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Anil Vachani, MD

Anil Vachani, MD Physician

Director of Clinical Research, Section of Interventional Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Dr. Vachani is employed by Penn Medicine.

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Clinical Specialties

Specialty:

  • Pulmonary Medicine

Programs & Centers:

Board Certification:

  • Critical Care Medicine, 2004
  • Pulmonary Disease, 2003

Clinical Expertise:

  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Carcinoid Tumor
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer

Practice Locations and Appointments

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna US Healthcare
  • Amerihealth Caritas
  • Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
  • Cigna
  • Cigna HealthSpring
  • Clover Health Plan
  • CVS Health
  • Devon Health Services (Americare)
  • Gateway Health Plan
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
  • HealthPartners
  • HealthPartners Medicare
  • HealthSmart
  • Highmark Blue Shield
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Humana / Choicecare
  • Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
  • Intergroup
  • Keystone First
  • Keystone First Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • NJ Medicaid
  • NJ Qualcare
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
  • PA Medicaid
  • PA Medicare
  • Preferred Health Care/LGH
  • Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
  • Remedy Partners at Penn Medicine
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
  • US Family Health Plan

Education and Training

Medical School: University of California - San Francisco
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Memberships

American College of Chest Physicians, National American Thoracic Society, National Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines, 3rd Edition (LC III), National International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, International Laennec Society, Local

Hospital Affiliation

Dr. Vachani is employed by Penn Medicine.

Hospital Privileges:

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Research

Selected Publications:

Silvestri GA, Tanner NT, Kearney P, Vachani A, Massion PP, Porter A, Springmeyer SC, Fang KC, Midthun D, Mazzone PJ; PANOPTIC Trial Team: Assessment of Plasma Proteomics Biomarker's Ability to Distinguish Benign From Malignant Lung Nodules: Results of the PANOPTIC (Pulmonary Nodule Plasma Proteomic Classifier) Trial Chest : 2018.

Morris S, Vachani A, Pass HI, Rom WN, Ryden K, Weiss GJ, Hogarth DK, Runger G, Richards D, Shelton T, Mallery DW: Whole blood FPR1 mRNA expression predicts both non-small cell and small cell lung cancer Int J Cancer : 2018.

Huang J., Liu Y., Vitale S., Penning T.M., Whitehead A.S., Blair I.A., Vachani A., Clapper M., Muscat J.E., Lazarus P., Scheet P., Moore J.H., Chen Y.: On meta- and mega-analyses for gene–environment interactions Genetic Epidemiology : 2017.

Aggarwal C, Wang X, Ranganathan A, Torigian D, Troxel A, Evans T, Cohen RB, Vaidya B, Rao C, Connelly M, Vachani A, Langer C, Albelda S: Circulating tumor cells as a predictive biomarker in patients with small cell lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy Lung Cancer 112 : 118-125,2017.

Tanner NT, Porter A, Gould MK, Li XJ, Vachani A, Silvestri GA: Physician Assessment of Pretest Probability of Malignancy and Adherence With Guidelines for Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation. Chest 152 (2): 263-270,2017.

Xu R, Mesaros C, Weng L, Snyder NW, Vachani A, Blair IA, Hwang WT: Comparison of statistical methods for detection of serum lipid biomarkers for mesothelioma and asbestos exposure. Biomarkers in Medicine 11 (7): 547-556,2017.

Schonewolf CA, Verma V, Post CM, Berman AT, Frick MA, Vachani A, Lin C, Simone CB: Outcomes of invasive mediastinal nodal staging versus positron emission tomography staging alone for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy. Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) : 2017.

Bagley SJ, Kothari S, Aggarwal C, Bauml JM, Alley EW, Evans TL, Kosteva JA, Ciunci CA, Gabriel PE, Thompson JC, Stonehouse-Lee S, Sherry VE, Gilbert E, Eaby-Sandy B, Mutale F, DiLullo G, Cohen RB, Vachani A, Langer CJ: Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a marker of outcomes in nivolumab-treated patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 106 : 1-7,2017.

Li J, Vachani A, Epstein A, Mitra N: A doubly robust approach for cost-effectiveness estimation from observational data Stat Methods Med Res : 2017.

Patnaik SK, Kannisto ED, Mallick R, Vachani A, Yendamuri S: Whole blood microRNA expression may not be useful for screening non-small cell lung cancer. PloS One 12 (7): e0181926,2017.

Academic Contact Info

Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Suite 216, Stemmler Hall
3450 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 573-7931
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366 (PENN)

Related Links

Penn Lung Center website