HedyLKindlerMD

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Thoracic Cancer

Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Overview of Dr. Kindler

Dr. Hedy Kindler is an oncologist in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with University of Chicago Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University at Buffalo School of Medicine and has been in practice 28 years. Dr. Kindler accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 123 doctors at University of Chicago Medical Center who specialize in Oncology. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
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Chicago, IL 60637
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Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1992 - 1995
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1991
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1998 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials

Irinotecan and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Cancer Start of enrollment: 1996 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 1
Aminocamptothecin in Treating Patients With Stomach Cancer or Cancer of the Esophagus Start of enrollment: 1998 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Dolastatin 10 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Or Recurrent Liver, Bile Duct, or Gallbladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Dolastatin 10 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Irofulven in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 1999 Apr 01
Withdrawn
Phase 2
Irinotecan and Cyclosporine in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Advanced or Locally Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2000 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 2
SU5416 in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2000 Aug 01
Terminated
Phase 2
SU5416 in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2000 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Liver or Gallbladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Aug 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Oxaliplatin With or Without Gefitinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2001 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2001 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bevacizumab and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2002 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Has Not Responded to Gemcitabine Start of enrollment: 2003 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
PTK787/ZK 222584 in Treating Patients With Unresectable Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2003 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 2
Gemcitabine With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2004 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
Sorafenib and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2004 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Erlotinib (Tarceva) in Previously Treated Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Study of CAP1-6D in Patients With Locally Advanced or Surgically Resected Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2003 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor That Progressed During or After Previous Treatment With Imatinib Mesylate and Sunitinib Malate Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 14
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
An Efficacy Study of Milataxel (TL139) Administered Orally for Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Unknown status
Phase 2
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride With or Without Vismodegib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
FOLFIRINOX Plus IPI-926 for Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 23
Completed
Phase 1
Tissue Procurement for Gastric Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Esophageal Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Hepatocellular Cancer, Biliary Cancer, Neuroendocrine, Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Anal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer in Patients Undergoing Surgery or Biopsy Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 02
Suspended
Gemcitabine Hydrochloride and Cisplatin With or Without Veliparib or Veliparib Alone in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 May 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Erlotinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Genotype-guided Dosing of mFOLFIRINOX Chemotherapy in Patients With Previously Untreated Advanced Gastrointestinal Malignancies Start of enrollment: 2012 Mar 26
Completed
Phase 1
Study to Evaluate GSK3052230 in Combination With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin, or Docetaxel or as Single Agent in Subjects With Solid Malignancies and Deregulated Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Pathway Signaling Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 09
Completed
Phase 1
Placebo Controlled Study of VS-6063 in Subjects With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Safety and Efficacy of Combination Listeria/GVAX Pancreas Vaccine in the Pancreatic Cancer Setting Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 05
Completed
Phase 2
Olaparib in gBRCA Mutated Pancreatic Cancer Whose Disease Has Not Progressed on First Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 16
Completed
Phase 3
PANGEA-IMBBP: Personalized Antibodies for Gastro-Esophageal Adenocarcinoma - A 1st Pilot Metastatic Trial of Biologics Beyond Progression Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 20
Completed
Phase 2
Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 31
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Phase II Anetumab Ravtansine as 2nd Line Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 03
Completed
Phase 2
