Current Employment:
Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Iowa, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa city, IA
Breast Medical Oncology.
Melanoma and General Oncology
Medical Director
McCreery Cancer center, Fairfield, IA, 2 days/week, (Outreach), General Hem/Oncology
Recent Employments:
Dec. 2017 -Present:
The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa city, IA.
July 2015-Dec. 2017
University of Iowa Community Medical services (UICMS) d/b/a University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC), Iowa City, IA and The University of Iowa college of Medicine
June 2011- July 2015
University of Iowa Community Medical Services d/b/a University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA.
Faculty Appointments:
December 2017- Present
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
July 2015 to December 2017
Clinical Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
July 2012-June 2015
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
June 2009 to May 2011
Clinical Instructor, East Tennessee State University, TN.
Administrative / Leadership
July 2011 to May 2015
Cancer Liaison Physician (CLP), Commission on Cancer
Cancer Committee, McCreery Cancer Center, Ottumwa Regional
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Ottumwa, Iowa-52501
January 2014- July 2015
Cancer Conference Chair, Cancer Committee
June 2011 to July 2015
Hospice Medical Director and Board Member.
Hospice Serving Davis and Wapello counties
927 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Ottumwa, Iowa-52501
July 2012- June 2014
President
Wapello County Medical Society of Iowa.
June 2011- Present
Medical Director
McCreery Cancer Center, Ottumwa/Fairfield, Iowa.
Scientific Committee Memberships:
July 2018- Present
Nominated Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Practice Guidelines Implementation Network
June 2019- Present
Nominated Member, ASCO Multi-Site Guideline Advisory Group
June 2019- Present
Nominated Member, Consensus Panel, ASCO Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer Guideline
November 2018- June 2019
ASCO Guideline Expert Panel Member: “Role of Patient and Disease Factors in Adjuvant Systemic Therapy Decision-Making for Early-Stage, Operable Breast Cancer.”
February 2019- Present
Scientific Reviewer
Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC)
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa city.
Clinical Research:
June 2011- Present
Senior Primary Investigator / Board Member
NCI- NCORP Iowa-Wide Oncology Research Coalition
IRB JCHC McCreery Cancer center, Fairfield/Ottumwa, IA.
July 2015 - Present
Primary and Sub-Investigator, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA.
Volunteer Scientific Activity:
SITC (Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer) Meeting Coverage Correspondent - 2019 ASCO (American Society for Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting (5/31/19-6/4/19)
Past Clinical Experience:
September 2008 to May 2009
Attending Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
Wellmont Physician Services
Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN
Education and Training
06/01/2009 to 05/31/2011
Fellowship, Medical Oncology
Department of Hematology/Oncology
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN-37604
04/01/2011 to 04/30/2011 (Elective)
Bone Marrow Transplant Elective
Vanderbilt University and VA medical center
Nashville, TN
07/01/2008 to 08/31/2008
Chief Residency
Department of Internal Medicine.
East Tennessee State University.
07/01/2005 to 06/30/2008
Residency, Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
East Tennessee State University
10/01/2006 to 10/31/2006 (Elective)
Hematology Elective
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
08/2004 to 06/2005
Student, Public Health
Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL
Medical Education
12/1996 to 10/2002.
M.B., B.S (M.D.)
Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.
Board Certificate/Licensure:
- ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, 2008, Recertified 2018
- ABIM Board Certified in Medical Oncology, 2011
- License, State of Iowa, Active, 39452
- License, State of Tennessee, Retired, 43850
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Hematology
- American college of Physicians.
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Grant/ Research Projects
National Palliative Care Research Center Grant.
July 2016 –Present (Ongoing)
PI: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
Use of telehealth technologies for symptom management support for people with advanced cancer living in rural communities
University of Iowa and McCreery cancer center.
University of Iowa College of Nursing Dean's Research Award and Iowa
Cancer Consortium grant.
August 2015- Present (Ongoing)
PI: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
Stress Management Intervention Development for Patients with Advanced cancer: A qualitative Study.
