Manali Kamdar, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine-Hematology

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Medical School:
  • MD, KJ Somaiya Medical College (2005)
Residency:
  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital/East Carolina University Program, Internal Medicine
Fellowships:
  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital/East Carolina University Program, Hematology and Oncology
  • Stanford University Program, Hematology and Oncology
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Hematology

Professional Titles

  • Clinical Director of Lymphoma Services

Recognition & Awards

  • Presenter of the year; Trainee category, East Carolina University (2011)
  • Senior Resident of the year in Medicine, East Carolina University (2010)
  • Senior Resident of the year in Cardiology, East Carolina University (2010)
  • Senior Resident of the year in Ambulatory Medicine, East Carolina University (2010)
  • Medicine Intern of the year, East Carolina University (2008)
  • Hematology Oncology Intern of the year, East Carolina University (2008)
  • Gold Medal State Award in Pediatrics, Mumbai University (2004)

Publications

  • Jodon G, Colton MD, Abbott D, Cai A, Haverkos B, Morgan R, Kamdar M. Clinical and Radiographic Predictors of Progression and Survival in Relapsed/Refractory Lymphoma Patients Receiving Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 Jan;23(1):49-56. PubMed PMID: 36335021
  • Haverkos BM, Zain J, Kamdar M, Neuwelt A, Davila E, Bradeen X, Major A, Bair SM, Jasem J, Smith C, Abbott D, Porcu P. Front-line Chemo-immunotherapy with Nivolumab and Dose-Adjusted EPOCH in Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma: A Phase I Trial. Blood Adv. 2023 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38150586
  • Vose JM, Fu K, Wang L, Mansoor A, Stewart D, Cheng H, Smith L, Yuan J, Qureishi HN, Link BK, Cessna MH, Barr PM, Kahl BS, Mckinney MS, Khan N, Advani RH, Martin P, Goy AH, Phillips TJ, Mehta A, Kamdar M, Crump M, Pro B, Flowers CR, Jacobson CA, Smith SM, Stephens DM, Bachanova V, Jin Z, Wu S, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Torka P, Anampa-Guzmán A, Kashef F, Li X, Sharma S, Greiner TC, Armitage JO, Lunning M, Weisenburger DD, Bociek RG, Iqbal J, Yu G, Bi C. Integrative analysis of clinicopathological features defines novel prognostic models for mantle cell lymphoma in the immunochemotherapy era: a report from The North American Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium. J Hematol Oncol. 2023 Dec 16;16(1):122. PubMed PMID: 38104096
  • Budde LE, Olszewski AJ, Assouline S, Lossos IS, Diefenbach C, Kamdar M, Ghosh N, Modi D, Sabry W, Naik S, Mehta A, Nakhoda SK, Smith SD, Dorritie K, Jia T, Pham S, Huw LY, Jing J, Wu H, Ead WS, To I, Batlevi CL, Wei MC, Chavez JC. Mosunetuzumab with polatuzumab vedotin in relapsed or refractory aggressive large B cell lymphoma: a phase 1b/2 trial. Nat Med. 2023 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38072960
  • Wang M, Siddiqi T, Gordon LI, Kamdar M, Lunning M, Hirayama AV, Abramson JS, Arnason J, Ghosh N, Mehta A, Andreadis C, Solomon SR, Kostic A, Dehner C, Espinola R, Peng L, Ogasawara K, Chattin A, Eliason L, Palomba ML. Lisocabtagene Maraleucel in Relapsed/Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Primary Analysis of the Mantle Cell Lymphoma Cohort From TRANSCEND NHL 001, a Phase I Multicenter Seamless Design Study. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Dec 10;:JCO2302214. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38072625
  • Major A, Kamdar M. Selection of bispecific antibody therapies or CAR-T cell therapy in relapsed lymphomas. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2023 Dec 8;2023(1):370-381. PubMed PMID: 38066907
  • Steiner RE, Hwang SR, Khurana A, Habermann TM, Epperla N, Annunzio K, Allen PB, Baird K, Paulino D, Alderuccio JP, Lossos IS, David K, Evens AM, Pandya K, Bair SM, Kamdar M, Ba Aqeel S, Torka P, Lynch R, Smith S, Feng L, Noorani M, Ahmed S, Nair R, Vega F, Wu S, Fang P, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lee HJ. Impact of cumulative dose of brentuximab vedotin on outcomes of frontline therapy for advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2023 Dec 26;7(24):7485-7493. PubMed PMID: 37603594
  • Kamdar M. Embracing chimeric antigen receptors for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Lancet. 2023 Aug 19;402(10402):590-592. PubMed PMID: 37597880
  • Golec M, Kamdar M, Barteit S. Comprehensive Ontology of Fibroproliferative Diseases: Protocol for a Semantic Technology Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Aug 11;12:e48645. PubMed PMID: 37566458
