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Supriya G. Mohile, M.D., M.S.

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Appointment: (585) 275-5823

Administrative: (585) 275-0394

Office: (585) 275-5823

Fax: (585) 273-1042

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Biography

As a geriatric oncologist, I devote my time to trying to improve care delivery and outcomes for older adults with cancer. At the Wilmot Cancer Institute, we have one of the country's few geriatric oncology clinics. Our team -- Specialized Oncology Care and Research in Elders, or SOCARE -- is recognized nationally and internationally as providing the most comprehensive, evidence-based model of care for patients aged 70 and over with cancer.

My philosophy is to focus on the patient as a whole, not just the cancer. For this reason, we employ a multidisciplinary approach to the care of every patient. This includes an assessment of overall health status and input from nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy, nutrition and social work, whenever appropriate.

Over 60% of patients with cancer are aged 65 and over, and with the aging of the population, this number will increase. Despite the high prevalence of cancer in older adults, patients who are older are underrepresented in clinical trials. As a result, there is a gap in knowledge in the safest and most effective cancer treatments. Through evidence-based clinical practice and research, we hope to close this gap.

Conditions I Treat:

- Genitourinary cancers
- Gastrointestinal cancers
- Geriatric cancers

Professional Background

Supriya Gupta Mohile, M.D., M.S. is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, and Director of the Geriatric Oncology Research Group at the Wilmot Cancer Institute. She is a board-certified geriatrician and oncologist with clinical expertise in treating patients with genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, she earned her M.D. at Thomas Jefferson Medical School. She completed internship, residency and fellowships in hematology/oncology and geriatrics at University of Chicago Medical Center, where she also earned a master's degree in health outcomes research. Mohile's fellowship was funded by an American Society of Clinical Oncology and John Hartford Foundation initiative to train oncologists in the care of older patients. Mohile's research interests include the evaluation of patterns of care, health outcomes, and quality of life related to treatment for systemic cancer in older patients.

She is also working to develop clinical trials for older adults with cancer and to identify interventions to reduce treatment morbidity.

Research

Supriya Gupta Mohile, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery. She is a board-certified geriatrician and oncologist with clinical expertise in treating patients with genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers. As the Director of Geriatric Oncology Research Group, she has developed a robust clinical and research program in geriatric oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center as part of the Wilmot Cancer Institute. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, she earned her M.D. at Thomas Jefferson Medical School, she completed internship, residency and fellowships in hematology/oncology and geriatrics at University of Chicago Medical Center, where she also earned a master's degree in health outcomes research.

Mohile's fellowship was funded by an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and John Hartford Foundation initiative to train oncologists in the care of older patients. Mohile's research interests include the evaluation of patterns of care, health outcomes, and quality of life related to treatment for systemic cancer in older patients. Her early research was funded by a Hartford Geriatric Health Outcomes Research Award and a GEMSSTAR award from the NIA. In 2013, she was awarded a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Award and a NCI R01 to evaluate whether geriatric assessment can improve outcomes of older patients with cancer. She directs is an integral member of the University of Rochester NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Base.

She leads the Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR) efforts in the Research Base and sits on the CCDR Steering Committee at the NCI. Dr. Mohile is an expert in geriatric oncology with over 230 publications in this area. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology. She was the Chair for the ASCO Geriatric Oncology Task Force and the ASCO Geriatric Oncology Clinical Guideline panel. Her contribution to moving the geriatric oncology field forward is noted in her leadership with developing research priorities and guidelines.

Credentials

Specialties

    Education

    1998
    MD | Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

    Post-doctoral Training & Residency

    07/01/2002 - 06/30/2005
    Fellowship in Medical Oncology at University of Chicago Hospitals

    07/01/2001 - 06/30/2002
    Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at University of Chicago Hospitals

    06/10/1999 - 06/30/2001
    Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Chicago Hospitals

    06/10/1998 - 06/10/1999
    Internship in Internal Medicine at University of Chicago Hospitals

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    Awards

    2023
    Elected member: American Society of Clinical Investigation
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Investigation

    2019
    Visiting Professor, Rutgers University
    Sponsor: Rutgers University

    2019
    Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina
    Sponsor: UNC

    2019
    Visiting Professor, Hartford Health Systems, Connecticut
    Sponsor: Hartford Health Systems

    2019
    Acceptance and funding (25K) for the NIH Speeding Research-tested Interventions (SPRINT) program
    Sponsor: NIH

