Arhanti Sadanand, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Arhanti Sadanand, M.D., is a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at Children's Health℠ and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern. She has a specialized clinical interest in treating children with neuroblastomas, and also treats children with other solid tumors including liver tumors, kidney tumors, musculoskeletal tumors, and germ cell tumors.
I am honored to be able to treat children and their families in their most difficult moments and passionate about helping my patients enjoy life to their fullest.
Dr. Sadanand earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, where she was nominated to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Washington University in Saint Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She completed her fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at Emory University School of Medicine where she spent her final year as a chief fellow.
During her fellowship, Dr. Sadanand researched protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7), a protein found on the cell surface of neuroblastoma. She is focused on improving survival outcomes in children with neuroblastoma.
“I am honored to be able to treat children and their families in their most difficult moments and passionate about helping my patients enjoy life to their fullest,” she says.
In her free time, Dr. Sadanand enjoys spending time with her husband and dogs, exercising, reading and trying local restaurants.
restaurants.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School (2016)
- Residency
- Washington University Consortium Program (2019), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Emory University School of Medicine (2022), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
Conditions
- Ewing sarcoma
- Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
- Germ cell tumors
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Neuroblastoma
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Publications
- Identification and targeting of protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) as an immunotherapy candidate for neuroblastoma. Lee JY, Jonus HC, Sadanand A, Branella GM, Maximov V, Suttapitugsakul S, Schniederjan MJ, Shim J, Ho A, Parwani KK, Fedanov A, Pilgrim AA, Silva JA, Schnepp RW, Doering CB, Wu R, Spencer HT, Goldsmith KC, Cell Rep Med 2023 Jun 4 6 101091
- A single-center retrospective review of pediatric cases of progressive transformation of germinal centers. Sadanand A, Aljudi A, Bergsagel DJ, Keller FG, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023 Jun 70 6 e30283
- A phase 1 study of simvastatin in combination with topotecan and cyclophosphamide in pediatric patients with relapsed and/or refractory solid and CNS tumors. Cash T, Jonus HC, Tsvetkova M, Beumer JH, Sadanand A, Lee JY, Henry CJ, Aguilera D, Harvey RD, Goldsmith KC, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023 May e30405
- Progression-Free Survival and Patterns of Response in Patients With Relapsed High-Risk Neuroblastoma Treated With Irinotecan/Temozolomide/Dinutuximab/Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor. Lerman BJ, Li Y, Carlowicz C, Granger M, Cash T, Sadanand A, Somers K, Ranavaya A, Weiss BD, Choe M, Foster JH, Pinto N, Morgenstern DA, Rafael MS, Streby KA, Zeno RN, Mody R, Yazdani S, Desai AV, Macy ME, Shusterman S, Federico SM, Bagatell R, J Clin Oncol 2022 Oct JCO2201273
- Burkitt Lymphoma Presenting as a Paraneoplastic Demyelinating Disorder in a Child. Arhanti Sadanand, Juhi Jain , Kathryn Elkins , Daniel John Bergsagel Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2022 2 113-114
- Teaching scripts via smartphone app facilitate resident-led teaching of medical students. Zessis NR, Dube AR, Sadanand A, Cole JJ, Hrach CM, Daud YN, BMC Med Educ 2021 Jun 21 1 331
- Practice patterns and incidence of adenovirus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: Multicenter survey of transplant centers in the United States. Papanicolaou GA, Dvorak CC, Dadwal S, Maron G, Prasad VK, Giller R, Abdel-Azim H, Sadanand A, Casciano R, Chandak A, Huang S, Nichols G, Brundage T, Vainorius E, Mozaffari E, Hutcheson R, Transpl Infect Dis 2020 Aug 22 4 e13283
- Non-Neural (S-100 Negative) Bronchial Granular Cell Tumor Causing Acute Respiratory Failure. Chen SY, Sadanand A, Dillon PA, He M, Dehner LP, Leonard DS, Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2020 Feb 39 1 85-89
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Professional Activities
- American Board of Pediatrics (2019)
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Awards and Honors
- Best of Winship at Virtual Poster Session (2021), Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Resident Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Showcase Award (2018), Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
- James P. Keating Outstanding Resident Award (2017), Saint Louis Children’s Hospital
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Brown-Séquard Chapter (2015), Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