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer center and McCreery Cancer center
Cancer Epidemiology and Population Sciences Oberley grant
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
June 2019- Present
PI: Mary Charlton
The role of rurality, treatment networks, and national accreditation in providing quality cancer care: a mixed-methods study of Iowa and Kentucky hospitals:
- Project Chair- Comprehensive Cancer Control Concept Grant
Iowa Cancer Consortium / Iowa Department of Public Health
Dec. 1, 2013-June 1, 2014.
Obesity, Physical Inactivity and Cancer: Let’s raise the awareness.
- Project Collaborator-Comprehensive Cancer Control Concept Grant
Iowa Cancer Consortium. Project chair: Stephanie Gilbertson-White, PhD.
November 2015- June 2016
Acceptability of using Telehealth Technologies as part of Cancer Symptom Management Program in a Community Cancer Clinic.
Submitted Grant, Awaiting Decision:
Oncology Associated Symptoms & Individualized Strategies (OASIS): A technology-enabled, patient-centered, symptom management intervention for rural residents. R-01 Submitted, Role: Co-Investigator.
Manuscript in progress:
- Therapeutic potential of combining PARP inhibitor and immunotherapy in solid tumors. Praveen Vikas, Nicholas Borcherding, Adithya Chennamadhabani, Rohan Garje
- Treatment of Stage IV Colon Cancer in the United States: A Patterns of Care Analysis :Xiang Gao, Amanda R. Kahl, Paolo Goffredo, Praveen Vikas, Imran Hassan, Mary E. Charlton
Peer reviewed Publications:
- t (15; 17) associated with Primary Myelofibrosis: A case report of an unusual clinical presentation and diagnostic dilemma
Nadiminti K, Silverman M, Bhagavathi S, Vikas P
OncoTargets and Therapy. 11 July 2019 Volume 2019:12 Pages 5449—5455
Henry NL, Somerfield MR, Abramson VG, Ismaila N, Allison KH, Anders CK, Chingos DT, Eisen A, Ferrari BL, Openshaw TH, Spears PA, Vikas P, Stearns V.
J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 17:JCO1900948. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00948. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:31206315
- The clinical promise of immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.
Vikas P, Borcherding N, Zhang W.
Cancer Manag Res. 2018;10:6823-6833. Published 2018 Dec 10. doi:10.2147/CMAR.S185176. Review. PMID :30573992
- Keeping tumors in check: A mechanistic review of clinical response and resistance to immune checkpoint blockade in cancer
Borcherding N, Kolb R, Gullicksrud J, Vikas P, Zhu Y, Zhang W.
J Mol Biol. 2018 Jul 6;430(14):2014-2029. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.05.030. Epub 2018 May 22. Review. PMID: 29800567
- Engaging Stakeholders in the Development of an eHealth Intervention for Cancer Symptom Management for Rural Residents
Gilbertson-White S, Yeung CW, Saeidzadeh S, Tykol H, Vikas P, Cannon A.
J Rural Health. 2018 Apr 25. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12297.
PMID: 29696696
- Palliative and supportive interventions to improve patient-reported outcomes in rural residents with cancer
Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Seyedehtanaz Saeidzadeh,Chi W Yeung, Hannah Tykol and Praveen Vikas
The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology. Review.
JCSO 2017;15(5):e248-e255
- Challenges of Rural Cancer Care in the United States.
Charlton M, Schlichting J, Chioreso C, Ward M, Vikas P.
Oncology (Williston Park). 2015 Sep;29(9). pii: 213346. Review.
PMID: 26384798
- Allogeneic stem cell transplantation and targeted therapy for FLT3-ITD positive acute myeloid leukemia: an update.
Hu B, Vikas P, Mohty M, Savani BN.
Expert Rev Hematol. 2014 Apr;7(2):301-15. doi: 10.1586/17474086.2014.857596. Epub 2013 Dec 6. Review.
PMID: 24308526
- Plerixafor in AL amyloidosis: improved graft composition and faster lymphocyte recovery after auto-SCT in patient with end-stage renal-disease.
