DavoodVafaiMD

Oncology • Rancho Mirage, CA

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Thoracic Cancer

Eisenhower health medical oncologist codirector lung cancer program. Special fellowship in myeloma leukemia lymphoma

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Office
40075 Bob Hope Dr
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Phone+1 760-341-3688

Fax+1 760-341-8992
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Medical Oncology, 1993 - 1995
Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1999 - 2000
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

S1403, Afatinib Dimaleate With or Without Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage IV or Recurrent, EGFR Mutation Positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2015 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

38 citations
Emergence of FGFR3-TACC3 fusions as a potential by-pass resistance mechanism to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR mutated NSCLC patients
Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou, Leora Horn, Marcelo Rocha Cruz, Davood Vafai, Christine M. Lovly, Allison Spradlin, Michael J Williamson, Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, Adrienne Johnson, V...> ;Lung Cancer. 2017 Sep 1
12 citations
Genomic Profiling of Circulating Tumor DNA in Relapsed EGFR-mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma Reveals an Acquired FGFR3-TACC3 Fusion.
Justin M. Allen, Alexa B. Schrock, Rachel L. Erlich, Vincent A. Miller, Philip J. Stephens, Jeffrey S. Ross, Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou, Siraj M. Ali, Davood Vafai> ;Clinical Lung Cancer. 2017 May 1
28 citations
Paclitaxel 3-hour infusion given alone and combined with carboplatin: preliminary results of dose-escalation trials.
Franco M. Muggia, D. Vafai, Ronald B. Natale, V. Israel, S. Zaretsky, A. Mcrae, M. Rogers, S. Jeffers> ;Seminars in Oncology. 1995 Aug 1

Other Languages

Farsi

Hospital Affiliations

Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs, California
Eisenhower HealthRancho Mirage, California
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California