Saumil Gandhi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Thoracic Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2011 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, US, Medicine, MD |
| 2009 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, US, A single molecule approach reveals uncoordinated expression of genes, Ph.D |
| 2003 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ME |
| 2002 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, Electrical Science and Engineering, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2011-2012 | Clinical Internship, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2011-2016 | Clinical Residency, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2017 | American Board of Radiology |
| 2016 | DEA |
| 2016 | Texas Medical Board |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
MDACC Principal Investigator, NRG, Houston, Texas, 2022 - Present
Thoracic Residency Education Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2019 - Present
Member, Faculty Senate, Houston, Texas, 2017 - 2020
Other Professional Positions
Scientific Advisory Board, Regeneron, 2023
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Novocure, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2020
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives Seed Award Grant Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021
Member, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives Shark Tank Grant Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021
Member, ROSI Grant Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020
Member, Institutional Scientific Review Committee,, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020
Member, Radiation Oncology Division Head Search Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019
Member, Radiation Oncology Clinical Competency Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, Radiation Oncology Residency Program Evaluation Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, Radiation Oncology Teaching and Quality Assurance Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, Radiation Oncology Resident Selection Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - Present
Member, Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives MR-Linac Grant Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019
Editorial Activities
Editor, PloS one, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2003 - 2011 | Medical Scientist Training Fellow |
| 2003 | David Adler Memorial Thesis Prize for Outstanding Master of Engineering Thesis |
| 2002 | Tau Beta Pi National Honor Society |
| 2001 | Eta Kappa Nu National Honor Society |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2022. Early Stage Lung Cancer: A Radiation Oncology Perspective. Conference. Rice American Lung Cancer Screening Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Oligometastatic Lung Cancer: Current Management and Future Perspectives. Conference. Cancer Network Thoracic Integration Retreat. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Oligometastatic Lung Cancer: Current Management and Future Perspectives. Conference. Cancer Network Thoracic Integration Retreat. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Oligometastatic Lung Cancer: Current Management and Future Perspectives. Conference. Division of Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, A Radiation Oncology Perspective. Conference. Network Education in Radiation Oncology. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2022. Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Management and Future Perspectives. Conference. Texas Radiological Society. Irving, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Current Management of Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Conference. ASTRO. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2023. Local Consolidative Therapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer. Conference. American Radium Society. Maui, Hawaii, US.
- 2022. Transcriptional Heterogeneity in Cancer. Conference. Robert H. Singer Symposium - Life of an mRNA. Bronx, NY, US.
- 2022. Role of Radiation Therapy for GEJ Tumors. Conference. International Gastric Cancer Congress. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Oligometastatic Lung Cancer: Current Management and Future Perspectives. Conference. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2019. Accelerated Hypofractionated Radiotherapy. Conference. New York, NY, US.
- 2014. Development and validation of a treatment decision model for optimal delivery of liver stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): photons versus protons. Conference. Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2009. Transcripts of functionally related genes in individual S. cerevisiae cells are uncorrelated due to stochastic fluctuations. Conference. The International Conference on Systems Biology. Stanford, CA, US.
- 2009. Transcripts of functionally related genes in individual S. cerevisiae cells are uncorrelated due to stochastic fluctuations. Conference. The International Conference on Systems Biology. Stanford, CA, US.
International Presentations
- 2023. Re-irradiation for Unresectable Locoregionally Recurrent NSCLC. Conference. 2nd Hawaii Global Summit on Thoracic Malgnancies. Kona, US.
- 2023. Local Consolidative Therapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: A Radiation Perspective. Conference. 2nd Hawaii Global Summit on Thoracic Malignancies. Kona, US.
- 2023. Phase II Randomized Study of Osimertinib (OSI) With or Without Local Consolidative Therapy (LCT) for Metastatic EGFR Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Analysis of Adverse Events (AEs). Conference. European Lung Cancer Congress. Copenhagen, DK.
- 2022. Important Advances in Oncology: Practice of Irradiation Combined with Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced NSCLC. Conference. CMCC Symposium. Shanghai, CN.
- 2021. Recent trends and future directions in lung cancer. Conference, ZM.
- 2021. Radiation as a component of treatment for oligometastatic disease. Conference, AE.
- 2019. Recent trends and future directions in lung cancer. Conference. The 4th International Conference on Anesthetic Care of the Cancer Patient. Lima, PE.
- 2019. Proton therapy for thoracic malignancies. Conference. Chennai, IN.
- 2019. Using immunotherapy plus radiation to improve systemic control. Conference. Chennai, IN.
- 2010. Studying gene expression dynamics in yeast – a single molecule approach. Conference. RiboClub Annual Meeting. Sherbrooke, US.
Formal Peers
- 2015. Probing gene expression heterogeneity in single cells: Insights from budding yeast and human breast cancer. Worcester, MA, US.
