Arati Desai, MD
Medical Oncology

Arati Desai, MD

Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 2nd Floor West
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

My education and training

  • University of Kentucky College of MedicineMedical School
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency
  • University of California San FranciscoFellowship
  • Johns Hopkins HospitalFellowship

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

795 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
September 2026
She makes me comfortable. I completely trust her judgment
Anonymous
September 2026
Very informative and helpful
Anonymous
September 2026
Dr. Desai is approved for Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine
Anonymous
August 2026
hope we don't have to recommend but certainly would if a need arises

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Desai is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Bagley SJ, Polley MC, Kotecha RR, Brem S, Tolakanahalli R, Ye X, Zureick AH, Desai A, Cohen AL, Iwamoto FM, Grogan PT, Yogendran LV, Odia Y, Ney D, Lobbous M, Mohler AC, Zukas AM, Kowalska A, Kong XT, Green RM, Tuncer TH, Haas ML, Gilbert MR, Won M, Mehta MP. Tocilizumab, atezolizumab, and stereotactic radiotherapy in recurrent glioblastoma: primary analysis of safety and efficacy of a phase 2 trial, NRG Oncology-BN010 , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys: 2026


Pai EL, Nazarian MN, Kenyon AL, Abdullaev Z, Arisi M, Johnson ES, Surrey LF, Quezado M, Schwartz LE, Dumoff KL, Cooper K, Aldape K, Kenyon L, Nasrallah MP, Desai AS. Longitudinal neuropathologic and molecular characterization of a retroperitoneal ependymoma , J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 85(8): 2026,913-917


Linkowski L, Messing I, Berger M, Hollawell C, Friedes C, Alexander D, Wang X, Desai AS, Phillips RE, O'Rourke DM, Amankulor NM, Jackson C, Hubbeling H, Kurtz G, Bagley SJ, Bradley JD, Mohan S, Alonso-Basanta M, Lebow ES. Hypofractionated Proton Reirradiation for Recurrent Glioblastoma: Clinical and Dosimetric Outcomes from a Large Single Institution Series , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys: 2026,S0360-3016(26)03919-2.


Lim M, Ye X, Piotrowski AF, Desai A, Ahluwalia MS, Walbert T, Lesser G, Ellingson BM, Peereboom DM, Fisher JD, Desideri S, Jackson C, Pant A, Jain A, Verma R, Oberlton B, Piyadasa H, Bettegowda C, Engle L, Taube J, Bendall SC, Choi J, Drappatz J, Lieberman FS, Kleinberg LR, Pardoll DM, Nabors LB, Wen PY, Grossman SA. Anti-LAG-3 with or without anti-PD-1 in recurrent glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial , Nat Med, 32(7): 2026,2449-2460.


Li EJ, Kraya A, Costa-Pinheiro P, Scheuermann J, Young AJ, Schubert E, Aboian M, Doot R, Ware JB, Pantel AR, Binder ZA, Storm PB, Resnick AC, Amankulor NM, O'Rourke DM, Desai A, Nasrallah MP, Brem S, Bagley SJ, Mankoff D, Nabavizadeh A. Metabolic Imaging and Molecular Signatures Reveal Metabolic Phenotypes in Recurrent Glioblastoma , J Nucl Med, 67(6): 2026,849-856


Zhou DJ, Jaskir M, Gal J, Fonkeu Y, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah MP, Garcia J, Xing R, Bagley SJ, Desai A, Phillips RE, Tobochnik S, Ellis CA, Gugger JJ, Sinha N, Stein JM, Davis KA. Spatial and Volumetric Characteristics of Glioblastoma: Associations With Clinical Presentation and Survival , Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 5: 2026,10.1002/acn3.70420.


Akbari H, Mohan S, Liu F, Jiang C, Fathi Kazerooni A, Berger M, Rathore S, Bilello M, Sako C, Garcia J, Brem S, Bakas S, Mamourian E, Pepin A, James P, Dorsey J, Singh A, Parker D, Verma R, Cao Q, Bagley SJ, Desai A, O'Rourke DM, Shinohara RT, Nasrallah MP, Teo BK, Kurtz G, Shukla G, Alonso-Basanta M, Lustig RA, Davatzikos C. Personalized machine learning-guided radiation dose escalation in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: prospective pilot study , Nat Commun, 17(1): 2026,6413


Ellingson BM, Cloughesy TF, Ye X, Teraishi A, Raymond C, Oshima S, Sanvito F, Wen PY, Walbert T, Campian JL, Nabors LB, Ozer BH, Desai A, Omuro A, Desideri S, Danda N, Grossman SA, Bindra RS, Schiff D. Tumor Growth Rate (TGR) Analysis Predicts Survival in a Multicenter Phase II Study of the PARP Inhibitor Pamiparib (BGB-290) with Temozolomide in Recurrent IDH-Mutant Gliomas (ABTC-1801) , AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 29: 2026,ajnr.A9438.


Friedes C, Berger M, Linkowski L, Hollawell C, Hubbeling H, Alexander D, Kurtz G, Lustig RA, Dorsey JF, Desai AS, Phillips RE, Brem S, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah M, O'Rourke DM, Jackson C, Amankulor NM, Alonso-Basanta M, Mohan S, Bagley SJ, Lebow ES. Clinical, molecular, and immunologic determinants of survival in WHO-defined IDH-wildtype glioblastoma treated with radiotherapy: a large real-world cohort study , J Neurooncol, 177(3): 2026,125


Cordell EC, Mansour M, Pantel AR, Schubert E, Nabavizadeh A, Mohan S, Maloney E, Prior T, Angeloni N, Blessing C, Frangos S, Coghlan L, Wileyto EP, O'Rourke DM, Brem S, Desai AS, Bagley SJ. A phase 2 study of niraparib concomitant with tumor treating fields in patients with recurrent grade 4 glioma , Neurooncol Adv, 8(1): 2026,vdag076