  • Sureda A, Lugtenburg PJ, Kersten MJ, Subklewe M, Spanjaart A, Shah NN, Kerbauy LN, Roddie C, Pennings ERA, Mahuad C, Poon M, Hendricks CL, Kamdar M, Jacobson C. Cellular therapy in lymphoma. Hematol Oncol. 2023 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37382086
  • Zayac AS, Landsburg DJ, Hughes ME, Bock AM, Nowakowski GS, Ayers EC, Girton M, Hu M, Beckman AK, Li S, Medeiros LJ, Chang JE, Stepanovic A, Kurt H, Sandoval-Sus J, Ansari-Lari MA, Kothari SK, Kress A, Xu ML, Torka P, Sundaram S, Smith SD, Naresh KN, Karimi YH, Epperla N, Bond DA, Farooq U, Saad M, Evens AM, Pandya K, Naik SG, Kamdar M, Haverkos B, Karmali R, Oh TS, Vose JM, Nutsch H, Rubinstein PG, Chaudhry A, Olszewski AJ. High-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: a multi-institutional retrospective study. Blood Adv. 2023 Nov 14;7(21):6381-6394. PubMed PMID: 37171397
  • Wagner CB, Boucher K, Nedved A, Micallef IN, Desai S, Hatic H, Goyal G, Zacholski E, Fegley A, Sigmund AM, Bond DA, Samuels C, Kamdar MK, Ba Aqeel S, Torka P, MacDougall K, Borogovac A, Rajeeve S, Sundaram S, Fedak K, Modi D, Travers E, Ayyappan S, Chilakamarri N, Brem EA, Ermann DA, Fitzgerald LA, Hu B, Stephens DM, Shah H. Effect of cumulative dose of brentuximab vedotin maintenance in relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplant: an analysis of real-world outcomes. Haematologica. 2023 Nov 1;108(11):3025-3032. PubMed PMID: 37102592
  • Duarte C, Kamdar M. Management Considerations for Patients With Primary Refractory and Early Relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2023 Jan;43:e390802. PubMed PMID: 37098236
  • Major A, Yu J, Shukla N, Che Y, Karrison TG, Treitman R, Kamdar MK, Haverkos BM, Godfrey J, Babcook MA, Voorhees TJ, Carlson S, Gaut D, Oliai C, Romancik JT, Winter AM, Hill BT, Bansal R, Villasboas Bisneto JC, Nizamuddin IA, Karmali R, Fitzgerald LA, Stephens DM, Pophali PA, Trabolsi A, Schatz JH, Hu M, Bachanova V, Slade MJ, Singh N, Ahmed N, McGuirk JP, Bishop MR, Riedell PA, Kline J. Efficacy of checkpoint inhibition after CAR-T failure in aggressive B-cell lymphomas: outcomes from 15 US institutions. Blood Adv. 2023 Aug 22;7(16):4528-4538. PubMed PMID: 37026796
  • Sawalha Y, Goyal S, Switchenko JM, Romancik JT, Kamdar M, Greenwell IB, Hess BT, Isaac KM, Portell CA, Mejia Garcia A, Goldsmith S, Grover NS, Riedell PA, Karmali R, Burkart M, Buege M, Akhtar O, Torka P, Kumar A, Hill BT, Kahl BS, Cohen JB. A multicenter analysis of the outcomes with venetoclax in patients with relapsed mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2023 Jul 11;7(13):2983-2993. PubMed PMID: 36809796
  • Shouse G, Kaempf A, Gordon MJ, Artz A, Yashar D, Sigmund AM, Smilnak G, Bair SM, Mian A, Fitzgerald LA, Bajwa A, Jaglowski S, Bailey N, Shadman M, Patel K, Stephens DM, Kamdar M, Hill BT, Gauthier J, Karmali R, Nastoupil LJ, Kittai AS, Danilov AV. A validated composite comorbidity index predicts outcomes of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2023 Jul 25;7(14):3516-3529. PubMed PMID: 36735393
  • Dawson MA, Borthakur G, Huntly BJP, Karadimitris A, Alegre A, Chaidos A, Vogl DT, Pollyea DA, Davies FE, Morgan GJ, Glass JL, Kamdar M, Mateos MV, Tovar N, Yeh P, Delgado RG, Basheer F, Marando L, Gallipoli P, Wyce A, Krishnatry AS, Barbash O, Bakirtzi E, Ferron-Brady G, Karpinich NO, McCabe MT, Foley SW, Horner T, Dhar A, Kremer BE, Dickinson M. A Phase I/II Open-Label Study of Molibresib for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Hematologic Malignancies. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Feb 16;29(4):711-722. PubMed PMID: 36350312
  • Abramson JS, Solomon SR, Arnason J, Johnston PB, Glass B, Bachanova V, Ibrahimi S, Mielke S, Mutsaers P, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Izutsu K, Morschhauser F, Lunning M, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Ogasawara K, Kamdar M. Lisocabtagene maraleucel as second-line therapy for large B-cell lymphoma: primary analysis of the phase 3 TRANSFORM study. Blood. 2023 Apr 6;141(14):1675-1684. PubMed PMID: 36542826
  • Jodon G, Colton MD, Abbott D, Cai A, Haverkos B, Morgan R, Kamdar M. Clinical and Radiographic Predictors of Progression and Survival in Relapsed/Refractory Lymphoma Patients Receiving Anti-CD19 CAR T-cell Therapy. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 Jan;23(1):49-56. PubMed PMID: 36335021
  • Cortese MJ, Wei W, Cerdeña S, Watkins MP, Olson M, Jodon G, Kaiser J, Haverkos B, Hughes ME, Namoglu E, Grover NS, Snow A, Orellana-Noia V, Rainey M, Sohail M, Rudoni J, Portell C, Voorhees T, Landsburg DJ, Kamdar M, Kahl BS, Hill BT. A multi-center analysis of the impact of DA-EPOCH-R dose-adjustment on clinical outcomes of patients with double/triple-hit lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2023 Jan;64(1):107-118. PubMed PMID: 36323309