- 2015. Single cell gene expression within the breast tumor microenviroment. Invited. Bronx, NY, US.
- 2015. Use of high resolution transcriptome imaging to define the temporal sequence of NOTCH-‐induced Mena expression during metastasis. Invited. Bronx, NY, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2020 - 2024 |
| Title: | Prediction of pneumonitis after sequential chemoradiation and immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients |
| Funding Source: | Gateway for Cancer Research |
| Role: | Co-I |
| Title: | Randomized Phase II Trial of Osimertinib with or without Local Consolidation Therapy (LCT) for Patients with EGFR-mutant Metastatic NSCLC (NORTHSTAR) |
| Funding Source: | NCCN |
| Role: | PI |
| Title: | Elucidation of the Predictive value of Tumor Mutational Burden and the Therapeutic Benefit of Radiation for NSCLC Patients on Pembrolizumab |
| Funding Source: | Radiation oncology research initiatives |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Saad, M, Showkatian, E, Verma, V, Al Tashi, Q, Aminu, M, Xu, X, Mohamed, MQ, Salehjahromi, M, Sujit, S, Kitsel, Y, Lin, SH, Liao, Z, Gandhi, S, Qian, DC, Jaffray, D, Chung, C, Vokes, N, Zhang, J, Jack Lee, J, Heymach, JV, Wu, J, Chang, JY. Causal AI-based clinical and radiomic analysis for optimizing patient selection in combined immunotherapy and SABR in early-stage NSCLC. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 13(10), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41052882.
- Moding, EJ, Esfahani, MS, Jin, C, Hui, AB, Nabet, BY, Liu, Y, Chabon, JJ, Binkley, MS, Kurtz, DM, Hamilton, EG, Chaudhuri, AA, Liu, CL, Li, Z, Bonilla, RF, Jiang, AL, Lau, B, Lopez, PB, He, J, Qiao, Y, Xu, T, Yao, L, Gandhi, S, Liao, Z, Das, M, Ramchandran, K, Padda, SK, Neal, JW, Wakelee, HA, Gensheimer, MF, Loo, BW, Li, R, Lin, SH, Alizadeh, AA, Diehn, M. Integrating ctDNA Analysis and Radiomics for Dynamic Risk Assessment in Localized Lung Cancer. Cancer discovery 15(8):1609-1629, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40299851.
- Odwuor, A, Lee, PP, Chang, JY, Gandhi, S, Liao, Z, Lin, SH, Chen, A, Nguyen, Q, O'Reilly, M, Chun, SG, Bronk, JK, Qian, DC, Ning, M. Outcomes and Toxicity following 3 or More Definitive Courses of Thoracic Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 26(5):384-392, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40318943.
- Heeke, S, Gandhi, S, Tran, HT, Lam, VK, Byers, LA, Gibbons, DL, Gay, CM, Altan, M, Antonoff, MB, Le, X, Tu, J, Saad, M, Pek, M, Poh, J, Ngeow, KC, Tsao, A, Cascone, T, Vailati Negrao, M, Wu, J, Blumenschein, GR, Heymach, JV, Elamin, YY. Longitudinal Tracking of ALK-Rearranged NSCLC From Plasma Using Circulating Tumor RNA and Circulating Tumor DNA. JTO Clinical and Research Reports 6(4), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40160974.
- Dudzinski, SO, Cabanillas, ME, Hamidi, S, Marczyk, VR, Busaidy, NL, Dadu, R, Welsh, J, Hu, MI, Gunn, GB, Wang, C, Waguespack, SG, Phan, J, Beckham, TH, Chang, JY, Sherman, SI, Reddy, JP, Ying, AK, O'Reilly, M, Chen, A, Lee, A, Gandhi, S, Liao, Z, Ludmir, EB, Nguyen, Q, Lin, SH, Zafereo, M, Ning, M. Definitive Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic and Oligoprogressive Thyroid Cancer. JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 23(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39662038.
- Altan, M, Li, R, Li, Z, Chen, R, Sheshadri, A, Tran, HT, Little, L, Baguley, J, Sinson, JC, Vokes, N, Gandhi, S, Antonoff, MB, Swisher, SG, Lizee, GA, Reuben, A, Heymach, JV, Zhang, J. High peripheral T cell diversity is associated with lower risk of toxicity and superior response to dual immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with metastatic NSCLC. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 12(12), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39721752.
- Hu, Y, Paris, S, Sahoo, N, Wang, Q, Wang, Q, Barsoumian, H, Huang, A, Da Silva, J, Bienassis, C, Leyton, CS, Voss, TA, Masrorpour, F, Riad, TS, Leuschner, C, Puebla-Osorio, N, Gandhi, S, Nguyen, Q, Wang, J, Cortez, MA, Welsh, J. Superior antitumor immune response achieved with proton over photon immunoradiotherapy is amplified by the nanoradioenhancer NBTXR3. Journal of nanobiotechnology 22(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39354474.
