LE, Lee HJ, Iyer SP, Nair R, Nastoupil LJ, Parmar S, Rodriguez MA, Samaniego F, Steiner RE, Wang M, Pinnix CC, Horowitz SB, Feng L, Sun R, Claussen CM, Hawkins MC, Johnson NA, Singh P, Mistry H, Johncy S, Adkins S, Kebriaei P, Shpall EJ, Green MR, Flowers CR, Westin J, Neelapu SS. Prognostic Impact of Corticosteroids on Efficacy of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy in Large B-cell Lymphoma. Blood 137(23):3272-3276, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33534891.
- 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 62(6):1-12, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33480830.
- Zhang S, Jiang VC, Han G, Hao D, Lian J, Liu Y, Zhang R, McIntosh J, Wang R, Dang M, Dai E, Wang Y, Santos D, Badillo M, Leeming A, Chen Z, Hartig K, Bigcal J, Zhou J, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Ok CY, Lee H, Steiner RE, Zhang J, Song X, Nair R, Ahmed S, Rodriquez A, Thirumurthi S, Jain P, Wagner-Bartak N, Hill H, Nomie K, Flowers C, Futreal A, Wang L, Wang M. Longitudinal single-cell profiling reveals molecular heterogeneity and tumor-immune evolution in refractory mantle cell lymphoma. Nat Commun 12(1):2877, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34001881.
- 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 96(5):E137-E140, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33491779.
- Mamlouk O, Nair R, Iyer SP, Edwards A, Neelapu SS, Steiner RE, Adkins SA, Hawkins M, Saini N, Devashish K, Strati P, Mandayam S, Ahmed S. Safety and Efficacy of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Blood 137(18):2558-2562, 2021. 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 106(5):1504-1506, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32732365.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, Lamparella N. Rituximab-Induced Splenic Rupture and Cytokine Release. Am J Case Rep 17:165-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26972227.
- 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.
- 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.
Invited Articles
- R Nair, K Patel. Emerging role of CAR T cell therapy in Multiple Myeloma. Advances in Cell and Gene Therapy, 2018.
Abstracts
- Nair R, Deen N, Ahmed S, Miranda RN, Fowler NH, Fayad L, Steiner RE, Hagemeister FB, Rodriguez MA, Lee HJ, Strati P. Outcome of Patients with T-Cell Histiocyte Rich B Cell Lymphoma: Single Institution Series. Blood 138:1448, 2021.
- Al Zaki A, Westin JR, Watson G, Feng L, Ahmed S, Mistry H, Nastoupil L, Hawkins M, Nair R, Iyer SP, Lee H. Analysis of Factors Associated with Conversion to CR in Patients with Large B-Cell Lymphoma Achieving Day 30 PR after CAR T-Cell Therapy. Blood 138:3870, 2021.
- Cherng HJ, Sun R, Yang H, Deng Q, Fayad L, Fowler NH, Parmar S, Nair R, Ahmed S, Steiner RE, Hagemeister FB, Lee HJ. A Risk Score Incorporating Low Pass Whole Genome Sequencing of Cell Free DNA from Patients Receiving CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy for Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 138:38, 2021.
- Wu SY, Fang P, Huen AO, Iyer SP, Nair R, Steiner R, Castillo LM, Duvic M, Ahmed S, Jain P, Fayad L. Concurrent Radiation Therapy With the Antibody-Drug Conjugates Brentuximab Vedotin and Polatuzumab Vedotin. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 111(3):e301, 2021.
- Herrera AF, Zain J, Savage KJ, Feldman TA, Brammer JE, Chen L, Popplewell LL, Budde LE, Mei M, Leslie LA, Nair R, Iyer S. Brentuximab vedotin plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone (CHEP-BV) followed by BV consolidation in patients with CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Blood 138:133, 2021.
- Steiner RE, Strati P, Flowers CR, Neelapu SS, Green MR, Nastoupil L, Hagemeister FB, Feng L, Ahmed S, Nair R, Fayad L... Pacific: A Phase II Study of Brentuximab Vedotin and Nivolumab Alone and then Combined with Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin and Prednisone for Patients with Untreated Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Blood 138:1408, 2021.
- Malpica-Castillo L, Feng L, Xu J, Nair R, Elias A, Jain P, Chihara D, Steiner R, Fayad L, Samaniego F, Ahmed S. Long Term Outcome Patterns and Risk Factors for Early Mortality and Disease Progression in ALK-Positive Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Blood 138:2463, 2021.
- Westin JR, Steiner R, Feng L, Strati P, Flowers CR, Neelapu SS, Nastoupil L, Chihara D, Hagemeister FB, Ahmed S, Nair R... Smart Stop: A Phase II Study of Lenalidomide, Tafasitamab, Rituximab, and Acalabrutinib Alone and with Chemotherapy in Patients with Newly Diagnosed DLBCL. Blood 138:3572, 2021.
