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

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 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.

Selected Publications:

Sterman DH, Alley E, Stevenson JP, Friedberg J, Metzger S, Recio A, Moon EK, Haas AR, Vachani A, Katz SI, Sun J, Heitjan D, Hwang WT, Litzky L, Yearley JH, Tan KS, Papasavvas E, Kennedy P, Montaner L, Cengel KA, Simone CB, Culligan M, Langer C, Albelda SM: Pilot and Feasibility Trial of Immuno-Gene Therapy of Malignant Mesothelioma using Intrapleural Delivery of Adenovirus-Interferon-Alpha Combined with Chemotherapy Clin Cancer Res : 2016.

Vachani A, Whitney DH, Parsons EC, Lenburg M, Ferguson JS, Silvestri GA, Spira A: Clinical Utility of a Bronchial Genomic Classifier in Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer Chest : 2016.

Vachani A, Wong YN, Israelite J, Mitra N, Hin S, Yang L, Smith-McLallen A, Armstrong K, Groeneveld PW, Epstein AJ: Validation of Molecular Pathology Codes for the Identification of Mutational Testing in Lung and Colon Cancer Med Care : 2016.

Veenstra CM, Vachani A, Ciunci CA, Zafar HM, Epstein AJ, Paulson EC: Trends in the Use of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET Imaging in Surveillance of Non-Small-Cell Lung and Colorectal Cancer J Am Coll Radiol : 2016.

Atkins, J.H., Haas, A.R., Sterman D.H., Vachani, A., Mandel, J.E.: A randomized, placebo-controlled, concealed allocation comparison of respiratory depression during bronchoscopy with dexmedetomidine-ketamine as an adjunct to fentanyl-midazolam sedation Translational Perioperative and Pain Medicine 1 (1): 24-31,2016.

Tanner NT, Aggarwal J, Gould MK, Kearney P, Diette G, Vachani A, Fang KC, Silvestri GA: Management of Pulmonary Nodules by Community Pulmonologists: A Multicenter Observational Study Chest 148 (6): 1405-14,2015.

Epstein A.J., Wong Y.N., Mitra N., Vachani A., Hin S., Yang L., Smith-McLallen A., Armstrong K., Groeneveld P.W.: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use and Health Care Costs After Introduction of Genomic Testing in Breast Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 33 (36): 4259-67,2015.

Mazzone PJ, Wang XF, Lim S, Choi H, Jett J, Vachani A, Zhang Q, Beukemann M, Seeley M, Martino R, Rhodes P: Accuracy of volatile urine biomarkers for the detection and characterization of lung cancer BMC Cancer : 2015.

Vachani A, Hammoud Z, Springmeyer S, Cohen N, Nguyen D, Williamson C, Starnes S, Hunsucker S, Law S, Li XJ, Porter A, Kearney P: Clinical Utility of a Plasma Protein Classifier for Indeterminate Lung Nodules Lung 193 (6): 1023-7,2015.

Mazzone P.J., Wang X., Lim S., Choi H., Jett J., Vachani A., Zhang Q., Beukemann M., Seeley M., Martino R., Rhodes P.: Accuracy of volatile urine biomarkers for the detection and characterization of lung cancer. BMC cancer 15 (1): 1001,2015.

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