AbrahamChachouaMDFRACP

Oncology • New York, NY

Hematologic Oncology, Thoracic Cancer

Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine

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Office
160 East 34th Street.
8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
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Education & Training

Monash University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1989 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2007-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2007-2009, 2012-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2009-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Liposomal-Cisplatin Analogue (L-NDDP) in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 1998 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
R115777 in Treating Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Estramustine and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy Start of enrollment: 1997 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 1
Computed Tomography for Early Detection of Cancer in Women Who Are at Risk for Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
An Open-Label, Randomized, Phase 3 Trial of Nivolumab Versus Investigator's Choice Chemotherapy as First-Line Therapy for Stage IV or Recurrent PD-L1+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (CheckMate 026) Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 27
Completed
Phase 3
Study of Combined Ionizing Radiation and Ipilimumab in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Extended Survival in Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer-Associated Brain Metastases in the Modern Era.
Assaf Berger, Reed Mullen, Kenneth Bernstein, Juan Diego Alzate, Joshua S Silverman, Erik P Sulman, Bernadine R Donahue, Abraham Chachoua, Elaine Shum, Vamsidhar Velch...> ;Neurosurgery. 2023 Jul 1
Survey of Clinical Providers and Allied Health Staff at a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center: Cultural Awareness in the Care of LGBTQ2S +...
Jason D Domogauer, Mia Charifson, Megan E Sutter, Megan Haseltine, Rachel Nelson, Marina Stasenko, Abraham Chachoua, Gwendolyn P Quinn> ;Journal of Cancer Education. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Heterogeneity of posttraumatic stress, depression, and fear of cancer recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a latent class analysis.
Matteo Malgaroli, Kristin L Szuhany, Gabriella Riley, Carly D Miron, Jae Hyung Park, Jane Rosenthal, Abraham Chachoua, Marleen Meyers, Naomi M Simon> ;Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2023 Oct 1
2 citations
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Locally Recurrent and Oligoprogressive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Institution Experience.
Leah M Katz, Victor Ng, S Peter Wu, Sherry Yan, David Grew, Samuel Shin, Nicholas W Colangelo, Allison McCarthy, Harvey I Pass, Abraham Chachoua, Peter B Schiff> ;Frontiers in Oncology. 2022 Jan 1
1 citations
The incidence and predictors of new brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer following discontinuation of systemic therapy.
Dennis London, Dev N Patel, Bernadine Donahue, Ralph E Navarro, Jason Gurewitz, Joshua S Silverman, Erik Sulman, Kenneth Bernstein, Amy Palermo, John G Golfinos, Joshu...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021 Dec 10
5 citations
Barriers and engagement in breast cancer survivorship wellness activities
Kristin L. Szuhany, Matteo Malgaroli, Gabriella Riley, Carly D Miron, Rebecca Suzuki, Jae Hyung Park, Jane Rosenthal, Abraham Chachoua, M Meyers, Naomi M. Simon> ;Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2021 Jun 7
Durvalumab consolidation therapy in a patient with stage IIIB unresectable NSCLC harboring a MET exon 14 splice site alteration.
Samuel Cytryn, Virginia Ferreira, Patrick Boland, Abraham Chachoua, Joshua K. Sabari> ;Lung Cancer. 2021 May 29
11 citations
Safety of patients and providers in lung cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephanie H. Chang, Michael Zervos, Amie J. Kent, Abraham Chachoua, Costas Bizekis, Harvey I. Pass> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
1 citations
Common Germline Mutations in a Patient With Multiple Primary Lung Cancers
Samuel Cytryn, Andre L. Moreira, Abraham Chachoua, Joshua K. Sabari> ;Clinical Lung Cancer. 2020 May 1
21 citations
Novel SPECC1L-MET Fusion Detected in Circulating Tumor DNA in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma following Treatment with Erlotinib and Osimertinib.
Annie W. Nelson, Alexa B. Schrock, Dean Pavlick, Siraj M. Ali, Emily C. Atkinson, Abraham Chachoua> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2019 Feb 1
532 citations
Radiotherapy induces responses of lung cancer to CTLA-4 blockade
Silvia C. Formenti, Nils Rudqvist, Encouse B. Golden, Benjamin T. Cooper, Erik Wennerberg, Claire Lhuillier, Claire Vanpouille-Box, Kent Friedman, Lucas Ferrari de And...> ;Nature Medicine. 2018 Nov 5
4 citations
Percutaneous Cryoablation for the Management of Chronic Pain Secondary to Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer with Bowel and Nerve Root Involvement.
Joshua Cornman-Homonoff, Silvia C. Formenti, Abraham Chachoua, David C. Madoff> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2018 Sep 1
48 citations
Toward the complete control of brain metastases using surveillance screening and stereotactic radiosurgery.
Amparo Wolf, Svetlana Kvint, Abraham Chachoua, Anna C. Pavlick, Melissa Wilson, Bernadine Donahue, John G. Golfinos, Joshua Silverman, Douglas Kondziolka> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018 Jan 1
9 citations
Osimertinib Dose Escalation Induces Regression of Progressive EGFR T790M–Mutant Leptomeningeal Lung Adenocarcinoma
Christine Cordova, Andrew S. Chi, Abraham Chachoua, Douglas Kondziolka, Joshua S. Silverman, Timothy M. Shepherd, Rajan Jain, Matija Snuderl> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2017 Nov 1
30 citations
Stereotactic radiosurgery for focal leptomeningeal disease in patients with brain metastases.
Amparo Wolf, Bernadine Donahue, Joshua S. Silverman, Abraham Chachoua, Jean K. Lee, Douglas Kondziolka> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2017 May 23
3 citations
Survival of Asian Females With Advanced Lung Cancer in the Era of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy
Daniel J. Becker, Juan P. Wisnivesky, Michael L. Grossbard, Abraham Chachoua, D. Ross Camidge, Benjamin Levy> ;Clinical Lung Cancer. 2017 Jan 1
14 citations
Plasma Biomarker Enrichment of Clinical Prognostic Indices in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Harvey I. Pass, Chandra Goparaju, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Jessica S. Donington, Michele Carbone, Devalben Patel, Zhuo Chen, Ronald Feld, John Cho, Shirish M. Gadgeel, An...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2016 Jun 1
11 citations
Survival but not brain metastasis response relates to lung cancer mutation status after radiosurgery.
S. Shin, Benjamin T. Cooper, Abraham Chachoua, James Butler, Bernadine Donahue, Joshua S. Silverman, Douglas Kondziolka> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2016 Feb 1
24 citations
Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis during cancer treatment.
Ramon E. A. Jacobs, Ping Gu, Abraham Chachoua> ;International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 2015 Dec 1
83 citations
RICTOR Amplification Defines a Novel Subset of Patients with Lung Cancer Who May Benefit from Treatment with mTORC1/2 Inhibitors
Haiying Cheng, Yiyu Zou, Jeffrey S. Ross, Kai Wang, Xuewen Liu, Balazs Halmos, Siraj M. Ali, Huijie Liu, Amit Verma, Cristina Montagna, Abraham Chachoua, Sanjay Goel, ...> ;Cancer Discovery. 2015 Sep 14
457 citations
Local radiotherapy and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to generate abscopal responses in patients with metastatic solid tumours: a proof-of-principle ...
Encouse B. Golden, Arpit M. Chhabra, Abraham Chachoua, Sylvia Adams, Martin Donach, M. Fenton-Kerimian, Kent Friedman, Fabio Ponzo, James S. Babb, Judith D. Goldberg, ...> ;The Lancet. Oncology. 2015 Jul 1
3 citations
Report of a Phase I Evaluation of Dose and Schedule of Interleukin-1 Alpha and Cyclophosphamide in Patients with Advanced Tumors: An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group...
Janice P. Dutcher, Donna Neuberg, Michael B. Atkins, William Tester, Scott Wadler, James A. Stewart, Abraham Chachoua, Lynn M. Schuchter> ;Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 2014 May 9
508 citations
An Abscopal Response to Radiation and Ipilimumab in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Encouse B. Golden, Sandra Demaria, Peter B. Schiff, Abraham Chachoua, Silvia C. Formenti> ;Cancer Immunology Research. 2013 Dec 1
30 citations
Phase 2 trial of erlotinib with or without PF-3512676 (CPG 7909, a Toll-like receptor 9 agonist) in patients with advanced recurrent EGFR-positive non-small cell lung ...
Chandra P. Belani, John Nemunaitis, Abraham Chachoua, Peter D Eisenberg, Luiz E Raez, J Daniel Cuevas, Cecile B. Mather, Rebecca J. Benner, Sandra J. Meech> ;Cancer Biology & Therapy. 2013 May 10
Continued erlotinib maintenance and salvage radiation for solitary areas of disease progression: a useful strategy in selected non-small cell lung cancers?
Marquez-Medina, D.,Chachoua, A.,Martin-Marco, A.,Desai, A. M.,Garcia-Reglero, V.,Salud-Salvia, A.,Muggia, F.> ;Clin Transl Oncol. 2013 Nov
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Journal Articles

