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1240 Lee StCharlottesville, VA 22908
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Education & Training
- University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2012 - 2015
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
- Government Medical College ChandigrahClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- AR State Medical License 2014 - 2016
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Excellence in Clinical Care University of Virginia, Department of Medicine, 2019
- Fellow, American College of Physicians American College of Physicians, 2019
Clinical Trials
- Testing the Addition of M6620 (VX-970, Berzosertib) to Usual Chemotherapy and Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 17
- Radiation Therapy With Durvalumab or Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Who Cannot Take Cisplatin Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 03
- A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Autogene Cevumeran (RO7198457) in Combination With Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With Previously Untreated Advanced Melanoma. Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 08
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Characteristics and outcomes of low-grade and high-grade pancreatic immune-related adverse events at a single center.Reema Patel, Zakary Kolkey, Joslyn Jung, Omar Elghawy, Abhishek Mullapudi
Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2025-06-11 - 1 citationsDiagnosis, management, and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor induced acute interstitial nephritis: A single-center experience.Omar Elghawy, Reema Patel, Adam Barsouk, Joe Puthumana, Jason Xu
Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2025-06-01 - Adjuvant Cemiplimab or Placebo in High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous-Cell Carcinoma.Danny Rischin, Sandro Porceddu, Fiona Day, Daniel P Brungs, Hayden Christie
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2025-05-31
Journal Articles
- Addressing Opioid-Associated Constipation Using Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Scores and Plan-Do-Study-Act CyclesVarinder Kaur, MD, Sajjad Haider, MD, Appalanaidu Sasapu, MD, Paulette Mehta, MD, Konstantinos Arnaoutakis, MD, Issam Makhoul, MD, Journal of Oncology Practice, 10/31/2016
- PTHrP(12-48) localization is intracellular and it inhibits cell proliferation and osteoclastogenesisKaur V, Kamalakar A,Akel N, Leitzel K, Allan L, Suva LJ, Cancer Research 75(15 Supplement):1041-1041, 8/1/2015
Abstracts/Posters
- Versatile-002: Overall survival of HPV16-positive recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with T cell stimulating immunotherapy PDS...Jared Weiss, John M Kaczmar, Kevin Joseph Harrington, Ranee Mehra, Francis P Worden, Ralph Zinner, Anshu Giri, Hyunseok Kang, Danh C Pham, Sidra Najeeb, Priyanka Bhate..., Journal of Clinical Oncology/American Society of Clinical Oncology 2025 Annual meeting, 6/1/2025
- 1161 Immunotherapy (IO) associated cardiotoxicity and out-comes with re-challengeNakul Dar, Omar Elghawy, Varinder Kaur, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, SITC 39th Annual Conference 2024 (Nov 8-10), Houston, USA, 11/1/2024
- 1468 Evaluation of safety and immunogenicity of a melanoma vaccine, with or without a systemic agonistic CD27 antibody (CDX-1127), in patients with stage II-IV melanomaFeifan Xu, Gina R Petroni, Andrew S Poklepovic, Elizabeth Gaughan, Kimberly A Chianese-Bullock, Kelly T Smith, Paul Wright, Jennifer Bryant, Craig L Slingluff, Timothy..., Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, SITC 39th Annual Conference 2024 (Nov 8-10), Houston, USA, 11/1/2024
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Authored Content
- PARP Inhibitors As Single Agents or Combination Therapy in Melanoma: Where Do We Stand?July 2022
- Combination Immunotherapy and BRAF/MEK Inhibitor Therapy for BRAFV600-Mutated Advanced Melanoma: Are We There Yet?April 2021
Press Mentions
- Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Head and Neck CancersApril 27th, 2021
- CME Information - May 2018January 28th, 2018
- High Blood Sugar Elevates Breast Cancer RisksJune 9th, 2015
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Committees
- Member, American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology Item Writing Task Force 2023 - Present
- Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology Self Evaluation Program (ASCO-SEP) Medical Oncology Self-Evaluation Program 2023 - Present
- Member, ACP Virginia Chapter Governor's Advisory Council 2022 - Present
- Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book Expert Panel 2020 - Present
- Member, ASCO Systemic Therapy for Melanom Guidelines Panel 2018 - Present
- Member, ORIEN Scientific Review Committee 2017 - Present
- Member, ASCO/ABIM Test Material Development Subcommittee 2019 - 2021
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Other Languages
- Punjabi, Hindi
External Links
- publonshttps://publons.com/author/1499975/varinder-kaur#profile
- google scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RZdayvwAAAAJ&hl=en
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