RakeshKumarGoyalMDMRCP

Pediatrics • South San Francisco, CA

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Medical Director, RAPT Therapeutics

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Office
561 Eccles Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone+1 650-489-9042
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Summary

I am a Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy physician with expertise in hematology/oncology, cellular therapy, and immunology. Experienced in conducting industry-sponsored and cooperative group clinical trials.

Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1993 - 1998
University of ConnecticutResidency, Pediatrics, 1991 - 1993
Maulana Azad Medical CollegeClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
KS State Medical License 2015 - 2020
MO State Medical License 2015 - 2020
PA State Medical License 1998 - 2016
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

A Multicenter Access and Distribution Protocol for Unlicensed Cryopreserved Cord Blood Units (CBUs) Start of enrollment: 2011 Oct 01
Recruiting
Bortezomib and Sorafenib Tosylate in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Caspofungin Acetate, Fluconazole, or Voriconazole in Preventing Fungal Infections in Patients Following Donor Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 21
Completed
Phase 3
Safety Study of Unlicensed, Investigational Cord Blood Units Manufactured by the National Cord Blood Program (NCBP) for Unrelated Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Recruiting
Phase 2
Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Brincidofovir in Treatment of Early Versus Late Adenovirus Infection Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Study Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Defibrotide vs Best Supportive Care in the Prevention of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease in Adult and Pediatric Patients Start of enrollment: 2016 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
High risk of relapsed disease in patients with NK/T cell chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease outside of Asia.
Blachy J. Dávila Saldaña, Tami D John, Challice L. Bonifant, David Buchbinder, Sharat Chandra, Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, Weni Chang, Leon Chen, Hannah L Elfassy, As...> ;Blood Advances. 2021 Oct 20
Adrenocortical Function in Children With Brain Tumors and Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients.
Koral Shah, Jennifer W Boyd, Julia R. Broussard, Kevin Ginn, Rukhsana Rahmetulla, Kristy Hurst, Rakesh K. Goyal> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2021 May 31
2 citations
A multicenter report on the safety and efficacy of plerixafor based stem cell mobilization in children with malignant disorders.
Nabanita Bhunia, Rolla Abu-Arja, Joseph R. Stanek, Lubna S Mehyar, Peter J. Shaw, Hyoung Jin Kang, Jerry Stein, Tracey A. O'Brien, Catherine H. Roberts, Acw Lee, David...> ;Transfusion. 2021 Jan 21
5 citations
Tisagenlecleucel infusion in patients with relapsed/refractory ALL and concurrent serious infection.
Erin M Hall, Dwight E Yin, Rakesh Goyal, Atif A. Ahmed, Grace S Mitchell, Shawn D. St. Peter, Terrie G Flatt, Ibrahim A. Ahmed, Weijie Li, Richard J. Hendrickson, Keit...> ;Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 2021 Jan 1
Anemia in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Position Paper by the IBD Committee of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and N...
Alka Goyal, Yuhua Zheng, Lindsey G Albenberg, Natalie L Stoner, Lara Hart, Razan Alkhouri, Kyle Hampson, Sabina Ali, Michele Cho-Dorado, Rakesh K Goyal, Andrew Grossman> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2020 Oct 1
29 citations
Outcomes of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients with Germline SAMD9/SAMD9L Mutations
Ibrahim Ahmed, Midhat S. Farooqi, Mark Vander Lugt, Jessica Boklan, Melissa J. Rose, Erika Friehling, Brandon M. Triplett, Kenneth Lieuw, Blachy J. Dávila Saldaña, Chr...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2019 Nov 1
37 citations
Related and unrelated donor transplantation for β-thalassemia major: results of an international survey.
Chunfu Li, Vikram Mathews, Soyoung Kim, Biju George, Kyle Hebert, Hua Jiang, Changgang Li, Yiping Zhu, Daniel A. Keesler, Jaap Jan Boelens, Christopher C. Dvorak, Rajn...> ;Blood Advances. 2018 Nov 29
7 citations
Outcome of children with rhinovirus detection prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant
Clayton Mowrer, Brian R Lee, Rakesh K. Goyal, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Jennifer E. Schuster> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2018 Dec 1
3 citations
Treatment of pediatric plasma cell myeloma type post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder with modern risk-directed therapy.
Rebecca Epperly, John A. Ozolek, Kyle Soltys, Debra E. Cohen, Rakesh K. Goyal, Erika Friehling> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Oct 1
5 citations
Tandem thiotepa with autologous hematopoietic cell rescue in patients with recurrent, refractory, or poor prognosis solid tumor malignancies.
Diana S Osorio, Ira J. Dunkel, Kelly Ann Cervone, Rakesh K. Goyal, K. M. Steve Lo, Jonathan L. Finlay, Sharon Gardner> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Jan 1
