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Arati Desai, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

16 Penn Tower
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-349-8140
Fax: 215-662-7804

Education:
A.B. (English (Women's Studies)
Princeton University, 1996.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2001.
M.A.S. (Advanced Studies in Clinical Research)
University of California, San Francisco, 2006.

Post-Graduate Training
Post-sophomore Fellowship in Pathology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1998-1999.
Intern in Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, 2001-2002.
Resident in Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, 2002-2004.
Clinical Research Fellowship Program, University of California, San Francisco, 2004-2006.
Fellowship in Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2006-present.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004.
ABIM, Medical Oncology, 2008.

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Selected Publications

Kerlikowske K, Walker R, Miglioretti DL, Desai A, Ballard-Barbash R, Buist D. : Obesity, mammography use and accuracy, and advanced breast cancer risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 100(23): 1724-1733, Dec. 2008.

Pitz M*, Desai A*, Blakeley J, Grossman S. : Tissue Concentration of Systemically Administered Agents in Human Gliomas. Society for Neuro-oncology 13th Annual Meeting Nov. 2008.

Grossman SA, Desai A, Pitz M, Blakeley J, Portnow J, Brady M, Raghavan R. M: Modeling the Entry of Systemically Administered Antineoplastic Agents into Brain Tumors, Brain Adjacent to Tumor, and Normal Brain. Society for Neuro-oncology 13th Annual Meeting Nov. 2008.

Desai AS, Ye X, Grossman SA. : Association of Melanoma with Glioblastoma Multiforme. J Clin Oncol 26: Abstr 2082, May 2008.

Kerlikowske K, Desai A, Miglioretti DL, Walker R, Ballard-Barbash R, Buist DSM. : Women with Elevated Body Mass Index at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer with a Poor Prognosis. 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dec. 2007.

Desai AS, Grossman SA. : Clinical Trial Proposal: Impact of Trans-sodium Crocetinate on Intra-tumoral Oxygen Concentration in Post-operative Patients with High-grade Gliomas. New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT) Dec. 2007.

Desai AS, Bibbins-Domingo K, Shlipak MG, Wu AH, Ali S, Whooley MA. : Association between anaemia and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP): Findings from the Heart and Soul Study. European Journal of Heart Failure 9(9): 886-891, Sept. 2007.

Desai A, Miglioretti D, Walker R, Ballard-Barbash R, Buist D, Kerlikowske K. : Does Utilization of Screening Mammography Explain Obesity-Related Differences in Breast Cancer? Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Conference Apr. 2006.

Desai AS, Kanaya AM, Barrett-Connor E. : Diabetes is Associated with an Increased Risk of Cancer among Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study. 66th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions June 2005.

Desai A, Cviko A, O’Connell J, Kostopoulou E, Park JJ, Sun S, Sheets EE, Mutter GL, and Crum CP. : The Phenotypic Spectrum of p53-Immunopositive Endometrial Carcinomas. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 89th Annual Meeting, Mar. 2000.