- Ning, M, Odwuor, A, Chang, JY, Gandhi, S, Liao, Z, Lin, SH, Chen, A, Welsh, J, Nguyen, Q, O'Reilly, M, Chun, SG, Bronk, JK, Qian, DC, Lee, PP. Salvage Reirradiation with Proton Beam Therapy for Locoregionally Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancers 16(21), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39518028.
- Soto-Lanza, F, Glick, L, Chan, C, Zhong, L, Wilson, NR, Faiz, S, Gandhi, S, Naing, A, Heymach, JV, Shannon, VR, Franco Vega, M, Liao, Z, Lin, SH, Palaskas, NL, Wu, J, Shroff, G, Altan, M, Sheshadri, A. Long-Term Clinical, Radiological, and Mortality Outcomes Following Pneumonitis in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Clinical Lung Cancer 25(7):624-633.e2, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39183094.
- Corrigan, KL, Xu, T, Sasaki, Y, Lin, R, Chen, AB, Welsh, JW, Lin, SH, Chang, JY, Ning, MS, Gandhi, S, O'Reilly, MS, Gay, CM, Altan, M, Lu, C, Cascone, T, Koutroumpakis, E, Sheshadri, A, Zhang, X, Liao, L, Zhu, XR, Heymach, JV, Nguyen, Q, Liao, Z. Survival outcomes and toxicity of adjuvant immunotherapy after definitive concurrent chemotherapy with proton beam radiation therapy for patients with inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma. Radiotherapy and Oncology 193, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38311031.
- Altan, M, Soto, F, Xu, T, Wilson, NR, Franco Vega, M, Simbaqueba Clavijo, CA, Shannon, VR, Faiz, S, Gandhi, S, Lin, SH, Lopez, PB, Zhong, L, Akhmedzhanov, FO, Godoy, M, Shroff, G, Wu, J, Khawaja, F, Kim, ST, Naing, A, Heymach, JV, Daniel-MacDougall, CR, Liao, Z, Sheshadri, A. Pneumonitis After Concurrent Chemoradiation and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Oncology 35(10):630-639, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37507279.
- Deboever, N, Mitchell, KG, Farooqi, AS, Ludmir, EB, Hofstetter, WL, Mehran, RJ, Rajaram, R, Rice, DC, Sepesi, B, Swisher, SG, Vaporciyan, AA, Walsh, GL, Heymach, JV, Gomez, D, Gandhi, S, Antonoff, MB. Perioperative and oncologic outcomes of pulmonary resection for synchronous oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 167(6):1929-1935.e2, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37619884.
- Chang JY, Lin SH, Dong W, Liao Z, Gandhi SJ, Gay CM, Zhang J, Chun SG, Elamin YY, Fossella FV, Blumenschein G, Cascone T, Le X, Pozadzides JV, Tsao A, Verma V, Welsh JW, Chen AB, Altan M, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Balter PA, Fujimoto J, Wistuba II, Feng L, Lee JJ, Heymach JV. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy with or without immunotherapy for early-stage or isolated lung parenchymal recurrent node-negative non-small-cell lung cancer: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet 402(10405):871-881, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37478883.
- Saad MB, Hong L, Aminu M, Vokes NI, Chen P, Salehjahromi M, Qin K, Sujit SJ, Lu X, Young E, Al-Tashi Q, Qureshi R, Wu CC, Carter BW, Lin SH, Lee PP, Gandhi S, Chang JY, Li R, Gensheimer MF, Wakelee HA, Neal JW, Lee HS, Cheng C, Velcheti V, Lou Y, Petranovic M, Rinsurongkawong W, Le X, Rinsurongkawong V, Spelman A, Elamin YY, Negrao MV, Skoulidis F, Gay CM, Cascone T, Antonoff MB, Sepesi B, Lewis J, Wistuba II, Hazle JD, Chung C, Jaffray D, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan A, Lee JJ, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Wu J. Predicting benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer by CT-based ensemble deep learning: a retrospective study. Lancet Digit Health 5(7):e404-e420, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37268451.
- Azhar M, Abrencillo R, Gandhi S, Altan M, Sheshadri A. Immunotherapy-related pneumonitis and the synergic impact of thoracic radiation and preexisting interstitial lung disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med 29(4):248-255, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37170920.
- Hu Y, Paris S, Sahoo N, Bertolet G, Wang Q, Wang Q, Barsoumian HB, Da Silva J, Huang A, Doss DJ, Pollock DP, Hsu E, Selene N, Leyton CSK, Voss TA, Masrorpour F, Ganjoo S, Leuschner C, Pietz JT, Puebla-Osorio N, Gandhi S, Nguyen QN, Wang J, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. Nanoparticle-enhanced proton beam immunoradiotherapy drives immune activation and durable tumor rejection. JCI Insight 8(12), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37345658.