Study of Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (MK-3475-158/KEYNOTE-158) Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 18
Recruiting
Phase 2
Phase Ib Study of Anetumab Ravtansine in Combination With Pemetrexed and Cisplatin in Mesothelin-expressing Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 03
Completed
Phase 1
A Pilot Window-Of-Opportunity Study of the Anti-PD-1 Antibody Pembrolizumab in Patients With Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 25
Recruiting
Phase 1
A Study of LY2510924 and Durvalumab in Participants With Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2016 Sep 01
Terminated
Phase 1
Perioperative FOLFIRINOX for Patients With Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Pilot Study Start of enrollment: 2016 Jun 28
Terminated
Phase 1
Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma That is Metastatic or Locally Advanced and Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
A Study of Ripretinib vs Sunitinib in Advanced GIST Patients After Treatment With Imatinib Start of enrollment: 2019 Feb 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Phase 1 Study of INBRX-109 in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors Including Sarcomas Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 10
Recruiting
Phase 1
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Treatment With Pamrevlumab in Combination With Chemotherapy (Either Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel or FOLFIRINOX) in Participants With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 May 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
A Multi-center Trial to Evaluate Multiple Regimens in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2020 Jan 31
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Olaparib in Patients With HRD Malignant Mesothelioma Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 19
Recruiting
Phase 2
Study of HPN536 in Patients With Advanced Cancers Associated With Mesothelin Expression Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 16
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Proposals for Revisions of the 'T' Descriptors in the Forthcoming 9Edition of the TNM Classification for Pleural Mesothelioma.
Ritu R Gill, Anna K Nowak, Dorothy J Giroux, Megan Eisele, Adam Rosenthal, Hedy Kindler, Andrea Wolf, Robert T Ripley, Andre Billé, David Rice, Isabelle Opitz, Andreas...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2024 Mar 21
ASO Author Reflections: Venous Thromboembolism in Peritoneal Mesothelioma.
Varun V Bansal, Owen Mitchell, Michael W Drazer, Hedy L Kindler, Kiran K Turaga> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Mar 19
Implementation of a high-resolution, high-contrast magnetic resonance imaging protocol with extended delayed phases for peritoneal mesothelioma.
Milica Medved, Hunter D D Witmer, Yaniv Berger, Enal S Hindi, Samuel G Armato 3rd, Ingrid S Reiser, Roger M Engelmann, Ankit Dhiman, Scott K Sherman, Aytekin Oto, Hedy...> ;Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 2024 Mar 15
ASO Visual Abstract: Venous Thromboembolism in Peritoneal Mesothelioma-Uncovering the Hidden Risk.
Bansal, V., Mitchell, O., Bregio, C., Berger, Y., Reddy, B., Witmer, H., Dhiman, A., Godley, F., Ong, C., Churpek, J., Drazer, M., Eng, O., Kindler, H., Turaga, K.> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Mar 8
Venous Thromboembolism in Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Uncovering the Hidden Risk.
Varun V Bansal, Owen Mitchell, Celyn Bregio, Hunter D D Witmer, Ankit Dhiman, Frederick A Godley 4th, Cecilia Ong, Yaniv Berger, Biren Reddy, Jane E Churpek, Michael W...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 May 1
1 citations
Pegargiminase Plus First-Line Chemotherapy in Patients With Nonepithelioid Pleural Mesothelioma: The ATOMIC-Meso Randomized Clinical Trial.
Szlosarek, P., Creelan, B., Sarkodie, T., Nolan, L., Taylor, P., Olevsky, O., Grosso, F., Cortinovis, D., Chitnis, M., Roy, A., Gilligan, D., Kindler, H., Papadatos-Pa...> ;JAMA Oncology. 2024 Feb 15
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Pleural Mesothelioma Staging Project: Expanded Database to Inform Revisions in the Ninth Edition of the TNM ...
Andrea S Wolf, Megan Eisele, Dorothy J Giroux, Ritu Gill, Anna K Nowak, Andrea Bille, David Rice, Robert T Ripley, Isabelle Opitz, Francoise Galateau-Salle, Seiki Hase...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2024 Feb 1
Mesothelioma in situ of the peritoneum: report of three cases and review of the literature.
Mitchell, O., Tjota, M., Cody, B., Kindler, H., Witmer, H., Turaga, K., Mueller, J., Krausz, T., Husain, A., Li, H., Symes, E.> ;Histopathology. 2024 Feb 1
Common variation in a long non-coding RNA gene modulates variation of circulating TGF-2 levels in metastatic colorectal cancer patients (Alliance).
Quintanilha, J., Sibley, A., Liu, Y., Niedzwiecki, D., Halabi, S., Rogers, L., O'Neil, B., McLeod, H., Nixon, A., Innocenti, F., Owzar, K., Kindler, H., Kelly, W., Ven...> ;Medrxiv. 2023 Dec 4
Convolutional Neural Networks for Segmentation of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Analysis of Probability Map Thresholds (CALGB 30901, Alliance).
Shenouda, M., Gudmundsson, E., Li, F., Wang, X., Starkey, A., Armato, S., Straus, C., Kindler, H., Dudek, A., Stinchcombe, T.> ;Arxiv. 2023 Nov 30
1 citations
A phase II study of bevacizumab and temsirolimus in advanced extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Sonia M Abuzakhm, Vineeth Sukrithan, Briant Fruth, Rui Qin, Jonathan Strosberg, Timothy J Hobday, Thomas Semrad, Diane Reidy-Lagunes, Hedy Lee Kindler, George P Kim, J...> ;Endocrine-Related Cancer. 2023 Nov 1
7 citations
The PD-1- and LAG-3-targeting bispecific molecule tebotelimab in solid tumors and hematologic cancers: a phase 1 trial.
Jason J Luke, Manish R Patel, George R Blumenschein, Erika Hamilton, Bartosz Chmielowski, Susanna V Ulahannan, Roisin M Connolly, Cesar A Santa-Maria, Jie Wang, Shakee...> ;Nature Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Pleural Mesothelioma Staging Project: Updated Modeling of Prognostic Factors in Pleural Mesothelioma.