  • Sharman JP, Egyed M, Jurczak W, Skarbnik A, Pagel JM, Flinn IW, Kamdar M, Munir T, Walewska R, Corbett G, Fogliatto LM, Herishanu Y, Banerji V, Coutre S, Follows G, Walker P, Karlsson K, Ghia P, Janssens A, Cymbalista F, Woyach JA, Ferrant E, Wierda WG, Munugalavadla V, Yu T, Wang MH, Byrd JC. Efficacy and safety in a 4-year follow-up of the ELEVATE-TN study comparing acalabrutinib with or without obinutuzumab versus obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil in treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia. 2022 Jan 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34974526
  • Abramson JS, Solomon SR, Arnason JE, Johnston PB, Glass B, Bachanova V, Ibrahimi S, Mielke S, Mutsaers PGNJ, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri FJ, Izutsu K, Morschhauser F, Lunning MA, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Ogasawara K, Kamdar M. Lisocabtagene maraleucel as second-line therapy for large B-cell lymphoma: primary analysis of phase 3 TRANSFORM study. Blood. 2022 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36542826
  • Dawson MA, Borthakur G, Huntly B, Karadimitris A, Alegre A, Chaidos A, Vogl DT, Pollyea DA, Davies FE, Morgan GJ, Glass J, Kamdar M, Mateos Manteca MV, Tovar N, Yeh P, García Delgado R, Basheer F, Marando L, Gallipoli P, Wyce A, Krishnatry AS, Barbash O, Bakirtzi E, Ferron-Brady G, Karpinich NO, McCabe MT, Foley SW, Horner T, Dhar A, Kremer BE, Dickinson M. A phase I/II open-label study of molibresib for the treatment of relapsed/refractory hematologic malignancies. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36350312
  • Cortese MJ, Wei W, Cerdeña S, Watkins MP, Olson M, Jodon G, Kaiser J, Haverkos B, Hughes ME, Namoglu E, Grover NS, Snow A, Orellana-Noia V, Rainey M, Sohail M, Rudoni J, Portell C, Voorhees T, Landsburg DJ, Kamdar M, Kahl BS, Hill BT. A multi-center analysis of the impact of DA-EPOCH-R dose-adjustment on clinical outcomes of patients with double/triple-hit lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2022 Nov 2;:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36323309
  • Abramson JS, Johnston PB, Kamdar M, Ibrahimi S, Izutsu K, Arnason J, Glass B, Mutsaers P, Lunning M, Braverman J, Liu FF, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Guo S, Shi L, Solomon SR. Health-related quality of life with lisocabtagene maraleucel vs standard of care in relapsed or refractory LBCL. Blood Adv. 2022 Dec 13;6(23):5969-5979. PubMed PMID: 36149968
  • Kudalkar EM, Pang C, Haag MM, Pollyea DA, Kamdar M, Xu G, Su M, Carstens B, Swisshelm K, Bao L. 21q22 amplification detection in three patients with acute myeloid leukemia: cytogenomic profiling and literature review. Mol Cytogenet. 2022 Jul 7;15(1):30. PubMed PMID: 35799207
  • Thompson MC, Harrup RA, Coombs CC, Roeker LE, Pu JJ, Choi MY, Barr PM, Allan JN, Å imkovic M, Leslie L, Rhodes J, Chong EA, Kamdar M, Skarbnik A, Lansigan F, McCall B, Saja K, Dyer MJS, Walter HS, Lefebure M, Thadani-Mulero M, Boyer M, Biondo J, Sail K, Manzoor BS, Furman R, Bantilan KS, Goy A, Feldman T, Labella D, Schuster SJ, Park J, Palomba L, Zelenetz A, Eyre TA, Kater AP, Seymour JF, Mato AR. Venetoclax retreatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia after a previous venetoclax-based regimen. Blood Adv. 2022 Aug 9;6(15):4553-4557. PubMed PMID: 35736670
  • Kamdar M, Solomon SR, Arnason J, Johnston PB, Glass B, Bachanova V, Ibrahimi S, Mielke S, Mutsaers P, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Izutsu K, Morschhauser F, Lunning M, Maloney DG, Crotta A, Montheard S, Previtali A, Stepan L, Ogasawara K, Mack T, Abramson JS. Lisocabtagene maraleucel versus standard of care with salvage chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation as second-line treatment in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (TRANSFORM): results from an interim analysis of an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2022 Jun 18;399(10343):2294-2308. PubMed PMID: 35717989
  • Wierda WG, Brown J, Abramson JS, Awan F, Bilgrami SF, Bociek G, Brander D, Chanan-Khan AA, Coutre SE, Davis RS, Eradat H, Fletcher CD, Gaballa S, Ghobadi A, Hamid MS, Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F, Hill B, Kaesberg P, Kamdar M, Kaplan LD, Khan N, Kipps TJ, Ma S, Mato A, Mosse C, Schuster S, Siddiqi T, Stephens DM, Ujjani C, Wagner-Johnston N, Woyach JA, Ye JC, Dwyer MA, Sundar H. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 3.2022. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Jun;20(6):622-634. PubMed PMID: 35714675
  • Kamdar M. A cauldron of choices. Blood. 2022 May 26;139(21):3103-3104. PubMed PMID: 35616990