- Altan M, Soto F, Zhong LL, Akhmedzhanov FO, Wilson NR, Zarifa A, Albittar AA, Yang V, Lewis J, Rinsurongkawong W, Jack Lee J, Rinsurongkawong V, Zhang J, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Jennings K, Khawaja F, Faiz SA, Shannon VR, Shroff G, Godoy MCB, Daver NG, Gandhi S, Mendoza TR, Naing A, Daniel-MacDougall C, Heymach JV, Sheshadri A. Incidence and Risk Factors for Pneumonitis Associated With Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Center Experience. Oncologist 28(11):E1065-E1074, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37156009.
- Hong L, Aminu M, Li S, Lu X, Petranovic M, Saad MB, Chen P, Qin K, Varghese S, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Spelman A, Elamin YY, Negrao MV, Skoulidis F, Gay CM, Cascone T, Gandhi SJ, Lin SH, Lee PP, Carter BW, Wu CC, Antonoff MB, Sepesi B, Lewis J, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Le X, Jack Lee J, Roy-Chowdhuri S, Routbort MJ, Gainor JF, Heymach JV, Lou Y, Wu J, Zhang J, Vokes NI. Efficacy and clinicogenomic correlates of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors alone or with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Nat Commun 14(1):695, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36755027.
- Altan, M, Li, QZ, Wang, Q, Vokes, N, Sheshadri, A, Gao, J, Zhu, C, Tran, HT, Gandhi, S, Antonoff, MB, Swisher, SG, Wang, J, Byers, LA, Hassan, NA, Franco Vega, M, Wang, Y, Lee, JJ, Zhang, J, Heymach, JV. Distinct patterns of auto-reactive antibodies associated with organ-specific immune-related adverse events. Frontiers in immunology 14, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38152395.
- De B, Farooqi AS, Mitchell KG, Ludmir EB, Lewis J, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Lee JJ, Swisher SG, Gibbons DL, Zhang J, Le X, Elamin YY, Gomez DR, Ning MS, Lin SH, Liao Z, Chang JY, Vaporciyan AA, Heymach JV, Antonoff MB, Gandhi SJ. Benchmarking Outcomes for Molecularly Characterized Synchronous Oligometastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Reveals EGFR Mutations to Be Associated With Longer Overall Survival. JCO Precis Oncol 7:e2200540, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36716413.
- Hu, Y, Paris, S, Bertolet, G, Barsoumian, H, He, K, Sezen, D, Chen, D, Wasley, M, Silva, JD, Mitchell, JA, Voss, TA, Masrorpour, F, Leyton, CK, Yang, L, Leuschner, C, Puebla-Osorio, N, Gandhi, S, Nguyen, Q, Cortez, MA, Welsh, J. Combining a nanoparticle-mediated immunoradiotherapy with dual blockade of LAG3 and TIGIT improves the treatment efficacy in anti-PD1 resistant lung cancer. Journal of nanobiotechnology 20(1), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36123677.
- Hu, Y, Paris, S, Bertolet, G, Barsoumian, H, Wang, Q, Da Silva, J, Patel, N, Nguyen, N, Doss, DJ, Huang, A, Hsu, EY, Leyton, CK, Voss, TA, Masrorpour, F, Leuschner, C, Pietz, JT, Puebla-Osorio, N, Gandhi, S, Nguyen, Q, Wang, J, Cortez, MA, Welsh, J. NBTXR3 improves the efficacy of immunoradiotherapy combining nonfucosylated anti-CTLA4 in an anti-PD1 resistant lung cancer model. Frontiers in immunology 13, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36405757.
- Xu, T, Wu, Lr, Gandhi, S, Jing, W, Nguyen, Q, Chen, A, Chang, JY, Nurieva, R, Sheshadri, A, Altan, M, Lee, PP, Lin, SH, Liao, Z. Treatment-related pulmonary adverse events induced by chemoradiation and Durvalumab affect survival in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 176:149-156, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36209942.
- Hui, D, Puac, V, Shelal, Z, Dev, R, Hanneman, SK, Jennings, K, Ma, HY, Urbauer, D, Shete, S, Fossella, FV, Liao, Z, Blumenschein, GR, Chang, JY, O'Reilly, M, Gandhi, S, Tsao, A, Mahler, DA, Bruera, E. Effect of dexamethasone on dyspnoea in patients with cancer (ABCD). The lancet oncology 23(10):1321-1331, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36087590.
- Maroongroge, S, Weissferdt, A, Buszek, SM, Rice, DC, Smith, B, Gandhi, S. Management of Bronchial Adenoma/Ciliated Muconodular Papillary Tumor with Definitive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). Clinical Lung Cancer 23(5):e335-e338, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35613996.
