Kavitha Ramchandran
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - General Medical Disciplines
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Oncology
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
General Medical Disciplines 1265 Welch Road MSOB X216, MC 5475 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6750 Fax (650) 723-8596
- Academic Offices
Personal Information EmailAlternate Contact Ryan Oden Administrative Assistant EmailNot for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Thoracic Oncology
- Supportive Oncology
- Medical Oncology
Administrative Appointments
- Medical Director, Supportive Oncology (2011 - present)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2010) |
| Medical Education: | UCSF School of Medicine CA (06/2004) |
| Residency: | UCSF-Internal Medicine CA (06/2007) |
| Fellowship: | Northwestern University - Department of Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine IL (12/2009) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2007) |
| Board Certification: | Oncology, Oncology (2009) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Clinical research symptom and toxicity assessment and management in cancer care.
Health services research focusing on quality of cancer care.
Clinical trial research in thoracic oncology.
Clinical Trials
- Recruiting Manuka Honey in Preventing Esophagitis-Related Pain in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancer
- Recruiting Molecular Analysis of Thoracic Malignancies
- Recruiting Clinical Study of BYM338 for the Treatment of Unintentional Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer of the Lung or the Pancreas
- Recruiting A Study of Onartuzumab (MetMAb) Versus Placebo in Combination With Paclitaxel Plus Platinum in Patients With Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Recruiting Erlotinib in Patients With Resected, Early Stage NSCLC With Confirmed Mutations in the EGFR
Publications
- Emerging concepts in the pathology and molecular biology of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011; (2): 228-38
- Phantom limb pain #212. J Palliat Med. 2010; (10): 1285-6
- My friend, my patient. J Palliat Med. 2009; (1): 95-6
- Sex differences in susceptibility to carcinogens. Semin Oncol. 2009; (6): 516-23