- Nair R, Feng L, Gunther JR, Xu J, Malpica-Castillo L, Huen A, Cabala CT, Heberton M, Fang P, Ahmed S, Miranda RN.. Outcomes of Patients with Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma: Single Institution Series. Blood 138:4536, 2021.
- Greenbaum U, Strati P, Saliba RM, Torres J, Rondon G, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Srour SA, Westin J, Fayad LE, Lee HJ.. CRP and ferritin in addition to the EASIX score predict CAR-T–related toxicity. Blood advances 5(14):2799-806, 2021.
- Ahmed S, Strati P, Fayad L, Hagemeister F, Lee H J, Iyer S P, Nair, R, Parmar S, Rodriguez A, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Wang M L, Pinnix C, Flowers C, Horowitz S, Claussen C, Johnson N, Mistry H, Adkins S, Shpall E J, Kebriaei P, Nieto Y, Hawkins M, Neelapu S S, Nastoupil L J,Westin J R. Efficacy of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy, Axicabtagene Ciloleucel (axi-cel), in Patients with Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL), 2021.
- Mohamed, S., Parrish, J., Khan, M., Premji, S., Elias, A., Malpica, L., Nair, R., Chihara, D., Srour, S., Miranda, R. and Xu, J.. Prognostic Role of CD30 From a Retrospective Review of 295 Patients with Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. TCL 309(21):S414, 2021.
- Ranjit Nair, MD , Samer Al Hadidi, MD MSc, FACP , Raphael Eric Steiner, MD , Sairah Ahmed, MD , Paolo Strati, MD , Simrit Parmar, MD, MSCI , Swaminathan P Iyer, MD , Penny Fang, MD , Jillian R. Gunther, MD PhD , Preetesh Jain, MBBS,MDDM,PhD , Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD PhD , Bouthaina S. Dabaja, MD , Yago Nieto, MD , Felipe Samaniego, MD , Branko Cuglievan, MD , Roberto N. Miranda, MD , L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD , Lei Feng, MS , Hubert Chuang, MDPhD , Michael Wang, MD , Hun Ju Lee, MD. Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Inferior Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma: MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience 136(1):27-28, 2020.
- Strati P, Furqan F, Westin J, Fayad L, Ahmed S, Lee H J, Iyer S P, Nair R, Nastoupil L J, Parmar S, Rodriguez M A, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Wang M, Pinnix C C, Flowers C, Horowitz S B, Hawkins M, Neelapu S S. Prognostic impact of dose, duration, and timing of corticosteroid therapy in patients with large B-cell lymphoma treated with standard of care axicabtagene ciloleucel (Axi-cel). ASCO, 2020.
- Steiner R, Cramer F M, Singh P, Becnel M, Alcedo P E, Chin C K, Cuglievan B, Strati P, Ahmed S, Samniego F, Nair R, Gunther J R, Pinnix C C, Fang P, Dabaja B S, Feng L, Lee H J. Brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy for advanced stage untreated classic Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a real-world setting. ASCO, 2020.
- Nair R, Pinnix C C, Gunther J R, Strati P, Westin J, Fayad L, Hagemeister F B, Iyer S P, Nastoupil L J, Parmar S, Rodriguez A, Steiner R, Dabaja B S, Fang P, Flowers C, Noorani M, Feng L, Neelapu S S, Ahmed S, Lee H J. MD Anderson experience of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in classical Hodgkin lymphoma. ASCO, 2020.
- Ahmed S, Furquan F, Straiti P, Westin J, Fayad L, Hagemeister F B, Lee H J, Iyer S P, Nair R, Nastoupil L J, Parmar S, Rodriguez M A, Samaniego F, Steiner R, Wang M, Pinnix C C, Flowers C, Horowitz S B, Hawkins M, Neelapu S S. Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in patients with large B-cell lymphoma treated with standard of care (SOC) axicabtagene ciloleucel (Axi-cel). ASCO, 2020.
- Samer Al Hadidi, MDMSc,FACP , Ranjit Nair, MD , Raphael E Steiner, MD , Sairah Ahmed, MD , Paolo Strati, MD , Simrit Parmar, MD, MSCI , Swami P. Iyer, MD , Jillian R. Gunther, MD PhD , Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD PhD , Bouthaina S. Dabaja, MD , Yago Nieto, MD , Felipe Samaniego, MD , Branko Cuglievan, MD , Preetesh Jain, MBBS,MDDM,PhD , Penny Fang, MD , Roberto N. Miranda, MD , Jeffrey Medeiros, MD , Lei Feng, MS , Hubert Chuang, MDPhD , Michael Wang, MD , Hun Ju Lee, MD.. Association of Epstein-Barr Virus with Advanced Stage and Survival Outcomes in Classic Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Blood, 2020.