  • Gouni S, Rosenthal AC, Crombie JL, Ip A, Kamdar MK, Hess B, Feng L, Watson G, Ayers A, Neelapu SS, Khurana A, Lin Y, Iqbal M, Merryman RW, Strati P. A multicenter retrospective study of polatuzumab vedotin in patients with large B-cell lymphoma after CAR T-cell therapy. Blood Adv. 2022 May 10;6(9):2757-2762. PubMed PMID: 35240681
  • Alderuccio JP, Arcaini L, Watkins MP, Beaven AW, Shouse G, Epperla N, Spina M, Stefanovic A, Sandoval-Sus J, Torka P, Alpert AB, Olszewski AJ, Kim SH, Hess B, Gaballa S, Ayyappan S, Castillo JJ, Argnani L, Voorhees TJ, Saba R, Chowdhury SM, Vargas F, Reis IM, Kwon D, Alexander JS, Zhao W, Edwards D, Martin P, Cencini E, Kamdar M, Link BK, Logothetis CN, Herrera AF, Friedberg JW, Kahl BS, Luminari S, Zinzani PL, Lossos IS. An international analysis evaluating frontline bendamustine with rituximab in extranodal marginal zone lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2022 Apr 12;6(7):2035-2044. PubMed PMID: 35196377
  • Sharman JP, Egyed M, Jurczak W, Skarbnik A, Pagel JM, Flinn IW, Kamdar M, Munir T, Walewska R, Corbett G, Fogliatto LM, Herishanu Y, Banerji V, Coutre S, Follows G, Walker P, Karlsson K, Ghia P, Janssens A, Cymbalista F, Woyach JA, Ferrant E, Wierda WG, Munugalavadla V, Yu T, Wang MH, Byrd JC. Efficacy and safety in a 4-year follow-up of the ELEVATE-TN study comparing acalabrutinib with or without obinutuzumab versus obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil in treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia. 2022 Apr;36(4):1171-1175. PubMed PMID: 34974526
  • Orellana-Noia VM, Reed DR, McCook AA, Sen JM, Barlow CM, Malecek MK, Watkins M, Kahl BS, Spinner MA, Advani R, Voorhees TJ, Snow A, Grover NS, Ayers A, Romancik J, Liu Y, Huntington SF, Chavez JC, Saeed H, Lazaryan A, Raghunathan V, Spurgeon SE, Ollila TA, Del Prete C, Olszewski A, Ayers EC, Landsburg DJ, Echalier B, Lee J, Kamdar M, Caimi PF, Fu T, Liu J, David KA, Alharthy H, Law J, Karmali R, Shah H, Stephens DM, Major A, Rojek AE, Smith SM, Yellala A, Kallam A, Nakhoda S, Khan N, Sohail MA, Hill BT, Barrett-Campbell O, Lansigan F, Switchenko J, Cohen J, Portell CA. Single-route CNS prophylaxis for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas: real-world outcomes from 21 US academic institutions. Blood. 2022 Jan 20;139(3):413-423. PubMed PMID: 34570876
  • Samuels C, Abbott D, Niemiec S, Tobin J, Falco A, Halsema K, Kamdar M. Evaluation and associated risk factors for neutropenia with venetoclax and obinutuzumab in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 May;5(5):e1505. PubMed PMID: 34250757
  • Orellana-Noia VM, Reed D, McCook AA, Sen JM, Barlow CM, Malecek MK, Watkins MP, Kahl BS, Spinner MA, Advani R, Voorhees TJ, Snow A, Grover NS, Ayers AA, Romancik J, Liu Y, Huntington SF, Chavez JC, Saeed H, Lazaryan A, Raghunathan V, Spurgeon SE, Ollila TA, Del Prete C, Olszewski A, Ayers EC, Landsburg DJ, Echalier B, Lee J, Kamdar M, Caimi PF, Fu T, Liu J, David KA, Alharthy H, Law JY, Karmali R, Shah HR, Stephens DM, Major A, Rojek AE, Smith SM, Yellala A, Kallam A, Nakhoda S, Khan N, Sohail MA, Hill BT, Barrett-Campbell O, Lansigan F, Switchenko JM, Cohen JB, Portell CA. Single-route CNS prophylaxis for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas: real-world outcomes from 21 US academic institutions. Blood. 2021 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34570876
  • Munshi PN, Hamadani M, Kumar A, Dreger P, Friedberg JW, Dreyling M, Kahl B, Jerkeman M, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Locke FL, Shadman M, Hill BT, Ahmed S, Herrera AF, Sauter CS, Bachanova V, Ghosh N, Lunning M, Kenkre VP, Aljurf M, Wang M, Maddocks KJ, Leonard JP, Kamdar M, Phillips T, Cashen AF, Inwards DJ, Sureda A, Cohen JB, Smith SM, Carlo-Stella C, Savani B, Robinson SP, Fenske TS. American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Center of International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, and European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Clinical Practice Recommendations for Transplantation and Cellular Therapies in Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 Sep;27(9):720-728. PubMed PMID: 34452722
  • Munshi PN, Hamadani M, Kumar A, Dreger P, Friedberg JW, Dreyling M, Kahl B, Jerkeman M, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Locke FL, Shadman M, Hill BT, Ahmed S, Herrera AF, Sauter CS, Bachanova V, Ghosh N, Lunning M, Kenkre VP, Aljurf M, Wang M, Maddocks KJ, Leonard JP, Kamdar M, Phillips T, Cashen AF, Inwards DJ, Sureda A, Cohen JB, Smith SM, Carlo-Stella C, Savani B, Robinson SP, Fenske TS. ASTCT, CIBMTR, and EBMT clinical practice recommendations for transplant and cellular therapies in mantle cell lymphoma. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Dec;56(12):2911-2921. PubMed PMID: 34413469
