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Office
925 Chestnut St
Suite 320a
Philadelphia, PA 19107Phone+1 215-955-8874Fax+1 215-955-2340
Education & Training
- Jefferson Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesMSc, Pharmacology, Human Investigation Specialization Track, 2011 - 2014
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2010 - 2013
- Creighton UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2006 - 2010
- ArMed Forces Medical College PuneClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- DE State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2017 - 2024
- PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
- NE State Medical License 2009 - 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Patient-Centered Specialty Practice Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2013
- 2nd Place American College of Physicians Poster Session, 2008
Clinical Trials
- Chemoembolization With or Without Sorafenib Tosylate in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 28
- A Clinical Research Study to Determine Whether PD 0332991 May Be Effective in Treating Patients With Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 May 25
- Alisertib, Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 14
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 86 citationsEffects of Cancer Stage and Treatment Differences on Racial Disparities in Survival From Colon Cancer: A United States Population-Based StudyYinzhi Lai, Chun Wang, Jesse Civan, Juan P. Palazzo, Zhong Ye
Gastroenterology. 2016-05-01 - 73 citationsRuxolitinib + capecitabine in advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancer after disease progression/intolerance to first-line therapy: JANUS 1 and 2 randomized phase III stu...Herbert Hurwitz, Eric Van Cutsem, Johanna C. Bendell, Manuel Hidalgo, Chung Pin Li
Investigational New Drugs. 2018-03-06 - 33 citationsFirst‐in‐Human Phase I Study of Merestinib, an Oral Multikinase Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced CancerAiwu Ruth He, Roger B. Cohen, Crystal S. Denlinger, Ashwin Reddy Sama, Ariel E. Birnbaum
The Oncologist. 2019-09-01
Journal Articles
- Refractory fallopian tube carcinoma-current perspectives in pathogenesis and managementSama AR, Schilder RJ, Int J Womens Health, 1/28/2014
- Clinicopathologic factors associated with lymph node retrieval in resectable colon cancer: a Veterans' Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) database analysisGonsalves WI, Kanuri S, Tashi T, Aldoss I, Sama A, Al-Howaidi I, Ganta A, Kalaiah M, Thota R, Krishnamurthy J, Fang X, Townley P, Ganti AK, Subbiah S, Silberstein PT, J Surg Oncol, 11/1/2011
- What's your diagnosis?Sama AR, Kothapally JR, Chatterjee A, Varman M, Consultant for Pediatrics, 2/1/2008
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Abstracts/Posters
- Patterns of failure in periampullary cancer following pancreatoduodenectomy and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy with implications on radiation treatment planning.Joshua D. Palmer, Sandeep Deshmukh, Laurence Needleman, Vincent Yeung, Rick Burkhart, Benjamin Leiby, Mark Hurwitz, Pramila Anne, Harish Lavu, Charles J. Yeo, Jordan M..., ASTRO, 1/1/2014
- Modern clinical outcomes of periampullary cancer following pancreatoduodenectomy and adjuvant chemoradiotherapy: Single Institution Pancreatic Cancer Registry.Joshua D. Palmer, Richard A. Burkhart, Vincent Yeung, Benjamin Leiby, Vei Shaun Siow, Charles J. Yeo, Harish Lavu, Nancy Lewis, Pramila Anne, Ashwin Sama, Edith Mitche..., ASTRO, 1/1/2014
- Predicting Overall Survival for Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.Vincent Yeung, Yutao UT Gong, Jialu Yu, Yan Yu, Bo Lu, Lilya Babinsky, Josh D Palmer, Rick Burkhart, Benjamin Leiby, Vei Shaun Siow, Charles J Yeo, Harish Lavu, Nancy ..., RSNA, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- Current clinical trials at Jefferson.Thomas Jefferson University - 11/1/2014
- Systemic therapy for HCC.10/1/2014
- Medical Oncology Grand Rounds: "Carcinoid ant PNET"2/1/2014
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Other
- Ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy (IIE) successfully treated and prophylaxed with intravenous thiamine.Sama A, Clinical Cases and Images
http://clinicalcases.org/2008/11/ifosfamide-induced-encephalopathy-iie.html
11/1/2009 - Perspective on "High adenoma detection rate decreased risk for colorectal cancer, death".Sama, A
http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/gastrointestinal-cancer/news/online/%7B7234a323-be5e-4457-a4f2-ff4688fcf056%7D/high-adenoma-detection-rate-decreased-risk-for-colorectal-cancer-death
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