- Liu, Y, Zhang, Z, Rinsurongkawong, W, Gay, CM, Le, X, Ning, M, Lewis, J, Rinsurongkawong, V, Lee, JJ, Roth, JA, Swisher, SG, Gandhi, S, Lee, PP, Gibbons, DL, Vaporciyan, AA, Heymach, JV, Zhang, J, Lin, SH. Association of Driver Oncogene Variations With Outcomes in Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemoradiation and Consolidative Durvalumab. JAMA Network Open 5(6), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35666500.
- Khan TM, Verbus EA, Gandhi SJ, Heymach JV, Hernandez JM, Elamin YY. Osimertinib, Surgery, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients with Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations (NORTHSTAR). Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Antonoff, MB, Feldman, HA, Mitchell, KG, Farooqi, AS, Ludmir, EB, Hofstetter, WL, Mehran, RJ, Rajaram, R, Rice, DC, Sepesi, B, Swisher, SG, Walsh, GL, Gandhi, S, Gomez, D, Vaporciyan, AA. Surgical Complexity of Pulmonary Resections Performed for Oligometastatic NSCLC. JTO Clinical and Research Reports 3(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35252897.
- Antonoff MB, Feldman HA, Mitchell KG, Farooqi A, Ludmir EB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Gandhi SJ, Gomez DR, Vaporciyan AA. Surgical Complexity of Pulmonary Resections Performed for Oligometastatic NSCLC. JTO Clinical and Research Reports 3(3), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Maroongroge S, Weissferdt A, Buszek S, Rice DC, Smith BD, Gandhi SJ, . Management of Bronchial Adenoma/Ciliated Muconodular Papillary Tumor with Definitive Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT): A Case Report. Clinical Lung Cancer 23(5), 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Hu Y, Paris S, Barsoumian H, Abana CO, He K, Sezen D, Wasley M, Masrorpour F, Chen D, Yang L, Dunn JD, Gandhi S, Nguyen Q, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. A radioenhancing nanoparticle mediated immunoradiation improves survival and generates long-term antitumor immune memory in an anti-PD1-resistant murine lung cancer model. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Wang X, Hobbs B, Gandhi SJ, Muijs CT, Langendijk JA, Lin SH. Current status and application of proton therapy for esophageal cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 164:27-36, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Abana CO, Hu Y, Paris S, Barsoumian HB, Gandhi S, Nguyen QN, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. NBTXR3 Nanoparticle With Immunoradiation Might Reshape Metastatic Tumor-Infiltrating T Cell Repertoire in Murine Lung Cancer Model. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 111(3):e419-e420, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- He K, Comeaux NI, Tang C, Ning MS, Hong DS, Heymach J, Nguyen QN, Chang JY, Gandhi S, Diab A, Blumenschein GR, Glitza I, Chun SG, Lee P, Fossella FV, Welsh JW. Phase II Clinical Trial Evaluating Complete Metastasis Ablation After Progression on Checkpoint Inhibition. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 111(3):e471-e472, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- He K, Patel RR, Barsoumian HB, Chang JY, Tang C, Comeaux NI, Ning MS, Gandhi S, Davies M, Glitza I, Hong DS, Heymach J, Nguyen QN, Diab A, Chun SG, Lee P, Blumenschein GR, Fossella FV, Chen D, Welsh JW. Phase II Trial of High-Dose Radiotherapy vs. Low-Dose Radiation, Demonstrating Low-Dose Mediated Immune-Cell Infiltration. International Journal of Radiotherapy and Oncology*Biology*Physics 111(3):S118, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Hu Y, Paris S, Barsoumian HB, Abana CO, He K, Wasley M, Younes AI, Masrorpour F, Chen D, Yang L, Dunn JD, Zhang J, Gandhi S, Nguyen Q, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. Radiation Therapy Enhanced by NBTXR3 Nanoparticles Overcomes Anti-PD1 Resistance and Evokes Abscopal Effects. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 111(3):647-657, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Chang JY, Mehran RJ, Feng L, Verma V, Liao Z, Welsh JW, Lin SH, O'Reilly MS, Jeter MD, Balter PA, McRae SE, Berry D, Heymach JV, Roth JA, Antonoff M, Hofstetter W, Rajaram R, Rice D, Sepesi B, Swisher S, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, DeGraaf C, Correa A, Chen A, Gandhi S, Ritsuko K, Lee P, Nguyen Q, Ning M, Gao S, Pollard-Larkin J, Nitsch P, Sadagopan R, Wang X. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (revised STARS): long-term results of a single-arm, prospective trial with prespecified comparison to surgery. The Lancet Oncology 22(10):1448-1457, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Farooqi A, Ludmir EB, Mitchell KG, Antonoff MB, Tang C, Lee P, Chang J, Elamin Y, Gomez DR, Gandhi SJ. Increased biologically effective dose (BED) to the primary tumor is associated with improved survival in patients with oligometastatic NSCLC. Radiotherapy and Oncology 163:114-118, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Patel RR, He K, Barsoumian HB, Chang JY, Tang C, Verma V, Comeaux N, Chun SG, Gandhi S, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Hong DS, Lee PP, Ning MS, Nguyen Q, Heymach JV, Altan M, Blumenschein G, Fossella FV, Sezen D, Chen D, Carter W, Davies MA, Glitza IC, Diab A, Ferrarotto R, Cabanillas ME, Yuan Y, Shah SJ, Parra ER, Sun B, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. High-dose irradiation in combination with non-ablative low-dose radiation to treat metastatic disease after progression on immunotherapy: Results of a phase II trial. Radiotherapy and Oncology 162:60-67, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Boyce-Fappiano D, Nguyen Q, Chapman BV, Allen PK, Gjyshi O, Pezzi TA, De B, Gomez D, Lin SH, Chang JY, Liao Z, Lee P, Gandhi SJ. Single Institution Experience of Proton and Photon-based Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Non–small-cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 22(5):e745-e755, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Xu T, Meng QH, Gilchrist SC, Lin SH, Lin R, Tucker S, Xu T, Milgrom SA, Gandhi SJ, Wu H, Zhao Y, Lopez-Mattei JC, Mohan R, Liao Z. Assessment of Prognostic Value of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T for Early Prediction of Chemoradiotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Randomized Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34302893.
- Patel RR, He K, Barsoumian HB, Chang JY, Tang C, Verma V, Comeaux N, Chun SG, Gandhi S, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Hong DS, Lee PP, Ning MS, Nguyen QN, Heymach JV, Altan M, Blumenschein G, Fossella FV, Sezen D, Chen D, Carter BW, Davies MA, Glitza IC, Diab A, Ferrarotto R, Cabanillas ME, Yuan Y, Shah SJ, Parra ER, Sun B, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. High-dose irradiation in combination with non-ablative low-dose radiation to treat metastatic disease after progression on immunotherapy: Results of a phase II trial. Radiother Oncol 162:60-67, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34237343.
- Hu Y, Paris S, Barsoumian H, Abana CO, He K, Wasley M, Younes A, Masrorpour F, Chen D, Yang L, Dunn JD, Zhang J, Gandhi S, Nguyen QN, Cortez MA, Welsh J. Radiotherapy enhanced by NBTXR3 nanoparticles overcomes anti-PD1 resistance and evokes abscopal effects. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34242713.
- Chapman BV, Ning MS, Farnia B, Mesko S, Lin SH, Tang C, Allen PK, Liao Z, Chang JY, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Gandhi SJ, Gomez DR. Postoperative Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced NSCLC: Implications for Shifting to Conformal, High-Risk Fields. Clinical Lung Cancer 22(3):225-233.e7, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Jing W, Liu Y, Zhu H, Welsh JW, Gandhi S, Jeter M, Nguyen Q, Chen AB, O'Reilly M, Liao Z, Chang JY, Lee P, Lin SH. Prognosis of severe lymphopenia after postoperative radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a long-term follow up study. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 28:54-61, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Chapman BV, Ning MS, Farnia B, Mesko S, Lin SH, Tang C, Allen PK, Liao Z, Chang JY, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Gandhi SJ, Gomez DR. Postoperative radiotherapy for locally advanced NSCLC: Implications for shifting to conformal, high-risk fields. Clin Lung Cancer 22(3):225-233.e7, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32727706.
- Jing W, Liu Y, Zhu H, Welsh J, Gandhi S, Jeter M, Nguyen Q, Chen AB, O'Reilly M, Liao Z, Chang JY, Lee P, Lin SH. Prognosis of severe lymphopenia after postoperative radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a long-term follow up study. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 28:54-61, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33778173.
- Mitchell JG, Farooqi A, Ludmir EB, Corsini EM, Sepesi B, Gomez DR, Antonoff MB, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Gandhi SJ. Pulmonary resection is associated with long-term survival and should remain a therapeutic option in oligometastatic lung cancer. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 161(4):1497-1504.e2, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Boyce-Fappiano D, Nguyen QN, Chapman BV, Allen PK, Gjyshi O, Pezzi TA, De B, Gomez D, Lin SH, Chang JY, Liao Z, Lee P, Gandhi SJ. Single Institution Experience of Proton and Photon-based Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. Clin Lung Cancer, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33707003.