  • Roeker LE, Eyre TA, Thompson MC, Lamanna N, Coltoff AR, Davids MS, Baker PO, Leslie L, Rogers KA, Allan JN, Cordoba R, Lopez-Garcia A, Antic D, Pagel JM, Martinez-Calle N, García-Marco JA, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Miras F, Coombs CC, Österborg A, Hansson L, Seddon AN, López Jiménez J, Wilson MR, El-Sharkawi D, Wojenski D, Ma S, Munir T, Valenciano S, Seymour E, Barr PM, Pu J, Patten PEM, Perini GF, Huntington SF, Parry H, Sundaram S, Skarbnik A, Kamdar M, Jacobs R, Walter H, Walewska R, Broom A, Lebowitz S, Isaac KM, Portell CA, Ahn IE, Ujjani CS, Shadman M, Skånland SS, Chong EA, Mato AR. COVID-19 in patients with CLL: improved survival outcomes and update on management strategies. Blood. 2021 Nov 4;138(18):1768-1773. PubMed PMID: 34297826
  • Alderuccio JP, Olszewski AJ, Evens AM, Collins GP, Danilov AV, Bower M, Jagadeesh D, Zhu C, Sperling A, Kim SH, Vaca R, Wei C, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Dalla Pria A, D'Angelo C, Farooq U, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Kassam S, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Post FA, Varma G, Karmali R, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Mian A, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Caimi P, Smith SE, Kamdar M, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Rector D, Smith SD, Stadnik A, Portell CA, Lin Y, Naik S, Montoto S, Lossos IS, Cwynarski K. HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma: outcomes from a US-UK collaborative analysis. Blood Adv. 2021 Jul 27;5(14):2852-2862. PubMed PMID: 34283175
  • Samuels C, Abbott D, Niemiec S, Tobin J, Falco A, Halsema K, Kamdar M. Evaluation and associated risk factors for neutropenia with venetoclax and obinutuzumab in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 Jul 12;:e1505. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34250757
  • Maitra A, Kamdar MR, Zulman DM, Haverfield MC, Brown-Johnson C, Schwartz R, Israni ST, Verghese A, Musen MA. Using ethnographic methods to classify the human experience in medicine: a case study of the presence ontology. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 Aug 13;28(9):1900-1909. PubMed PMID: 34151988
  • Krakauer EL, Kane K, Kwete X, Afshan G, Bazzett-Matabele L, Ruthnie Bien-Aimé DD, Borges LF, Byrne-Martelli S, Connor S, Correa R, Devi CRB, Diop M, Elmore SN, Gafer N, Goodman A, Grover S, Hasenburg A, Irwin K, Kamdar M, Kumar S, Nguyen Truong QX, Randall T, Rassouli M, Sessa C, Spence D, Trimble T, Varghese C, Fidarova E. Augmented Package of Palliative Care for Women With Cervical Cancer: Responding to Refractory Suffering. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Jun;7:886-895. PubMed PMID: 34115537
  • Krakauer EL, Kane K, Kwete X, Afshan G, Bazzett-Matabele L, Ruthnie Bien-Aimé DD, Borges LF, Byrne-Martelli S, Connor S, Correa R, Devi CRB, Diop M, Elmore SN, Gafer N, Goodman A, Grover S, Hasenburg A, Irwin K, Kamdar M, Kumar S, Truong QXN, Randall T, Rassouli M, Sessa C, Spence D, Trimble T, Varghese C, Fidarova E. Essential Package of Palliative Care for Women With Cervical Cancer: Responding to the Suffering of a Highly Vulnerable Population. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Jun;7:873-885. PubMed PMID: 34115527
  • Drutchas A, Kavanaugh A, Cina K, Rinehart T, Krakauer EL, Doyle K, Davila C, Byrne-Martelli S, Kamdar M. Innovation in a Crisis: Lessons Learned from the Rapid Development of an End-of-Life Palliative Care Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Palliat Med. 2021 Sep;24(9):1280-1283. PubMed PMID: 34096800
  • Zayac AS, Evens AM, Danilov A, Smith SD, Jagadeesh D, Leslie LA, Wei C, Kim SH, Naik S, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Farooq U, Kenkre VP, Epperla N, Blum KA, Khan N, Singh D, Alderuccio JP, Godara A, Yazdy MS, Diefenbach C, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Shao Y, Trabolsi A, Burkart M, Martin P, Stettner S, Chauhan A, Choi YK, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Churnetski MC, Boughan KM, Berg S, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, D'Angelo C, Bond DA, Maliske SM, Vaca R, Magarelli G, Sperling A, Gordon MJ, David KA, Savani M, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Lunning MA, Palmisiano N, Venugopal P, Portell CA, Bachanova V, Phillips T, Lossos IS, Olszewski AJ. Outcomes of Burkitt lymphoma with central nervous system involvement: evidence from a large multicenter cohort study. Haematologica. 2021 Jul 1;106(7):1932-1942. PubMed PMID: 33538152
