Overview of Dr. Vashi Two years after joining Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) in 1992, now City of Hope - Chicago. I started the first nutrition and metabolic support program at our Chicago hospital in Zion, Illinois. As a gastroenterologist, I offer patients minimally invasive techniques to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal tumors and help reduce cancer-related symptoms. I have special interest in Oncologic Nutrition and Cryotherapy for Esophageal cancers.
Education & Training University of Michigan Health System Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 1988 - 1990
Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University Residency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1988
Goa Medical College Class of 1980
Certifications & Licensure GA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
IL State Medical License 1991 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1986 - 1993
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Publications & Presentations PubMed
A prospective multicenter study to evaluate the impact of cryotherapy on dysphagia and quality of life in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer.
Toufic Kachaamy, Neil Sharma, Tilak Shah, Sonmoon Mohapatra, Kimberly Pollard, Christina Zelt, Elaine Jewett, Rigoberto Garcia, Rachel Munsey, Saurabh Gupta, Mariajose...> ;Endoscopy. 2023 Oct 1 Addressing Drug Resistance in Cancer: A Team Medicine Approach.
Prakash Kulkarni, Atish Mohanty, Supriyo Bhattacharya, Sharad Singhal, Linlin Guo, Sravani Ramisetty, Tamara Mirzapoiazova, Bolot Mambetsariev, Sandeep Mittan, Jyoti M...> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Sep 27 Sarcopenia supersedes subjective global assessment as a predictor of survival in colorectal cancer.
Pankaj G. Vashi, Kimberly Gorsuch, Li Wan, Danielle Hill, Christel Block, Digant Gupta> ;Plos One. 2019 Jun 20 Therapeutic and prophylactic gastrectomy in a family with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer secondary to a CDH1 mutation: a case series.
Olsi Gjyshi, Pankaj G. Vashi, Laura Seewald, Mitra Kohan, Elham Abboud, Eric Fowler, Revathi Suppiah, Hatem M. El Halabi> ;World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2018 Jul 14 Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for dysphagia palliation in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer.
Toufic Kachaamy, Ravi Prakash, Madappa N. Kundranda, Raman Batish, Jeffrey Weber, Scott Hendrickson, Leon Yoder, Hannah Do, Theresa Magat, Rajeev Nayar, Digant Gupta, ...> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2018 Sep 1 Incidence of and factors associated with catheter-related bloodstream infection in patients with advanced solid tumors on home parenteral nutrition managed using a sta...
Pankaj G. Vashi, Natasha Virginkar, Brenten Popiel, Persis Edwin, Digant Gupta> ;BMC Infectious Diseases. 2017 May 30 Large Bowel Obstruction following Endoscopic Spray Cryotherapy for Palliation of Rectal Cancer Bleeding.
Ravi Prakash, Digant Gupta, Pankaj G. Vashi> ;ACG Case Reports Journal. 2017 May 10 Safety of endoscopy in cancer patients on antiangiogenic agents: A retrospective multicenter outcomes study.
Toufic Kachaamy, Digant Gupta, Persis Edwin, Pankaj G. Vashi> ;Plos One. 2017 May 4 Successful endoscopic management of a malignant ileovesicular fistula
Toufic Kachaamy, Jeffrey Weber, David J Weitz, Pankaj G. Vashi, Madappa N. Kundranda> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2016 Sep 1 Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine as Indicators of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency in Cancer
Pankaj G. Vashi, Persis Edwin, Brenten Popiel, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Digant Gupta> ;Plos One. 2016 Jan 25 The relationship between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and survival in newly diagnosed advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Pankaj G. Vashi, Persis Edwin, Brenten Popiel, Digant Gupta> ;BMC Cancer. 2015 Dec 24 Outcomes of systematic nutritional assessment and medical nutrition therapy in pancreatic cancer.
Pankaj G. Vashi, Brenten Popiel, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Digant Gupta> ;Pancreas. 2015 Jul 1 The association between pre-treatment serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and survival in newly diagnosed stage IV prostate cancer.
Digant Gupta, Kristen Trukova, Brenten Popiel, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Pankaj G. Vashi> ;Plos One. 2015 Mar 16 A longitudinal study investigating quality of life and nutritional outcomes in advanced cancer patients receiving home parenteral nutrition
Pankaj G. Vashi, S. Dahlk, Brenten Popiel, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Carol Ireton-Jones, Digant Gupta> ;BMC Cancer. 2014 Aug 15 The relationship between baseline nutritional status with subsequent parenteral nutrition and clinical outcomes in cancer patients undergoing hyperthermic intraperiton...
Pankaj G. Vashi, Digant Gupta, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Donald P Braun, Brenten Popiel, Subhasis Misra, Komen C Brown> ;Nutrition Journal. 2013 Aug 14 Colon carcinoma with unusual metastasis to the esophagus manifesting as multiple nodules and Dysphagia: management with systemic chemotherapy.
Pankaj G. Vashi, Digant Gupta, Bradford A. Tan> ;Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 2012 May 1 Role of nutritional status in predicting quality of life outcomes in cancer – a systematic review of the epidemiological literature
Christopher G. Lis, Digant Gupta, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Maurie Markman, Pankaj G. Vashi> ;Nutrition Journal. 2012 Apr 24 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube occlusion in malignant peritoneal carcinomatosis-induced bowel obstruction.
Pankaj G. Vashi, S. Dahlk, Rohan P Vashi, Digant Gupta> ;European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2011 Sep 1 A unique case of a nonfunctional metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor transforming into an insulin-secreting tumor with an unusual clinical course.
Pankaj G. Vashi, Digant Gupta, S. Dahlk> ;Pancreas. 2011 Jul 1 Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is inversely associated with body mass index in cancer
Pankaj G. Vashi, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Donald P Braun, Digant Gupta> ;Nutrition Journal. 2011 May 16 Renal Cell Carcinoma with Unusual Metastasis to the Small Intestine Manifesting as Extensive Polyposis: Successful Management with Intraoperative Therapeutic Endoscopy
Pankaj G. Vashi, Elham Abboud, Digant Gupta> ;Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 2011 May 1 Prevalence of serum vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in cancer: Review of the epidemiological literature
Digant Gupta, Pankaj G. Vashi, Kristen Trukova, Christopher G. Lis, Carolyn A Lammersfeld> ;Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 2011 Mar 1 Role of nutritional status in predicting the length of stay in cancer: a systematic review of the epidemiological literature.
Digant Gupta, Pankaj G. Vashi, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Donald P Braun> ;Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism. 2011 Jan 1 Impact of oral vitamin D supplementation on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in oncology
Pankaj G. Vashi, Kristen Trukova, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Donald P Braun, Digant Gupta> ;Nutrition Journal. 2010 Nov 23 Longitudinal monitoring of CA125 levels provides additional information about survival in ovarian cancer
Digant Gupta, Carolyn A Lammersfeld, Pankaj G. Vashi, Donald P Braun> ;Journal of Ovarian Research. 2010 Oct 12 Join now to see all Press Mentions Gastroenterologists' Top Priorities Before the End of the Year October 14th, 2022
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University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1988 - 1990
Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1988
Goa Medical CollegeClass of 1980
GA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
IL State Medical License 1991 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1986 - 1993
Gastroenterologists' Top Priorities Before the End of the YearOctober 14th, 2022
City of Hope ChicagoZion, Illinois
City of Hope AtlantaNewnan, Georgia
