Dr. Ramesh K Ramanathan MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
13400 E SHEA BLVD SCOTTSDALE AZ, 85259About
Dr. Ramesh Ramanathan is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Ramanathan specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Karnataka Inst Med Sci, Karnataka Univ
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase I trial, including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic correlations, of combination paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Pancreatic cancer in a young adult after treatment for Hodgkin's disease.
- Pharmacokinetics of gemcitabine and 2',2'-difluorodeoxyuridine in a patient with ascites.
- Unusual tumors involving the head and neck region: case 1. Angiosarcoma of the scalp.
- Treatment of colon and rectal cancer.
- Sensitive liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assay for quantitation of docetaxel and paclitaxel in human plasma.
- Multimodality treatment in a case of primary cardiac lymphoma.
- Phase I and pharmacologic study of intermittently administered 9-nitrocamptothecin in patients with advanced solid tumors.
- Biliary excretion of imatinib mesylate and its metabolite CGP 74588 in humans.
- Population pharmacokinetic analysis of 17-(allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17AAG) in adult patients with advanced malignancies.
- Chemotherapy permits resection of metastatic colorectal cancer: experience from Intergroup N9741.
- Neoadjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum: report of a case.
- Relationship between plasma exposure of 9-nitrocamptothecin and its 9-aminocamptothecin metabolite and antitumor response in mice bearing human colon carcinoma xenografts.
- A phase III trial of pemetrexed plus gemcitabine versus gemcitabine in patients with unresectable or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 Phoenix Super Doctors
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
Fellowships
- Fellow - Hematology and Oncology: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Pittsburgh, PA
- (Hematology/Oncology), UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA 1993
Experience & Accolades
- MemberClinical Cancer Research, Cancer Chemotherapy & Pharmacology and Gastrointestinal Cancer Research --
- Chair 2011 - 2015 Pancreatic Cancer Research team
- Member2012 - 2013 Symposium Faculty, American Society of Clinical Oncologists
- Member Clinical Trials Committee
- Member2013 - 2014 American Association for Cancer Research
- Member Scientific Review Committee, Debbie's Dream Foundation Gastric Cancer Fellowship
- Member2014 American Association for Cancer Research
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