- Patel RR, Verma V, Barsoumian HB, Ning MS, Chun SG, Tang C, Chang JY, Lee PP, Gandhi S, Balter P, Dunn JD, Chen D, Puebla-Osorio N, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. Use of Multi-Site Radiation Therapy for Systemic Disease Control. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 109(2):352-364, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Gjyshi O, Xu T, Elhammali A, Boyce-Fappiano D, Chun SG, Gandhi S, Lee P, Chen AB, Lin SH, Chang JY, Tsao A, Gay CM, Zhu R, Zhang Z, Heymach JV, Fossella FV, Lu C, Nguyen Q, Liao Z. Toxicity and Survival After Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Versus Passive Scattering Proton Therapy for NSCLC. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 16(2):269-277, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Gjyshi O, Xu T, Elhammali A, Boyce-Fappiano D, Chun SG, Gandhi S, Lee P, Chen AB, Lin SH, Chang JY, Tsao A, Gay CM, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Heymach JV, Fossella FV, Lu C, Nguyen QN, Liao Z. Toxicity and Survival After Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Versus Passive Scattering Proton Therapy for NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 16(2):269-277, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33198942.
- Mesko S, Ning MS, Lakomy D, Verma V, Chang JY, O'Reilly M, Jeter MD, Gandhi SJ, Lin SH, Nguyen QN, Liao Z, Welsh J, Chen AB, Hahn S, Gomez DR. Thoracic radiation oncology clinical trial accrual and reasons for nonenrollment: Results of a large, prospective, multiyear analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 107(5):897-908, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32360653.
- Rajaram R, Correa AM, Xu T, Nguyen QN, Antonoff MB, Rice D, Mehran R, Roth J, Walsh G, Swisher S, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan A, Cascone T, Tsao AS, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Gandhi S, Liao Z, Sepesi B. Locoregional Control, Overall Survival, and Disease-Free Survival in Stage IIIA (N2) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Analysis of Resected and Unresected Patients. Clin Lung Cancer 21(4):e294-e301, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32089476.
- Pezzi TA, Ning MS, Thaker NG, Boyce-Fappiano D, Gjyshi O, Olivieri ND, Guzman AB, Incalcaterra JR, Mesko S, Gandhi S, Chun S, Tang C, Frank SJ, Gomez DR. Evaluating single-institution resource costs of consolidative radiotherapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer using time-driven activity-based costing. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 23:80-84, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32529054.
- Ayoub Z, Ning MS, Brooks ED, Kang J, Welsh JW, Chen A, Gandhi S, Heymach JV, Vaporciyan AA, Chang JY. Definitive Management of Presumed Synchronous Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers: Outcomes and Utility of Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 107(2):261-269, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32044413.
- Lin SH, Hobbs BP, Verma V, Tidwell RS, Smith GL, Lei X, Corsini EM, Mok I, Wei X, Yao L, Wang X, Komaki RU, Chang JY, Chun SG, Jeter MD, Swisher SG, Ajani JA, Blum-Murphy M, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Koong AC, Gandhi SJ, Hofstetter WL, Hong TS, Delaney TF, Liao Z, Mohan R. Randomized phase IIB trial of proton beam therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. J Clin Oncol 38(14):1569-1579, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32160096.
- Awobajo MD, Vaporciyan AA, Lu C, Gandhi SJ. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in the management of pulmonary spindle cell carcinoma. BMJ Case Rep 13(4), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32327465.
- Pezzi TA, Schwartz DL, Pisters KMW, Mohamed ASR, Welsh JW, Chang JY, Liao Z, Gandhi SJ, Byers LA, Minsky BD, Fuller CD, Chun SG. Association of medicaid insurance with survival among patients with small cell lung cancer. JAMA Netw Open 3(4):e203277, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32320035.
- Nantavithya C, Gomez DR, Chang JY, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD, Li H, Brooks ED, Gandhi SJ. An improved method for analyzing and reporting patterns of in-field recurrence after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 145:209-214, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32062325.
- Li H, Verma V, Brooks ED, Feng L, Zhang T, Welsh JW, Lin SH, Gomez D, Gandhi SJ, Heymach JV, Chang JY. Impact of corticosteroid administration on outcomes following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer 20(4):e480-e488, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31078421.
- Pignatelli J, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Roh-Johnson M, Gandhi SJ, Wang Y, Chen X, Eddy RJ, Xue A, Singer RH, Hodgson L, Oktay MH, Condeelis JS. Macrophage-dependent tumor cell transendothelial migration is mediated by Notch1/MenaINV-initiated invadopodium formation. SCi Rep 6:37874, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Gandhi SJ, Liang X, Ding X, Zhu TC, Ben-Josef E, Plastaras JP, Metz JM, Both S, Apisarnthanarax S. Clinical decision tool for optimal delivery of liver stereotactic body radiation therapy: Photons versus protons. Pract Radiat Oncol 5(4):209-18, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25703530.