- Westin J, Nastoupil L J, Fayad L, Hagemeister F B, Oki Y, Turturro F, Ahmed S, Rodriguez M A, Lee H J, Steiner R, Nair R, Parmar S, Young K H, McDonnell T, Chuang H, Green M R, Neelapu S S, Davis R E. Smart start: Final results of rituximab, lenalidomide, and ibrutinib lead in prior to combination with chemotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. ASCO, 2019.
- J.R. Westin, L. Nastoupil, L. Fayad, F. Hagemeister, K. Young, T. McDonnell, S. Neelapu, R.E. Davis, M. Green, S. Ahmed, R. Nair, R. Steiner, H. Lee, M. Rodriguez, S. Parmar, H. Chuang.. VERY EARLY FDG PET/CT SCAN MAY PREDICT OUTCOMES IN RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY DLBCL PATIENTS TREATED WITH SALVAGE THERAPY. ICML, 2019.
- Anand K, Burns E, Sano D, Pingali S R, Westin J, Nastoupil L J, Lee H J, Samaniego F, Parmar S, Wang M, Hawkins M, Adkins S, Fayad L, Steiner R, Nair R, Ahmed S, Fowler N H, Neelapu S S, Iyer S P. Comprehensive report of anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T) associated non-relapse mortality (CART-NRM) from FAERS, 2019.
- Tabchi S, Nair R, Patel KK, Lee HC, Thomas SK,Amini B, Ahmed S, Mehta RS, Bashir Q, Qazilbash M H, Weber, D M, Orlowski R Z, Alexanian R, Feng L, Manasanch E E. The MD Anderson modified cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (mCBAD) for the treatment of newly diagnosed (NDMM) and relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Journal of Clinical Oncology 30(15):8044, 2018.
- Sano D, Nastoupil L J, Fowler N H, Fayad L, Hagemeister F B, Lee H J, Samaniego F, Wang M, Rodriguez M A, Iyer S P, Parmar S, Steiner R, Nair R, Adkins S, Arafat S, Rao A, Vallejo L, Hawkins M, Chen Y, Westin J R, Neelapu S S. Safety of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in Elderly Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma. ASH, 2018.
- S. Adediran, E. Friedman, R. Nair. Primary Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors: A Single Institution Retrospective Review. Thoracic Oncology 12(11):S1574-S1575, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nair R, Agostino N M, Shah U. Peritoneal lymphomatosis: When Occam's razor fail, 2016.
- Nair R, Smith S J. Adrenal incidentaloma in young – Is it a gray Zone?, 2016.
- Nair, R., Gheith, S., Lamparella, N.. A case report of an aggressive mantle cell lymphoma masquerading as chronic lymphocytic leukemia with catastrophic treatment complications, 2016.
- Sreedhar,A. , Nair, R., Gretchen P.G. A Case Report of Ruxolitinib Induced Hypocalcemia: A Stochastic or Deterministic Effect?. LVHN Scholarly Works, 2016.
- Sreedhar, A., Nair, R., Scialla, W.. A Case Report of Enteric Duplication Cyst: A Unique Presentation with Multiple Rare Associations, 2015.
- Davis, S., Nair, R. Agostino, N. Acute pancreatitis associated with TTP; A cause or effect, 2015.
- Hickey P, Nair R ,Brodsky J, Shah H, Loven V.. Undifferentiated Carcinoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells of the Pancreatic Tail. Gastroenterology 148(4):S-939, 2015.
- Sreedhar, A., Nair, R., Saqib, M.. A Very Rare Etiology of Deep Vein Thrombosis- ‘KILT Syndrome’, 2015.
- Heisel.A, Sreedhar. A, Lamparella. N, Nair, R, Gheith S.M.. Microlymphoma, A Rare Clinicopathologic Entity During the Evolution of an Aggressive Lymphoma: A Case Report. ACP, 2015.
- Patak, B., Nair, R. A Rare Cutaneous Harbinger of Acute Leukemia: A Case Report. ACP, 2015.
- Tseytlin D, Bloomfield C, Nair R, Casey C, Valtsis V, Bucciarelli M, Kern C, Awuor S, Shreedhar A, Julia R. Improving Outcomes In Diabetic Patients. LVHN Scholarly works, 2014.
- Nair, R., Ali, S., Bloomfield, C., Smith, S.. Lymphoma Masquerading as Pneumonia with Acute Renal Failure: A rare clinical and radiological presentation of diffuse large B cell gastric lymphoma (DLBCL), 2014.
- Mastoris, K, Nair, R., York, E. A Potentially Fatal Etiology Of A Lumbar Radiculopathy. LVHN scholarly works, 2014.
- Frankhouser S, Nair R. Continuity of care at the Lehigh valley physicians practise resident clinic. LVHN scholarly works, 2013.
Book Chapters
- Nair R, Vega F, Iyer S. Nodal Peripheral T cell Lymphoma. In: The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. 4. MCGraw Hill, LLC, 2022.
- Nair R, Westin J. CAR T cells. In: Immunotherapy. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer, Cham, 297-317, 2021.