  • Olszewski AJ, Jakobsen LH, Collins GP, Cwynarski K, Bachanova V, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Bower M, Dalla Pria A, Danilov A, David KA, Diefenbach C, Ellin F, Epperla N, Farooq U, Feldman TA, Gerrie AS, Jagadeesh D, Kamdar M, Karmali R, Kassam S, Kenkre VP, Khan N, Kim SH, Klein AK, Lossos IS, Lunning MA, Martin P, Martinez-Calle N, Montoto S, Naik S, Palmisiano N, Peace D, Phillips EH, Phillips TJ, Portell CA, Reddy N, Santarsieri A, Sarraf Yazdy M, Smeland KB, Smith SE, Smith SD, Sundaram S, Zayac AS, Zhang XY, Zhu C, Cheah CY, El-Galaly TC, Evens AM. Burkitt Lymphoma International Prognostic Index. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Apr 1;39(10):1129-1138. PubMed PMID: 33502927
  • Kamdar MR, Musen MA. An empirical meta-analysis of the life sciences linked open data on the web. Sci Data. 2021 Jan 21;8(1):24. PubMed PMID: 33479214
  • Bercow AS, Nitecki R, Haber H, Gockley AA, Hinchcliff E, James K, Melamed A, Diver E, Kamdar MM, Feldman S, Growdon WB. Palliative care referral patterns and measures of aggressive care at the end of life in patients with cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2021 Jan;31(1):66-72. PubMed PMID: 33046575
  • El-Jawahri A, Greer JA, Park ER, Jackson VA, Kamdar M, Rinaldi SP, Gallagher ER, Jagielo AD, Topping CEW, Elyze M, Jones B, Temel JS. Psychological Distress in Bereaved Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Mar;61(3):488-494. PubMed PMID: 32882355
  • Evens AM, Danilov A, Jagadeesh D, Sperling A, Kim SH, Vaca R, Wei C, Rector D, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Lin Y, Farooq U, D'Angelo C, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Mian A, Savani M, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein AK, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Smith SE, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Ramdial J, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Smith SD, Stadnik A, David KA, Naik S, Lossos IS, Lunning MA, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Palmisiano N, Bachanova V, Portell CA, Phillips T, Olszewski AJ, Alderuccio JP. Burkitt lymphoma in the modern era: real-world outcomes and prognostication across 30 US cancer centers. Blood. 2021 Jan 21;137(3):374-386. PubMed PMID: 32663292
  • Wierda WG, Byrd JC, Abramson JS, Bilgrami SF, Bociek G, Brander D, Brown J, Chanan-Khan AA, Chavez JC, Coutre SE, Davis RS, Fletcher CD, Hill B, Kahl BS, Kamdar M, Kaplan LD, Khan N, Kipps TJ, Lim MS, Ma S, Malek S, Mato A, Mosse C, Shadman M, Siddiqi T, Stephens D, Sundaram S, Wagner N, Dwyer M, Sundar H. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 4.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Feb;18(2):185-217. PubMed PMID: 32023533
  • Major A, Hammes A, Schmidt MQ, Morgan R, Abbott D, Kamdar M. Evaluating Novel PET-CT Functional Parameters TLG and TMTV in Differentiating Low-grade Versus Grade 3A Follicular Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 Jan;20(1):39-46. PubMed PMID: 31761712
  • Sehn LH, Herrera AF, Flowers CR, Kamdar MK, McMillan A, Hertzberg M, Assouline S, Kim TM, Kim WS, Ozcan M, Hirata J, Penuel E, Paulson JN, Cheng J, Ku G, Matasar MJ. Polatuzumab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jan 10;38(2):155-165. PubMed PMID: 31693429
  • Major A, Smith DE, Ghosh D, Rabinovitch R, Kamdar M. Risk and subtypes of secondary primary malignancies in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma survivors change over time based on stage at diagnosis. Cancer. 2020 Jan 1;126(1):189-201. PubMed PMID: 31509235
  • Pasquini MC, Hu ZH, Curran K, Laetsch T, Locke F, Rouce R, Pulsipher MA, Phillips CL, Keating A, Frigault MJ, Salzberg D, Jaglowski S, Sasine JP, Rosenthal J, Ghosh M, Landsburg D, Margossian S, Martin PL, Kamdar MK, Hematti P, Nikiforow S, Turtle C, Perales MA, Steinert P, Horowitz MM, Moskop A, Pacaud L, Yi L, Chawla R, Bleickardt E, Grupp S. Real-world evidence of tisagenlecleucel for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2020 Nov 10;4(21):5414-5424. PubMed PMID: 33147337
  • Mato AR, Roeker LE, Lamanna N, Allan JN, Leslie L, Pagel JM, Patel K, Osterborg A, Wojenski D, Kamdar M, Huntington SF, Davids MS, Brown JR, Antic D, Jacobs R, Ahn IE, Pu J, Isaac KM, Barr PM, Ujjani CS, Geyer MB, Berman E, Zelenetz AD, Malakhov N, Furman RR, Koropsak M, Bailey N, Hanson L, Perini GF, Ma S, Ryan CE, Wiestner A, Portell CA, Shadman M, Chong EA, Brander DM, Sundaram S, Seddon AN, Seymour E, Patel M, Martinez-Calle N, Munir T, Walewska R, Broom A, Walter H, El-Sharkawi D, Parry H, Wilson MR, Patten PEM, Hernández-Rivas JÁ, Miras F, Fernández Escalada N, Ghione P, Nabhan C, Lebowitz S, Bhavsar E, López-Jiménez J, Naya D, Garcia-Marco JA, Skånland SS, Cordoba R, Eyre TA. Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with CLL: a multicenter international experience. Blood. 2020 Sep 3;136(10):1134-1143. PubMed PMID: 32688395
