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Cancers Treated:
Research Interests:
Colorectal cancer in the young adult population Disparities and their role in cancer care Clinical trials in lower GI cancerAbout Deepak Vadehra
Biography:
Dr. Vadehra is a board certified medical oncologist at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He treats cancers of the gastrointestinal tract and his clinical areas of focus are cancers of the lower GI tract including colon cancer, rectal cancer, and anal cancer. He became interested in GI cancers during his fellowship training in Hematology/Oncology at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte NC. During his fellowship training he had the opportunity to serve as a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Trainee and Early Career Physician (TEC) Council. As a part of his role with the TEC council he had opportunity to be a part of the focus group on social determinants of health (SDOH). He was moderator of an episode of the SDOH podcast series, focusing on access to care.
Dr. Vadehra's research and clinical interests include colorectal cancer in the young adult population, health disparities and their role in cancer care, and clinical trials in lower GI cancers.
Positions
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Medicine, Gastrointestinal Center
Background
Education and Training:
- 2017- Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- 2011-2015 - DO, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Residency:
- 2015-2018 - Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
Fellowship:
- 2018-2021 - Hematology/Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute-Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Board Certification:
- 2018 - American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
- 2021 - American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Professional Memberships:
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Association of Cancer Research
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Association
Professional Experience:
- 2020-2021 - ASCO Trainee and Early Physician member of focus group on social determinants of health
- 2020-2021 - ASCO Trainee and Early Career Physician Council
Honors & Awards:
- 2020-2021 - Chief Fellow, Hematology Oncology Fellowship, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC
Clinical Trials
Featured on Cancer Talk
Publications
Vadehra, D, Salibi, P.N, McHaffie, D.R, Sulzer, J, Iannitti, D.A. and Hwang, J.J, Advances in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology. Vol 18 Issue 5, Published May 2020.
Vadehra, D, Davino, T, and Datta, D, 2020. Treating a Patient with Your Hands Tied: Acute Chest Syndrome in a Jehovah’s Witness. Cureus, 12(4)
Terino, M, Vadehra, D, Aggarwal, A, Kevorkian, N (2018). Early Small Bowel Obstruction Post-Trans mesenteric Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Rare Complication. The Scientific, Peer Reviewed Journal of the Connecticut State Medical Society, p 207.