179 citations
Long-term follow-up of IPEX syndrome patients after different therapeutic strategies: An international multicenter retrospective study
Federica Barzaghi, Laura C. Amaya Hernandez, Benedicte Neven, Silvia Ricci, Zeynep Yesim Kucuk, Jack J. Bleesing, Zohreh Nademi, Mary Slatter, Erlinda R. Ulloa, Anna S...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2017 Dec 11
20 citations
Abnormalities of T-cell receptor repertoire in CD4+ regulatory and conventional T cells in patients with RAG mutations: Implications for autoimmunity.
Jared H. Rowe, Brian D. Stadinski, Lauren A. Henderson, Lisa Ott de Bruin, Ottavia M. Delmonte, Yu Nee Lee, M. Teresa de la Morena, Rakesh K. Goyal, Anthony R. Hayward...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2017 Dec 1
5 citations
Corrigendum: Natural killer cells from patients with recombinase-activating gene and non-homologous end joining gene defects comprise a higher frequency of CD56bright ...
Kerry Dobbs, Giovanna Tabellini, Enrica Calzoni, Ornella Patrizi, Paula Martinez, Silvia Giliani, Daniele Moratto, Waleed Al-Herz, Caterina Cancrini, Morton J. Cowan, ...> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2017 Oct 10
14 citations
Natural Killer Cells from Patients with Recombinase-Activating Gene and Non-Homologous End Joining Gene Defects Comprise a Higher Frequency of CD56NKG2ACells, and Yet ...
Kerry Dobbs, Giovanna Tabellini, Enrica Calzoni, Ornella Patrizi, Paula Martinez, Silvia Clara Giliani, Daniele Moratto, Waleed Al-Herz, Caterina Cancrini, Morton Cowa...> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2017 Jan 1
Forced deflation pulmonary function test: a novel method to evaluate lung function in infants and young children
Rakesh K. Goyal, Azada Ibrahimova, Maria L. Escolar, Paul Szabolcs, Mark Vander Lugt, Randy M. Windreich, Daniel J. Weiner> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Apr 1
49 citations
Abnormal B-cell maturation in the bone marrow of patients with germline mutations in PIK3CD.
Alina Dulau Florea, Raul C. Braylan, Kristian T. Schafernak, Kelli W. Williams, Janine Daub, Rakesh K. Goyal, Jennifer M. Puck, V. Koneti Rao, Stefania Pittaluga, Stev...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2017 Mar 1
9 citations
Novel HLA-DP region susceptibility loci associated with severe acute GvHD.
Rakesh K. Goyal, Stephanie J. Lee, Tao Wang, Massimo Trucco, Michael Haagenson, Stephen R. Spellman, Michael R. Verneris, Robert E. Ferrell> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2017 Jan 1
2 citations
Corrigendum: The genomic landscape of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Elliot Stieglitz, Amaro Taylor-Weiner, Tiffany Y. Chang, Laura C. Gelston, Yong Dong Wang, Tali Mazor, Emilio Esquivel, Ariel Yu, Sara Seepo, Scott R. Olsen, Mara Rose...> ;Nature Genetics. 2016 Jan 1
8 citations
A Pilot Study of Continuous Infusion of Mycophenolate Mofetil for Prophylaxis of Graft-versus-Host-Disease in Pediatric Patients.
Randy M. Windreich, Rakesh K. Goyal, Rujuta Joshi, Tanya S. Kenkre, Denise L. Howrie, Raman Venkataramanan> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2016 Apr 1
190 citations
The genomic landscape of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Elliot Stieglitz, Amaro Taylor-Weiner, Tiffany Y. Chang, Laura C. Gelston, Yong Dong Wang, Tali Mazor, Emilio Esquivel, Ariel Yu, Sara Seepo, Scott R. Olsen, Mara Rose...> ;Nature Genetics. 2015 Nov 1
18 citations
Voriconazole-associated phototoxic dermatoses and skin cancer.
Rakesh K. Goyal> ;Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 2015 Oct 21
53 citations
Risk factors and timing of relapse after allogeneic transplantation in pediatric ALL: for whom and when should interventions be tested?
Michael A. Pulsipher, Bryan Langholz, Donna A. Wall, Kirk R. Schultz, Nancy Bunin, William L. Carroll, Elizabeth A. Raetz, Sharon Gardner, Rakesh K. Goyal, Julie M. Ga...> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2015 May 11
6 citations
Grading acute graft-versus-host disease: time to reconsider.
Rakesh K. Goyal, Manu Goyal, Kumar Sankaranarayan> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2015 May 1
4 citations
Sirolimus-induced interstitial lung disease following pediatric stem cell transplantation.
Andrea S. Garrod, Rakesh K. Goyal, Daniel J. Weiner> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2015 May 1
43 citations
TNF-Receptor Inhibitor Therapy for the Treatment of Children with Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome. A Joint Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium and Children'...
Gregory A. Yanik, Stephan A. Grupp, Michael A. Pulsipher, John E. Levine, Kirk R. Schultz, Donna A. Wall, Bryan Langholz, Christopher C. Dvorak, Keith Alangaden, Rakes...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2015 Jan 1
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Abstracts/Posters

Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide Expression Is Inversely Associated with Absolute Neutrophil Counts in Pediatric HCT Recipients
Rakesh K. Goyal, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
Preemptive Administration of Ruxolitinib Rapidly Ameliorate Gvhd after Allo-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Rakesh K. Goyal, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019