SriramYennuMD

Internal Medicine • Houston, TX

Geriatric Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Physician

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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-6085
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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Osmania Medical College NTR UHSClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2025
MS State Medical License 2023 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2003 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
WA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2023 - 2024
IN State Medical License 2002 - 2005
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Clinical Trials

The Effects of Ginseng on Cancer-Related Fatigue Start of enrollment: 2011 Oct 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Multimodal Therapy for the Treatment of Fatigue in Patients With Prostate Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy With Androgen Deprivation Therapy Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Multimodal Therapy in Treating Sleep Disturbance in Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Ethyl Icosapentate and Physical Activity in Treating Fatigue in Patients With Advanced Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 16
Terminated
Phase 2
Anamorelin Hydrochloride, Physical Activity, and Nutritional Counseling in Decreasing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Incurable Metastatic or Recurrent Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 08
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Methylphenidate and Physical Activity to Reduce Cancer Related Fatigue Due to Anti PD1 Immunotherapy Start of enrollment: 2018 Aug 02
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Physical Activity With or Without Dexamethasone in Reducing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Locally Advanced, Metastatic, or Recurrent Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Anamorelin Hydrochloride in Reducing Anorexia in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Helping Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Lymphoma With Cancer-Related Fatigue Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 29
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Methylphenidate and Exercise in Reducing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 25
Recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Open Labeled Placebo in Reducing Cancer Related Fatigue in Patients With Advanced Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 30
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Sleep Disturbances in Surgical Patients With GI Cancers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Start of enrollment: 2024 Sep 30
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Impact of Project ECHO on Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 24
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Interdisciplinary Interventions to Address Pain Management Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 08
Recruiting
Phase 2
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Combination Therapy for Treatment of Sleep Disturbance in Patients With Advanced Cancer Start of enrollment: 2022 Nov 21
Recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Sub-Investigator, Contact
Combination Therapy for Cancer Related Fatigue in Patients With Metastatic Cancers Start of enrollment: 2024 Feb 16
Recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Perceptions on Expected Outcomes of Immunotherapy in Advanced Cancer Patients With Poor Performance Status Start of enrollment: 2023 Feb 09
Active, not recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Symptom Burden in Patients with Malignant Bowel Obstruction Treated With or Without Surgery.
Reed I Ayabe, Tito Mendoza, Sriram Yennu, Eduardo Bruera, Loretta A Williams, Brian Badgwell> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2023 Mar 1
5 citations
Serial frailty assessments following allogeneic stem cell transplant in older adults: A pilot study
Rachel Ombres, Jude K.A. des Bordes, Uday R. Popat, Sriram Yennu, Richard E. Champlin, Supriya G. Mohile, Partow Kebriaei, Holly M. Holmes> ;Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2021 Sep 4
Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Registries and Clinical Practice.
Martin J. Edelman, Daniel P. Raymond, Dwight H. Owen, Michelle B Leavy, Kari Chansky, Sriram Yennu, Felix G. Fernandez, Carolyn J Presley, Tithi Biswas, Gwendolyn P. Q...> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2021 Aug 13
7 citations
Optimal Supportive Care for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer According to Their Disease Progression Phase
Kumiko Kida, Ian N. Olver, Sriram Yennu, Debu Tripathy, Naoto T. Ueno> ;JCO Oncology Practice. 2021 Jan 22
12 citations
Use of Wearable Activity Tracker in Patients With Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: Toward Evaluating Risk of Unplanned Health Care Encounters
Tanachat Nilanon, Luciano Nocera, Alexander S. Martin, Anand Kolatkar, Marcella May, Zaki Hasnain, Naoto T. Ueno, Sriram Yennu, Angela Alexander, Aaron Mejia, Roger Wi...> ;JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2020 Sep 24
19 citations
Frequency of Burnout Among Palliative Care Physicians Participating in a Continuing Medical Education Course.
Suresh K. Reddy, Sriram Yennu, Kimberson Tanco, Aimee E. Anderson, Diana Guzman, Syed Naqvi, Humaira Sadaf, Janet L. Williams, Diane D. Liu, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020 Jul 1
4 citations
Quantified Kinematics to Evaluate Patient Chemotherapy Risks in Clinic.
Zaki Hasnain, Tanachat Nilanon, Ming Li, Aaron Mejia, Anand Kolatkar, Luciano Nocera, Cyrus Shahabi, Frankie A. Cozzens Philips, Jerry S.H. Lee, Sean E. Hanlon, Poorva...> ;JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2020 Jun 29
3 citations
Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients With Stage IV Cancer Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Acute Kidney Injury at a Comprehensive Cancer Center Was Not Associ...
Ala Abudayyeh, Juhee Song, Maen Abdelrahim, Ibrahim Dahbour, Valda D. Page, Shouhao Zhou, Chan Shen, Bo Zhao, Rima N. Pai, Jaya Sheela Amaram-Davila, Joanna Grace M. M...> ;The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2020 Jan 27
19 citations
