Description of Research Expertise

prostate cancer, bladder cancer, image-guided radiation therapy, biologic agents, radiosensitizers, novel imaging agents, external beam radiation, immunotherapy, medical education

Selected Publications

Kamran SC, Niemierko A, Deville C Jr, Vapiwala N.: Diversity Trends by Sex and Underrepresented in Medicine Status Among US Radiation and Medical Oncology Faculty Over 5 Decades JAMA Oncol 8 : 221-229,2022.

Butala AA, Huang CC, Bryant CM, Henderson RH, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Vapiwala N, Mailhot Vega RB.: Heterogeneity in Radiotherapeutic Parameter Assumptions in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Prostate Cancer: A Call for Uniformity Value Health : 2022.

Narayan V, Barber-Rotenberg JS, Jung IY, Lacey SF, Rech AJ, Davis MM, Hwang WT, Lal P, Carpenter EL, Maude SL, Plesa G, Vapiwala N, Chew A, Moniak M, Sebro RA, Farwell MD, Marshall A, Gilmore J, Lledo L, Dengel K, Church SE, Hether TD, Xu J, Gohil M, Buckingham TH, Yee SS, Gonzalez VE, Kulikovskaya I, Chen F, Tian L, Tien K, Gladney W, Nobles CL, Raymond HE; Prostate Cancer Cellular Therapy Program Investigators, Hexner EO, Siegel DL, Bushman FD, June CH, Fraietta JA, Haas NB.: PSMA-targeting TGFbeta-insensitive armored CAR T-cells in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a phase 1 trial Nat Med : 2022.

Kamran SC, Winkfield KM, Reede JY, Vapiwala N.: Intersectional Analysis of U.S. Medical Faculty Diversity over Four Decades N Engl J Med 386 : 1363-1371,2022.

Williams C, Perez MA, Vapiwala N, Shea JA: The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Medical School Acceptance Rates Academic Medicine : 2021.

Virgo KS, Rumble RB, de Wit R, Mendelson DS, Smith TJ, Taplin ME, Wade JL 3rd, Bennett CL, Scher HI, Nguyen PL, Gleave M, Morgan SC, Loblaw A, Sachdev S, Graham DL, Vapiwala N, Sion AM, Simons VH, Talcott J: Initial Management of Noncastrate Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update J Clin Oncol : 2021.

Vapiwala N, Wong JK, Handorf E, Paly J, Grewal A, Tendulkar R, Godfrey D, Carpenter D, Mendenhall NP, Henderson RH, Stish BJ, Vargas C, Salama JK, Davis BJ, Horwitz EM: A Pooled Toxicity Analysis of Moderately Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients Int J Rad Onc Bio Phys : 2021.

Valle L, Shabsovich D, de Meerleer G, Maurer T, Murphy DG, Nickols NG, Vapiwala N, Calais J, Kishan AU: Use and Impact of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Prior to Salvage Radiation Therapy in Men with Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: A Scoping Review European Urology Oncology : 2021.

Vapiwala N: The Power of Exercise to Influence Cardiovascular and Oncologic Outcomes-Survival of the Fittest JAMA Oncol : 2021.

Hussain M, Lin D, Saad F, Vapiwala N, Chapin BF, Sandler H, Evans CP, Carducci MA, Sachdev S.: Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Prostate Cancer in an Era of Rapidly Evolving New Imaging: How Do We Treat? J Clin Oncol 39 (1): 13-16,2021.

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Academic Contact Information

3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Department of Radiation Oncology
4th Floor, West Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-2337
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366