Radiotherapy Induces Responses of Lung Cancer to CTLA-4 Blockade
Abraham Chachoua, Silvia C Formenti, Benjamin Cooper, Kent Friedman, Sandra Demaria, Nature

Press Mentions

Franco Muggia, a Drug Developer and Former Director of NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, Died Unexpectedly on Sept. 8September 17th, 2021
NYU Langone Brings Top Talent to Advance Cancer Care in BrooklynMarch 11th, 2021
Around Brooklyn: BP Adams Joins Anti-Diabetes EffortNovember 17th, 2020
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Grant Support

Su101 In Patients W/ Psa+ Prostate Cancer(101 008)National Center For Research Resources1999–2002
Cisplatin Analog In Malignant Pleural MesotheliomaNational Center For Research Resources2000
IL-1 Combined With High Dose Cisplatinum For Metastatic MelanomaNational Center For Research Resources1995–1996
Evaluations Of Cytokine And Chemotherapy CombinationsNational Cancer Institute1992–1994
Recombinant Human Interleukin-1 In Refractory Carcinoma PatientsNational Center For Research Resources1993
Gmcsf And Murine Monoclonal Antibody R24 For Metastatic MelanomaNational Center For Research Resources1992–1993
Recombinant Human Interleukin 1 In Refractory Carcinoma PatientsNational Center For Research Resources1991–1992
Phase II Trial Of Bropirimine In Aids/KsNational Center For Research Resources1988