Patient reported outcomes can improve performance status assessment: a pilot study.
Joan E. Broderick, Marcella May, Joseph E. Schwartz, Ming Li, Aaron Mejia, Luciano Nocera, Anand Kolatkar, Naoto T. Ueno, Sriram Yennu, Jerry S.H. Lee, Sean E. Hanlon,...> ;Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 2019 Jul 16
16 citations
Integration of a Mandatory Palliative Care Education Into Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Training in a Comprehensive Cancer Center: A Survey of Hematology Oncology Fel...
Suresh K. Reddy, Kimberson Tanco, Sriram Yennu, Diane D. Liu, Janet L. Williams, Robert A. Wolff, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2019 Jul 3
7 citations
Preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting with netupitant/palonosetron, the first fixed combination antiemetic: current and future perspective.
Matti Aapro, Li Zhang, Sriram Yennu, Thomas W. LeBlanc, Lee S. Schwartzberg> ;Future Oncology. 2019 Mar 12
Corrigendum: Frequency and characteristics of drowsiness, somnolence, or daytime sleepiness in patients with advanced cancer (Palliative and Supportive Care (2018) (1-...
Sriram Yennurajalingam, Srikanth Reddy Barla, Joseph Arthur, Gary B. Chisholm, Eduardo Bruera> ;Palliative & Supportive Care. 2019 Jan 1
15 citations
Decisional control preferences of patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care.
Colombe Tricou, Sriram Yennu, Murielle Ruer, Eduardo Bruera, Marilène Filbet> ;Palliative & Supportive Care. 2018 Oct 1
3 citations
Low-dimensional dynamical characterization of human performance of cancer patients using motion data.
Zaki Hasnain, Ming Li, Tanya B. Dorff, David I. Quinn, Naoto T. Ueno, Sriram Yennu, Anand Kolatkar, Cyrus Shahabi, Luciano Nocera, Jorge Nieva, Peter Kuhn, Paul K. Newton> ;Clinical Biomechanics. 2018 Jul 1
47 citations
Outcomes of a Specialized Interdisciplinary Approach for Patients with Cancer with Aberrant Opioid‐Related Behavior
Joseph Arthur, Tonya Edwards, Suresh K. Reddy, Kristy Nguyen, David S.C. Hui, Sriram Yennu, Minjeong Park, Diane Liu, Eduardo Bruera> ;The Oncologist. 2018 Feb 1
13 citations
Could Objective Tests Be Used to Measure Fatigue in Patients With Advanced Cancer
Gustavo Schvartsman, Minjeong Park, Diane D. Liu, Sriram Yennu, Eduardo Bruera, David Hui> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2017 Aug 1
14 citations
Project ECHO: An Effective Means of Increasing Palliative Care Capacity
Sanjeev Arora, Tracy Smith, Jennifer Snead, Sarah Zalud-Cerrato, Lisa Marr, Max Watson, Sriram Yennu, Amy Bruce, Chris Piromalli, Stacy Kelley, Nandini Vallath, Gabrie...> ;The American Journal of Managed Care. 2017 Jun 15
18 citations
Increased Symptom Expression among Patients with Delirium Admitted to an Acute Palliative Care Unit
Maxine de la Cruz, Sriram Yennu, Diane Liu, Jimin Wu, Akhila Reddy, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2017 Jun 1
6 citations
Factors associated with patient-reported subjective well-being among advanced lung or non-colonic gastrointestinal cancer patients
Sriram Yennurajalingam, Yu Jung Kim, Yi Zhang, Jichan Park, Joseph Arthur, Gary B. Chisholm, Janet L. Williams, Eduardo Bruera> ;Palliative & Supportive Care. 2017 Mar 7
2 citations
The impact of a simplified documentation method for the Edmonton classification system for cancer pain (ECS-CP) on clinician utilization.
Kimberson Tanco, Joseph Arthur, Ali Haider, Saneese Stephen, Sriram Yennu, Diane Liu, Eduardo Bruera> ;Supportive Care in Cancer. 2017 Feb 1
2 citations
Post-Discharge Survival Outcomes of Patients with Advanced Cancer from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I T...
Holly Kinahan, Abhishek Maiti, Kenneth R. Hess, Jennifer Dempsey, Laura Beatty, Sarah E. Baldwin, David S. Hong, Aung Naing, Siqing Fu, Apostolia Maria Tsimberidou, Sa...> ;Oncology. 2017 Jan 1
18 citations
Perception of Helpfulness of a Question Prompt Sheet Among Cancer Patients Attending Outpatient Palliative Care
Joseph Arthur, Sriram Yennu, Kresnier Perez Zapata, Hilda Cantu, Jimin Wu, Diane Liu, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2017 Jan 1
15 citations
Overall Survival among Cancer Patients Undergoing Opioid Rotation to Methadone Compared to Other Opioids.
Akhila Reddy, Ulrich Schuler, Maxine de la Cruz, Sriram Yennurajalingam, Jimin Wu, Diane Liu, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2017 Jun 1
35 citations
Association between Daytime Activity, Fatigue, Sleep, Anxiety, Depression, and Symptom Burden in Advanced Cancer Patients: A Preliminary Report
Sriram Yennurajalingam, Supakarn Tayjasanant, Dave Balachandran, Nikhil S. Padhye, Janet L. Williams, Diane D. Liu, Susan Frisbee-Hume, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2016 Aug 1
13 citations
Development of a Question Prompt Sheet for Cancer Patients Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care
Joseph Arthur, Sriram Yennurajalingam, Janet L. Williams, Kimberson Tanco, Diane Liu, Saneese Stephen, Eduardo Bruera> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2016 Aug 1
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Lectures

The development of a nomogram to determine the risk for inappropriate opioid use in cancer patients.
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
ECHO palliative care in Africa (ECHO-PACA): Improving access to quality palliative care.
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
Outcomes of embedded palliative care outpatients consults on timing of palliative care access, symptoms, and end-of-life quality indicators among advanced non-small ce...
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
9th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas - 10/8/2013
9th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas - 10/8/2013
8th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas - 9/4/2012
15th Annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Symptom Control, Palliative & Hospice Care Conference
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas - 11/18/2011
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Press Mentions

Placebo Pills Show Promise in Easing Cancer-Related FatigueJune 6th, 2022
3 Questions on...Perceptions About Palliative Care Across the Globe: With Sriram Yennu, MD, MS, of MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation MedicineOctober 26th, 2016

Hospital Affiliations

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas

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