Ravi Vij, MD

Specialty Areas
Oncology
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Hematologic Malignancies
Bone Marrow Transplant
Multiple Myeloma
Leukemia

Areas of Clinical Interest
Stem cell transplant, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, hematologic malignancy, leukemia, lymphoma

Areas of Research Interest
Transplant, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, hematologic malignancy, leukemia

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2005-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Reviewer
Blood
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Haematologica

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Vij R. Carfilzomib in multiple myeloma. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2012 Sep.

Wildes TM, Vij R, Petersdorf SH, Medeiros BC, Hurria A. New Treatment Approaches for Older Adults with Multiple Myeloma. J Geriatr Oncol. 2012 Jul.

Hucthagowder V, Meyer R, Mullins C, Nagarajan R, DiPersio JF, Vij R, Tomasson MH, Kulkarni S. Resequencing analysis of the candidate tyrosine kinase and RAS pathway gene families in multiple myeloma. Cancer Genet. 2012 Sep.

Vij R, Siegel DS, Jagannath S, Jakubowiak AJ, Stewart AK, McDonagh K, Bahlis N, Belch A, Kunkel LA, Wear S, Wong AF, Wang M. An open-label, single-arm, phase 2 study of single-agent carfilzomib in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma who have been previously treated with bortezomib. Br J Haematol. 2012 Sep.

Ramsingh G, Westervelt P, Cashen AF, Uy GL, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Abboud CN, Bernabe N, Monahan R, Dipersio JF, Vij R. A phase 1 study of concomitant high-dose lenalidomide and 5-azacitidine induction in the treatment of AML. Leukemia. 2012 Jul 25.

Hurchla MA, Garcia-Gomez A, Hornick MC, Ocio EM, Li A, Blanco JF, Collins L, Kirk CJ, Piwnica-Worms D, Vij R, Tomasson MH, Pandiella A, San Miguel JF, Garayoa M, Weilbaecher KN. The epoxyketone-based proteasome inhibitors carfilzomib and orally bioavailable oprozomib have anti-resorptive and bone-anabolic activity in addition to anti-myeloma effects. Leukemia. 2012 Jul 5.

Chu L, Su MY, Maggi LB Jr, Lu L, Mullins C, Crosby S, Huang G, Chng WJ, Vij R, Tomasson MH. Multiple myeloma-associated chromosomal translocation activates orphan snoRNA ACA11 to suppress oxidative stress. J Clin Invest. 2012 Aug 1.

Vij R, Wang M, Kaufman JL, Lonial S, Jakubowiak AJ, Stewart AK, Kukreti V, Jagannath S, McDonagh KT, Alsina M, Bahlis NJ, Reu FJ, Gabrail NY, Belch A, Matous JV, Lee P, Rosen P, Sebag M, Vesole DH, Kunkel LA, Wear SM, Wong AF, Orlowski RZ, Siegel DS. An open-label, single-arm, phase 2 (PX-171-004) study of single-agent carfilzomib in bortezomib-naive patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma. Blood. 2012 Jun 14.

Uy GL, Rettig MP, Motabi IH, McFarland K, Trinkaus KM, Hladnik LM, Kulkarni S, Abboud CN, Cashen AF, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Vij R, Westervelt P, DiPersio JF. A phase 1/2 study of chemosensitization with the CXCR4 antagonist plerixafor in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2012 Apr 26.

Ansstas G, Vij R. Evolution of definitions of response, progression-free survival and event-free survival in front-line studies of chronic myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2012 Jul.

Chawla JS, Ghobadi A, Mosley J 3rd, Verkruyse L, Trinkaus K, Abboud CN, Cashen AF, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Uy GL, Westervelt P, DiPersio JF, Vij R. Oral valganciclovir versus ganciclovir as delayed pre-emptive therapy for patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a pilot trial (04-0274) and review of the literature. Transpl Infect Dis. 2012 Jun.

Welch JS, Klco JM, Gao F, Procknow E, Uy GL, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Abboud CN, Westervelt P, DiPersio JF, Hassan A, Cashen AF, Vij R. Combination decitabine, arsenic trioxide, and ascorbic acid for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia: a phase I study. Am J Hematol. 2011 Sep.

Smeltzer JP, Cashen AF, Zhang Q, Homb A, Dehdashti F, Abboud CN, Dipersio JF, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Uy GL, Vij R, Westervelt P, Bartlett NL, Fehniger TA. Prognostic significance of FDG-PET in relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma treated with standard salvage chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Nov.

Fehniger TA, Uy GL, Trinkaus K, Nelson AD, Demland J, Abboud CN, Cashen AF, Stockerl-Goldstein KE, Westervelt P, DiPersio JF, Vij R. A phase 2 study of high-dose lenalidomide as initial therapy for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2011 Feb 10.

Klco JM, Vij R, Kreisel FH, Hassan A, Frater JL. Molecular pathology of myeloproliferative neoplasms. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Apr.

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Internal Medicine / Oncology

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Internal Medicine / Oncology - Bone Marrow Transplant

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Cancer Center (Siteman Cancer Center)

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Health Insurance Plans Accepted

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