- Gandhi SJ. Transcription of functionally related constitutive genes is not coordinated. Nat Struct Mol Biol 18(1):27-34, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Silverman SJ, Petti AA, Slavov N, Parsons L, Briehof R, Thiberge SY, Zenklusen D, Gandhi SJ, Larson DR, Singer RH, Botstein D. Metabolic cycling in single yeast cells from unsynchronized steady state populations limited on glucose or phosphat. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107(15):6946-6951, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Pezo RC, Gandhi SJ, Shirley LA, Pestell RG, Augenlicht LH, Singer RH. Single-cell transcription-site activation predicts chemotherapy response in human colorectal tumors. Cancer Res 68(13):4977-4982, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Motz JT, Fitzmaurice M, Miller A, Gandhi SJ, Haka AS, Galindo LH, Dasari RR, Kramer JR, Feld MS. In vivo raman spectral pathology of human atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque. J Biomed Opt 11(2):021003, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Motz JT, Gandhi SJ, Scepanovic OR, Haka AS, Kramer JR, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Real-time raman system for in vivo disease diagnosis. J Biomed Opt 10(3):031113-1, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
Review Articles
- Patel RR, Verma V, Barsoumian HB, Ning MS, Chun SG, Tang C, Chang JY, Lee PP, Gandhi S, Balter P, Dunn JD, Chen D, Puebla-Osorio N, Cortez MA, Welsh JW. Use of Multi-Site Radiation Therapy for Systemic Disease Control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(2):352-364, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32798606.
- Liao Z, Gandhi SJ, Lin SH, Bradley J. Does proton therapy offer demonstrable clinical advantages for treating thoracic tumors?. Semin Radiat Oncol 28(2):114-124, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29735187.
- Flynn JP, O'Hara MH, Gandhi SJ. Preclinical rationale for combining radiation therapy and immunotherapy beyond checkpoint inhibitors (i.e., CART). Transl Lung Cancer Res 6(2):159-168, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28529898.
- Gandhi SJ, Minn AJ, Vonderheide RH, Wherry EJ, Hahn SM, Maity A. Awakening the immune system with radiation: optimal dose and fractionation. Cancer Lett 368(2):185-90, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25799953.
Other Articles
- Khan, TM, Verbus, EA, Gandhi, S, Heymach, JV, Hernandez, J, Elamin, YY Osimertinib, Surgery, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients with Stage IIIB or IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Mutations (NORTHSTAR). Annals of surgical oncology 29(8):4688-4689, 2022. PMID: 35527328.
- Xu T, Meng QH, Gilchrist SC, Lin SH, Lin R, Xu T, Milgrom SA, Gandhi SJ, Wu H, Zhao Y, Lopez-Mattei JC, Mohan R, Liao Z Assessment of Prognostic Value of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T for Early Prediction of Chemoradiation Therapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Randomized Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology 111(4):907-916, 2021.
Abstracts
- Liu Y, Zhang Z, Rinsurongkawong W, Gay CM, Le X, Ning MS, Lewis J, Rinsurongkawong V, Lee J, Roth J, Swisher S, Gandhi SJ, Lee PP, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Lin SH. Association of Driver Oncogene Variations With Outcomes in Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Chemoradiation and Consolidative Durvalumab. JAMA Network, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Shaitelman SF, Gandhi SJ, DeSnyder S, Smith GL, Lin R, Barcenas C, Stauder MC, Hoffman KE, Strom EA, Ferguson S, Smith BD, Woodward BS, Perkins GH, Mitchell MP, Goodman CR, Aldrich M, Travis M, Lilly S, Bedrosian I. Prospective, Longitudinal Assessment of Lymphedema-related Quality of Life for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients: A Foundation for Needed Elements in a Lymphedema Screening Program. American Radium Society 2022 Annual Meeting, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Chapman, Farnia B, Ning B, Allen M, Lin P, Liao S, Gandhi Z, Gomez S, D. Patterns of failure after postoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced NSCLC: implications for shifting toward More conformal radiation fields. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 101(2):E2-E3, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Gandhi SJ, Liang X, Ding, X, Zhu TC, Ben Josef E, Plastaras JP, Metz JM, Both S, Apisarnthanarax S. Development of a decision tree analysis tool for optimal delivery of liver stereotactic body radiation therapy: photons versus protons. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 87(2):S326, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Gandhi SJ, Larson DR, Hocine S, Singer RH, Zenklusen D. Singer RH, Zenklusen D. Studying gene expression dynamics in yeast – a single molecule approach, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Gandhi SJ, Zenklusen D, Singer RH. Transcripts of functionally related genes in individual S. cerevisiae cells are uncorrelated due to stochastic fluctuations, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
Patents
- Systems and Methods for Spectroscopy of Biological Tissue. Patent Number: 20040073120 USA EP1495309 European Patent.
Patient Reviews
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