Andrea S Wolf, Adam Rosenthal, Dorothy J Giroux, Anna K Nowak, Andrea Bille, Marc de Perrot, Hedy L Kindler, David Rice, Isabelle Opitz, Valerie W Rusch, Harvey I Pass, > ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Germline Variants Incidentally Detected via Tumor-Only Genomic Profiling of Patients With Mesothelioma.
Owen D Mitchell, Katie Gilliam, Daniela Del Gaudio, Kelsey E McNeely, Shaili Smith, Maria Acevedo, Meghana Gaduraju, Rachel Hodge, Aubrianna S S Ramsland, Jeremy Segal...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Characterizing the distribution of alterations in mesothelioma and their correlation to morphology.
Heather I-Hsuan Chen-Yost, Melissa Y Tjota, Guimin Gao, Owen Mitchell, Hedy Kindler, Jeremy Segal, Aliya N Husain, Jeffrey Mueller, Jefree J Schulte> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2023 Sep 1
Surgical phenotype of patients with peritoneal mesothelioma and a germline mutation.
Yaniv Berger, Meghana Gadiraju, Ankit Dhiman, Katie Gilliam, Buerkley Opalecky, Heather Chen, Maria Helgeson, Oliver S Eng, Aliya N Husain, Michael W Drazer, Hedy L Ki...> ;Cancer. 2023 Jul 15
2 citations
Management of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Using the "Right Track" Model.
Allison Rosenzweig, Jordan Berlin, Suresh Chari, Hedy Kindler, Lynn Matrisian, Allison Mayoral, Jeannine Mills, Nicholas Nissen, Vincent Picozzi, Fatima Zelada-Arenas,...> ;The Oncologist. 2023 Jul 5
2 citations
Patient-centered outcomes in the POLO study of active maintenance olaparib for germline BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Hedy L Kindler, Hyun Kyoo Yoo, Robert Hettle, Karen Y Cui, Seongjung Joo, Gershon Y Locker, Talia Golan> ;Cancer. 2023 May 1
Outcomes of Universal Point-of-Care Genetic Testing in Diverse Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Christine M Drogan, Hedy L Kindler, Guimin Gao, Sonia S Kupfer> ;JCO Precision Oncology. 2023 Jan 1
A population-based evaluation of tunica vaginalis mesothelioma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database.
Hunter D D Witmer, Ankit Dhiman, Mihai Giurcanu, Oliver S Eng, Scott Eggener, Hedy L Kindler, Kiran K Turaga> ;Urologic Oncology. 2023 Jan 1
ASO Visual Abstract: Phase II Prospective Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Standard of Care Chemotherapy with and without Sequential Cytoreductive Inte...
Ankit Dhiman, Charles C Vining, Hunter D D Witmer, Divya Sood, Ardaman Shergill, Hedy Kindler, Kevin K Roggin, Mitchell C Posner, Osmanuddin S Ahmed, Stanley Liauw, Se...> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2022 Dec 1
42 citations
Overall Survival Results From the POLO Trial: A Phase III Study of Active Maintenance Olaparib Versus Placebo for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer.
Hedy L Kindler, Pascal Hammel, Michele Reni, Eric Van Cutsem, Teresa Macarulla, Michael J Hall, Joon Oh Park, Daniel Hochhauser, Dirk Arnold, Do-Youn Oh, Anke Reinache...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2022 Dec 1
24 citations
Medical and Surgical Care of Patients With Mesothelioma and Their Relatives Carrying Germline BAP1 Mutations.
Michele Carbone, Harvey I Pass, Guntulu Ak, H Richard Alexander Jr, Paul Baas, Francine Baumann, Andrew M Blakely, Raphael Bueno, Aleksandra Bzura, Giuseppe Cardillo, ...> ;Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2022 Jul 1
1 citations
Marital Status, Living Arrangement, and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings from CALGB 89803 (Alliance).
Lee, S., Ma, C., Zhang, S., Ou, F., Bainter, T., Niedzwiecki, D., Saltz, L., Mayer, R., Whittom, R., Hantel, A., Benson, A., Atienza, D., Kindler, H., Gross, C., Irwin...> ;The Oncologist. 2022 Jun 8
8 citations
Antibody and T cell responses to COVID-19 vaccination in patients receiving anticancer therapies.
Sherin Juliet Rouhani, Jovian Yu, Daniel Olson, Yuanyuan Zha, Apameh Pezeshk, Alexandra Cabanov, Athalia R Pyzer, Jonathan Trujillo, Benjamin A Derman, Peter O'Donnell...> ;Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2022 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT for the Assessment of Tumour Response in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Pilot Study
Hedy L Kindler, Christopher M Straus, European Radiology

Other

A Glimmer of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer
Hedy Kindler, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
https://www.doximity.com/articles/4da358e8-3072-4a10-8624-6ba76937ef66
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-30

Authored Content

Phase II Trial of Veliparib in Patients with Previously Treated BRCA-Mutated Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma☆January 2018

Press Mentions

Top Mesothelioma Cancer Center in Chicago Adding New FacilityMarch 22nd, 2022
Added Anti-VEGFR2 Antibody Boosts Survival in MesotheliomaSeptember 8th, 2021
Mesothelioma Olaparib Clinical Trial Targets Genetic MutationAugust 24th, 2021
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Grant Support

NCI National Clinical Trials Network Lead Academic Participating SiteNIH2014–2019
PI3K as a Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural MesotheliomaDepartment of Defense2012–2014
Cancer And Leukemia Group BNational Cancer Institute2009–2012
Novel Targeted Therapy In Pancreatic CancerNational Cancer Institute2009–2010

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, Illinois

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Illinois BlueChoice Select
BCBS Illinois PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Cofinity PPO
Coventry Health Care PPO Platinum
Coventry Missouri - HMO/POS
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
HealthLink PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
Sagamore Health Plus
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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