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Office
11301 Wilshire Blvd
# 111Q
Los Angeles, CA 90073Phone+1 310-268-3021Fax+1 310-268-4712
Summary
- I am a translational physician scientist who has been in LA since 1998. I am ABIM certified in Pulmonary and Critical and Care Medicine. My research work has been instrumental towards the implementation of biological therapies for Lung Cancer.
Education & Training
- University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1995
- University of MichiganResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
- University of MichiganInternship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
- The University of Toledo College of MedicineClass of 1988
- Ohio State UniversityNo Degree, Physiology, 1983 - 1984
- Ohio State UniversityBSc, Biology/Psychology, 1979 - 1984
- Ohio State University College of MedicineB.S., Biology and Psychology, Cum Laude, 1979 - 1984
- Ohio State UniversityB.Sc., Biology, Psychology, Cum Laude, 1979 - 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
- OR State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
- OH State Medical License 2019 - 2023
- FL State Medical License 2019 - 2021
- IN State Medical License 2018 - 2019
- NC State Medical License 1991 - 1999
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Southern California Super Doctor (Pulmonary medicine; Peer Nominated) 2013-2024
- Top Doctors Los Angeles Magazine, 2015-2016
- Southern California Super Doctor Super Doctors, 2013-2016
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Clinical Trials
- Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 26
- Diagnostic Study for Lung Cancer Detection Test Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsNon-invasive early detection of malignant pulmonary nodules by FISH-based sputum test.Dekel Shlomi, Nir Peled, Yehuda Schwarz, Guy W. Soo Hoo, Raj K. Batra
Cancer Genetics. 2018-10-01 - 24 citationsp16 Protein and gigaxonin are associated with the ubiquitination of NFκB in cisplatin-induced senescence of cancer cellsMysore S. Veena, Reason Wilken, Junying Zheng, Ankur A. Gholkar, Natarajan Venkatesan
The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014-12-12 - 2 citationsCorrection: The CD44Tumorigenic Subsets in Lung Cancer Biospecimens Are Enriched for Low miR-34a Expression.Saroj K Basak, Mysore S Veena, Scott Oh, Chi Lai, Sitaram Vangala
Plos One. 2013-01-01
Journal Articles
- The CD44(high) Tumorigenic Subsets in Lung Cancer Biospecimens Are Enriched for Low miR-34a ExpressionBasak SK, Veena MS, Oh S, Lai C, Vangala S, Elashoff D, Fishbein MC, Sharma S, Rao NP, Rao D, Phan R, Srivatsan ES, Batra RK, PLoS ONE, 9/3/2013
- The CD44high tumorigenic subsets in lung cancer biospecimens are enriched for low miR-34a expression.Basak SK, MS Veena, S Oh, C Lai, S Vangala, D Elashoff , MC Fishbein, S Sharma, NP Rao, D Rao, R Phan, ES Srivatsan, and RK Batra, PLoS ONE, 9/3/2013
- The CD44 tumorigenic subsets in lung cancer biospecimens are enriched for low miR-34a expressionBasak SK, MS Veena, S Oh, C Lai, S Vangala, Dhighlashoff , MC Fishbein, S Sharma, NP Rao, D Rao, ER Phan, ES Srivatsan, and RK Batra, PLoS One, 1/3/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- "Intratumoral heterogeneity and the cancer stem cell phenotype in lung cancer".Batra RK, UCLA/GLAVAHS Pancreatic Research Group, Los Angeles, CA, 9/1/2009
- "Development of the malignant pleural effusion model to investigate intratumoral heterogeneity in lung cancer".Batra RK, 104th International Conference of the ATS, San Diego, CA, 5/1/2009
- "CAR-expression is essential for tumor formation by lung cancer xenografts".Batra RK, Mini-symposium, 2004 ASGT International Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 6/1/2004
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Lectures
- Approaches to jointly validate biomarkers and identify targets for cancerSan Diego, CA - 1/18/2015
- A novel vertically integrated phenotype-based approach to validate biomarkers and identify molecular targets in cancerHarbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA - 1/14/2014
- "An Approach to Discover Novel Targets and Rational Combinatorial Approaches to Treat Cancer."San Diego, CA - 3/22/2013
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Other
- Decoding Autism: An interview with Genome Magazine regarding the prospects of Precision Medicine for AutismBatra RK
http://genomemag.com/decoding-autism/#.VZQXMe1VhBc
1/1/2015
Authored Content
- Is it time time to change the way we think about cancer?April 2015
- Is it time time to change the way we think about cancer?April 2015
- Is it time time to change the way we think about cancer?April 2015
- Is it time time to change the way we think about cancer?April 2015
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Grant Support
- Inhibition to Adenoviral transduction in lung cancerNIH1999–2003
- Inhibition To Adenoviral Gene Transfer In Lung CancerNational Cancer Institute1999–2001
- Proof Of Concept Trial Of Measure Intrapleural Gene TherapyNational Center For Research Resources1998–1999
Research History
- Professor UCLA in AbsentiaDispute over title, money and independence.2006 - 2017
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