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

  • Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of California San Francisco
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

763 reviews

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Anonymous
July 2026
dr desai said our care team will do everything possible to treat my condition
Anonymous
July 2026
dr desai is so knowledgeable, open to all questions and concerns. her demeanor is one of the best. she is an expert and always has time to explain and answer questions. never dismisses a patient's anxieties , and worries.
Anonymous
July 2026
she really knows her field and explains it well.
Anonymous
July 2026
have you met her?! this woman is the consumate provider

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

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: 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


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: 2026,849-856


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: 2026


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: 2026


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: 2026,6413


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: 2026,vdag076


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: 2026,125


Schiff D, Ye X, Li J, Ellingson BM, Wen PY, Walbert T, Campian J, Nabors LB, Ozer BH, Desai A, Omuro A, Desideri S, Danda N, Grossman S, Bindra RS. Phase I/II and window-of-opportunity study of pamiparib and metronomic temozolomide for recurrent isocitrate dehydrogenase mutant gliomas , Neuro Oncol, 28: 2026,485-494


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: 2026