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Office
5501 Old York Rd
Ste 2
Philadelphia, PA 19141Phone+1 215-456-3880Fax+1 215-456-3437
Education & Training
- Temple University Hospital-Fox Chase Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1992 - 1995
- Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1992
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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
- Rosuvastatin in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Colon Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Oxaliplatin, Leucovorin Calcium, and Fluorouracil With or Without Celecoxib in Treating Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer Previously Treated With Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 32 citationsAccess to internet, smartphone usage, and acceptability of mobile health technology among cancer patients.Rashmika Potdar, Arun Thomas, Matthew DiMeglio, Kamran Mohiuddin, Djeneba Audrey Djibo
Supportive Care in Cancer. 2020-03-12 - 2 citationsAcute Left Internal Carotid Artery and Right Popliteal Artery Occlusion Related to Cisplatin-Gemcitabine Based Chemotherapy.Saman Zafar, Rashmika Potdar, Andrew Tiu, Gabor Varadi, John Charles Leighton
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2018-12-17 - 8 citationsTrends and Outcomes of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients With Ovarian Cancer: Results From Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database 2003 to 2011.Varun Mittal, Shradha Ahuja, Sai Sharath Vejella, Jessica M. Stempel, Venkataraman Palabindala
International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2018-10-01
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