Female
Multidisciplinary Team(s)
Genitourinary Oncology
Phase 1
Department/Research Program(s)
Department of Oncology
Cancer Type(s)
Adrenal Cancer
Bladder cancer
Kidney Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Contact Info
Email:
vaishamu@karmanos.org
Education
Fellowship
Hematology/oncology Fellowship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Fellowship
Chief Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Medical School
Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical School
Residency
Residency in Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Professional Memberships/Associations
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Southwest oncology Group
Board Certifications
American Board of Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests
Medical Oncology
Research Interests
Reaserch related to clinical trials in prostate, kidney and bladder cancers, overcoming resistance to current therapies and exploring novel treatments and combinations in prostate cancer, as well as development of prognostic and predictive markers in kidney cancer
Profile
Dr. Vaishampayan has been providing patient care on staff at Karmanos since 2000. Her experience extends to research, as well as being a member of the editorial board for multiple oncology journal. In addition, she is a lecturer and educator at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Awards
Voted one of Best Doctors Inc. 2011-2012 Best Doctors of the Year
Publications
Intermittent versus continuous androgen deprivation in prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 4;368(14):1314-25 PMID:23550669. Authors: Hussain M, Tangen CM, Berry DL, Higano CS, Crawford ED, Liu G, Wilding G, Prescott S, Kanaga Sundaram S, Small EJ, Dawson NA, Donnelly BJ, Venner PM, Vaishampayan UN, et al.
Phase II trial of satraplatin and bevacizumab in metastatic docetaxel pretreated castrate resistant prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2013 Feb 20. S1078-1439. PMID:23433892. Authors: Vaishampayan U, Heilbrun L, Smith D, Baranowski K, Dickow B, Figg W.
External Validation and Comparison with Other Models of the International metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium Prognostic Model: A Population-based Study. Lancet oncol 2013 Feb;14(2):141-148. Doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70559-4. Epub 2013 Jan 98. PMID:23312463. Authors: Heng DY, Xie W, Regan MM, Harshman LC, Bjarnason GA, Vaishampayan UN, Mackenzie M, Wood L, Donskov F, Tan MH, Rha SY, Agarwal N. Kollmannsberger C, Rini BI, Choueiri TK.
The Association of Clinical Outcome to First-line VEGF-Targeted Therapy with Clinical Outcome to Second-line VEGF-Targeted Therapy in metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients. For the International mRCC Database Consortium. Target Oncol. 2013 Jan 9. PMID:23300029. Authors: Al-Marrawi MY, Rini BI, Harshman LC, Bjarnason G, Wood L, Vaishampayan U, Mackenzie M, Knox JJ, Agarwal N, Al-Harbi H, Kollmannsberger C, Tan MH, Rha Sy, Donskov FN, North S, Coueiri TK, Heng DY;
Cabozantinib as a Novel Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Curr oncol Rep. 2013 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:232929795]. Author: Vaishampayan U.
