Avanthi Tayi Shah, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2009)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2012), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Standford University School of Medicine (2016), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
Conditions
- Anaplastic astrocytoma
- Ependymoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- Glioblastoma
- Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Lymphoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- Germ cell tumors
- Glioma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Kidney cancer
- Pineoblastoma
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Circulating tumor DNA
- Hereditary cancer
- Pediatric sarcoma
- Precision medicine
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Publications
- Development and characterization of new patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of osteosarcoma with distinct metastatic capacities. Schott CR, Koehne AL, Sayles LC, Young EP, Luck C, Yu K, Lee AG, Breese MR, Leung SG, Xu H, Shah AT, Liu HY, Spillinger A, Behroozfard IH, Marini KD, Dinh PT, Pons Ventura MAV, Vanderboon EN, Hazard FK, Cho SJ, Avedian RS, Mohler DG, Zimel M, Wustrack R, Curtis C, Sirota M, Sweet-Cordero EA, bioRxiv 2023 Jan
- An Unusual Parotid Mass in a 14-Year-Old Female. Leavitt T, Shah AT, Singh V, Mitchell RB, Liu CC, Ear Nose Throat J 2021 Dec 1455613211057636
- A comprehensive circulating tumor DNA assay for detection of translocation and copy number changes in pediatric sarcomas. Shah AT, Azad TD, Breese MR, Chabon JJ, Hamilton EG, Straessler K, Kurtz DM, Leung SG, Spillinger A, Liu HY, Behroozfard IH, Wittber FM, Hazard FK, Cho SJ, Daldrup-Link HE, Vo KT, Rangaswami A, Pribnow A, Spunt SL, Lacayo NJ, Diehn M, Alizadeh AA, Sweet-Cordero EA, Mol Cancer Ther 2021 Aug
- Complete Response to PD-1 Inhibition in an Adolescent With Relapsed Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Cervix Predicted by Neoepitope Burden and APOBEC Signature. Levinson A, Lee AG, Martell HJ, Breese MR, Zaloudek C, Van Ziffle J, Laguna B, Leung SG, Chen MD, Chen LM, Pfeil J, Ladwig NR, Shah AT, Behroozfard I, Rao AA, Salama SR, Sweet-Cordero EA, Stieglitz E, JCO Precis Oncol 2020 4
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Professional Activities
- American Association of Cancer Research
- American Association of Pediatrics
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Children's Oncology Group
- Connective Tissue Oncology Society
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Awards and Honors
- Cary Council DocStars Award (2023-2023)
- St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellowship (2015-2018)