  • Evens AM, Danilov AV, Jagadeesh D, Sperling AL, Kim SH, Vaca RA, Wei C, Rector D, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Lin Y, Farooq U, D'Angelo C, Bond D, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Sarraf Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Mian A, Savani M, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach CS, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum K, Boughan K, Smith SE, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre V, Zayac AS, Ramdial J, Maliske S, Epperla N, Venugopal P, Feldman T, Smith SD, Stadnik A, David KA, Naik S, Lossos IS, Lunning M, Caimi PF, Kamdar M, Palmisiano N, Bachanova V, Portell CA, Phillips T, Olszewski AJ, Alderuccio JP. Burkitt Lymphoma in the Modern Era: Real World Outcomes and Prognostication Across 30 US Cancer Centers. Blood. 2020 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32663292
  • Kamdar M. How disease stage impacts the rate of second primary malignancies in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2020 Mar;18(3):147-149. PubMed PMID: 32609662
  • Sharma P, Purev E, Haverkos B, Pollyea DA, Cherry E, Kamdar M, Mark T, Forsberg P, Sherbenou D, Hammes A, Rabinovitch R, Smith CA, Gutman JA. Adult cord blood transplant results in comparable overall survival and improved GRFS vs matched related transplant. Blood Adv. 2020 May 26;4(10):2227-2235. PubMed PMID: 32442301
  • Amaya ML, Jimeno A, Kamdar M. Polatuzumab vedotin to treat relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in combination with bendamustine plus rituximab. Drugs Today (Barc). 2020 Apr;56(4):287-294. PubMed PMID: 32309823
  • Sharman JP, Egyed M, Jurczak W, Skarbnik A, Pagel JM, Flinn IW, Kamdar M, Munir T, Walewska R, Corbett G, Fogliatto LM, Herishanu Y, Banerji V, Coutre S, Follows G, Walker P, Karlsson K, Ghia P, Janssens A, Cymbalista F, Woyach JA, Salles G, Wierda WG, Izumi R, Munugalavadla V, Patel P, Wang MH, Wong S, Byrd JC. Acalabrutinib with or without obinutuzumab versus chlorambucil and obinutuzmab for treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (ELEVATE TN): a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2020 Apr 18;395(10232):1278-1291. PubMed PMID: 32305093
  • Wierda WG, Byrd JC, Abramson JS, Bilgrami SF, Bociek G, Brander D, Brown J, Chanan-Khan AA, Chavez JC, Coutre SE, Davis RS, Fletcher CD, Hill B, Kahl BS, Kamdar M, Kaplan LD, Khan N, Kipps TJ, Lim MS, Ma S, Malek S, Mato A, Mosse C, Shadman M, Siddiqi T, Stephens D, Sundaram S, Wagner N, Dwyer M, Sundar H. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 4.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 Feb;18(2):185-217. PubMed PMID: 32023533
  • Major A, Hammes A, Schmidt MQ, Morgan R, Abbott D, Kamdar M. Evaluating Novel PET-CT Functional Parameters TLG and TMTV in Differentiating Low-grade Versus Grade 3A Follicular Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2020 Jan;20(1):39-46. PubMed PMID: 31761712
  • Sehn LH, Herrera AF, Flowers CR, Kamdar MK, McMillan A, Hertzberg M, Assouline S, Kim TM, Kim WS, Ozcan M, Hirata J, Penuel E, Paulson JN, Cheng J, Ku G, Matasar MJ. Polatuzumab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jan 10;38(2):155-165. PubMed PMID: 31693429
  • Major A, Smith DE, Ghosh D, Rabinovitch R, Kamdar M. Risk and subtypes of secondary primary malignancies in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma survivors change over time based on stage at diagnosis. Cancer. 2020 Jan 1;126(1):189-201. PubMed PMID: 31509235
  • Kamdar M, Li H, Chen RW, Rimsza LM, Leblanc ML, Fenske TS, Shea TC, Barr PM, Phillips TJ, Leonard JP, Kahl BS, Friedberg JW, Smith SM. Five-year outcomes of the S1106 study of R-hyper-CVAD vs R-bendamustine in transplant-eligible patients with mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Adv. 2019 Oct 22;3(20):3132-3135. PubMed PMID: 31648328
  • Wierda WG, Byrd JC, Abramson JS, Bilgrami SF, Bociek G, Brander D, Brown J, Chanan-Khan AA, Chavez JC, Coutre SE, Davis RS, Fletcher CD, Hill B, Kahl BS, Kamdar M, Kaplan LD, Khan N, Kipps TJ, Ma S, Malek S, Mato A, Mosse C, Neppalli VT, Shadman M, Siddiqi T, Stephens D, Wagner N, Dwyer MA, Sundar H. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, Version 2.2019. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Jan;17(1):12-20. PubMed PMID: 30659125
  • Major A, Jackson MW, Smith DE, Kamdar M, Rabinovitch R. Inferior outcomes and treatment disparities in elderly patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a national cancer data base analysis. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 May;60(5):1234-1243. PubMed PMID: 30501432