Dunn D, Vikas P, Jagasia M, Savani BN.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2012 Aug;47(8):1136-7. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2011.226. Epub 2011 Nov 14. Review.
PMID: 22080973
- Primary mediastinal Yolk Sac Tumor: A Rarely Encountered Neoplasm
- Moukharskaya, P. Vikas, F. Swan Jr., K. Krishnan, T. Roy, Ryland P.Byrd, Jr.
Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, August 2010/Vol. 108
National/International Meeting Abstracts:
- Oncology Associated Symptoms and Individualized strategies (OASIS): Precision symptoms management for rural patients with advanced cancer. ASCO Annual meeting, June 2019.
Praveen Vikas, Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Tannaz Saeidzadeh, Yelena Perkhounkova; J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr e23155)
- Single Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (ASCT) Followed By Two Years of Post-Transplant Therapy in Recently Diagnosed Elderly Multiple Myeloma (MM) Patients. Safety and Response Results from the Prospective Phase II Trial (NCT01849783). ASH Meeting 2018
Nadiminti, K., Strouse, C., Vikas, P., Dozeman, L., Schultz, A., Berns, G., Claus, J., Mott, S. L., Farooq, U., Silverman, M., Tomasson, M., Zhan, F., & Jethava, Y. (2018). Blood, 132(Suppl 1), 2153. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2018-99-118443.
- Early Intensive Therapy in Multiple Myeloma Using Tandem Transplantation with Novel Conditioning and Two Years Maintenance: A Single Institution Experience. ASH Meeting 2018
Nadiminti, K., Strouse, C., Vikas, P., Dozeman, L., Schultz, A., Mott, S. L., Claus, J., Farooq, U., Silverman, M., Tomasson, M., Zhan, F., Jethava, Y., & Tricot, G. J. (2018) .Blood, 132(Suppl 1), 2152.https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2018-99-113890
- Unusual Cytoplasmic Crystalline Inclusions in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes: A Rare Finding
Sadaf Ilyas, Praveen Vikas, Koyamangalath Krishnan, John C. King, Talat Parveen. College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting (CAP '11). Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: September 2011, Vol. 135, No. 9, pp. 1102-1230
- A RARE LUNG CANCER-WITH GOOD OUTCOME.
- Vikas, M Al Shathir, K Chakraborty, M Rogers, A Hamati and M Al-Abbadi. Journal of Investigative Medicine: February 2011 - Volume 59 - Issue 2
Poster presentation at Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
Abstract 213. (February 17-19, 2011)
- Could Buerger disease be burned out?
P.Vikas, H.Ismail,
SOUTHERN ABSTRACTS: Case Reports in Cardiovascular Medicine, February 8, 2007.Abstract, Journal of Investigative Medicine. 55(1):S251, January 1, 2007
2007 Southern Regional meeting at New Orleans, LA.
Awards:
- Case Report Award for oral presentation at 2007 Southern Regional meeting at
New Orleans, LA.
Editorial Board:
- Integrative Clinical and Practical Hematology
- Journal of Oncology and Radiology.
Invited Peer Reviews Meeting Abstracts/Journals
- Year 2019: SITC (Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer) 34th Annual meeting Abstract reviewer
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Clinical Epidemiology, Drug Design, Development and Therapy, Cancer Management and Research, OncoTargets and Thearpy, Molecular Biology reports, Pathology and Clinical research
- Year 2018: Cancer Management and Research, OncoTargets and Therapy, Breast cancer: Targets and Therapy.
- Year 2017 : Breast cancer: Targets and Therapy, International Journal of women's Health
- Year 2016 : Breast cancer: Targets and Therapy, OncoTargets and Therapy, Cancer Management and Research
- Year 2015 : International Journal of Women's Health , Dove Medical Press Ltd
Invited Grand Rounds:
- PARP Inhibitors: Advancing Personalized Medicine for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, IA 2/20/19.
- Breast cancer, An overview, East Tennessee State University, TN. 7/6/2010