  • Major A, Jackson MW, Smith DE, Kamdar M, Rabinovitch R. Inferior outcomes and treatment disparities in elderly patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma: a national cancer data base analysis. Leuk Lymphoma. 2018 Dec 3;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30501432
  • Morgan R, Perry M, Kwak J, Jensen A, Kamdar M. Positron Emission Tomography-based Analysis Can Accurately Predict Bone Marrow Involvement With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2018 Nov;18(11):731-736. PubMed PMID: 30075973
  • Major A, Kamdar M. Management of Non-Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2018 May 24;19(7):33. PubMed PMID: 29797086
  • Sharma P, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Purev E, Kamdar M, Haverkos B, Sherbenou D, Rabinovitch R, Hammes A, Gutman JA. Thiotepa-Based Intensified Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Adult Double-Unit Cord Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Results in Decreased Relapse Rate and Improved Survival Compared with Transplantation Following Standard Reduced-Intensity Conditioning: A Retrospective Cohort Comparison. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 Aug;24(8):1671-1677. PubMed PMID: 29684565
  • Wierda WG, Byrd JC, Abramson JS, Bhat S, Bociek G, Brander D, Brown J, Chanan-Khan A, Coutre SE, Davis RS, Fletcher CD, Hill B, Kahl BS, Kamdar M, Kaplan LD, Khan N, Kipps TJ, Lancet J, Ma S, Malek S, Mosse C, Shadman M, Siddiqi T, Stephens D, Wagner N, Zelenetz AD, Dwyer MA, Sundar H. Hairy Cell Leukemia, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Nov;15(11):1414-1427. PubMed PMID: 29118233
  • Melani C, Major A, Schowinsky J, Roschewski M, Pittaluga S, Jaffe ES, Pack SD, Abdullaev Z, Ahlman MA, Kwak JJ, Morgan R, Rabinovitch R, Pan Z, Haverkos BM, Gutman JA, Pollyea DA, Smith CA, Wilson WH, Kamdar M. PD-1 Blockade in Mediastinal Gray-Zone Lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 6;377(1):89-91. PubMed PMID: 28679093
  • Haverkos BM, Abbott D, Hamadani M, Armand P, Flowers ME, Merryman R, Kamdar M, Kanate AS, Saad A, Mehta A, Ganguly S, Fenske TS, Hari P, Lowsky R, Andritsos L, Jagasia M, Bashey A, Brown S, Bachanova V, Stephens D, Mineishi S, Nakamura R, Chen YB, Blazar BR, Gutman J, Devine SM. PD-1 blockade for relapsed lymphoma post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant: high response rate but frequent GVHD. Blood. 2017 Jul 13;130(2):221-228. PubMed PMID: 28468799
  • Kamdar MK, Smith SM. Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma: No Longer Just a Sidekick. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Jun 10;35(17):1872-1878. PubMed PMID: 28448239
  • Major A, Pan Z, Kamdar M. Secondary CNS involvement of ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Am J Hematol. 2017 Nov;92(11):1267-1268. PubMed PMID: 28370436
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  • University of Colorado Hospital
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Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Hematology and Oncology, Board Certification (2013)
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2010)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Cancers - Lymphoma
  • Cancers
  • Cancers - Leukemia (Adult Chronic)
  • Cancers - Blood and Marrow Transplant
Personal Interests
Dr Manali Kamdar completed her medical school training in Mumbai, India. Subsequently, she underwent residency training in Internal Medicine at the East Carolina University in North Carolina. She chose to stay at ECU for her Hematology and Oncology Fellowship where she also served as one of the Chief Fellows. She then completed another Fellowship in Blood and Marrow transplantation at Stanford University. In November 2014 she joined the Division of Hematology at the University of Colorado and is presently the Clinical Director of Lymphoma Services. She is a clinical researcher in malignant hematology with a focus on lymphomas and autologous transplantation. She conducts clinical trials with novel agents and or chemotherapy with the hope of improving outcomes in the field of lymphoproliferative malignancies.

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, KJ Somaiya Medical College (2005)
Residency Programs:
  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital/East Carolina University Program, Internal Medicine (0001)
Fellowships:
  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital/East Carolina University Program, Hematology and Oncology (0001)
  • Stanford University Program, Hematology and Oncology (0001)
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Department: Medicine-Hematology
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