    2019
    Fellow, ASCO (FASCO), Highest honor acknowledging years of commitment
    Sponsor: ASCO

    2019
    Prinz C. First person profile: Supriya G. Mohile, MD, MS
    Sponsor: Cancer Journal

    2018
    BJ Kennedy Award for Excellence in Geriatric Oncology
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology
    Location: Chicago, IL

    2018
    "Best of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology)"
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology
    Location: Chicago, IL

    2018
    Davy Award and Lecture for Scientific Excellence in Cancer Research
    Sponsor: Wilmot Cancer Inst.

    2018
    Acceptance and competitive travel award to NIH Mixed Methods Training Program
    Sponsor: NIH

    2013
    Health Achievement Award in Senior Care
    Sponsor: Rochester Business Journal

    2013
    Academic Mentoring Award in Clinical Programs
    Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

    2013
    Outstanding Teacher Award
    Sponsor: University of Rochester Hem/Onc Fellowship Program

    2013
    Acceptance and competitive travel award
    Sponsor: NIH
    Location: City of Hope Medical Center

    2013
    Paul Calabresi Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership in Geriatric Oncology
    Sponsor: Society of International Geriatric Oncology

    2012
    Golden Givers Award for Excellence in Senior Care
    Sponsor: Channel 8 News
    Location: Rochester

    2011
    Acceptance and competitive travel award
    Sponsor: NIH

    2011
    John Hartford Foundation of Excellence in Aging Scholar
    Sponsor: John Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence

    2010
    Young Investigator Award
    Sponsor: American Geriatrics

    2010
    John Hartford Foundation of Excellence in Aging Scholar
    Location: John Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence

    2010
    Merck/American Geriatrics Society Young Investigator Award

    2008
    Certificate of appreciation from Cancer and Aging Research Working Group as Project Leader for organizing and leading the 2008 a

    2008
    Full Scholarship to National Cancer Institute's Summer Institute on Randomized Controlled Trials for Biobehavioral Intervention

    2008
    Best Poster Award in the Presidential Poster Session, American Geriatrics Society

    2008
    Best Poster Award, American Society of Preventive Oncology

    2008
    Selection to the Education Committee, Society of International Geriatric Oncology (SIOG)

    2007
    Hartford Geriatrics Research Health Outcomes Scholar Award

    2006 - 2006
    Scholarship to Urological Oncology Young Investigator Course
    Sponsor: SWOG

    2004 - 2004
    Foundation Young Investigator Award
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology

    2004 - 2004
    Scholarship to Aging Research
    Sponsor: NIA

    2004 - 2004
    Paul Carbone Young Investigator Merit Award
    Sponsor: Geriatric Oncology Consortium

    2004 - 2004
    Foundation Merit Award
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology

    2004 - 2004
    Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Scholarship
    Sponsor: ASCO/AACR

    2003 - 2003
    Foundation Merit Award
    Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology

    2003 - 2003
    Masters Tuition Scholarship
    Sponsor: University of Chicago Department of Health Studies

    1999 - 1999
    Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
    Sponsor: University of Chicago Medical Center

    1997 - 1997
    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society - Junior Year
    Sponsor: Jefferson Medical College
    Location: Jefferson Medical College

    1996 - 1996
    Pharmacology Prize for highest course grade in class
    Sponsor: Jefferson Medical College
    Location: Jefferson Medical College

    1996 - 1996
    Pathology Prize for grade in top 5% of class
    Sponsor: Jefferson Medical College
    Location: Jefferson Medical College

    1995 - 1995
    Biochemistry Prize for grade in top 5% of class
    Sponsor: Jefferson Medical College
    Location: Jefferson Medical College

    1994 - 1994
    Graduate summa cum laude
    Sponsor: Pennsylvania State University
    Location: Pennsylvania State University

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    Clinical Trials

    UMMY-15114 Integrating Touchscreen-based Geriatric Assessment and Frailty Screening for Adults with Multiple Myeloma to Drive Personalized Treatment Decisions

    Lead Researcher: Supriya G Mohile

    If you enter the study, you will be asked to complete an electronic questionnaire on a sponsor- provided electronic tablet during an already scheduled clinical visit to your medical oncology doctor’s office. The questionnaire will take about 10 minutes to complete; study staff will remain available to assist you.

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    Publications

    Journal Articles

    2/5/2024
    Loria A, Ramsdale EE, Aquina CT, Cupertino P, Mohile SG, Fleming FJ. "From Clinical Trials to Practice: Anticipating and Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Watch-and-Wait for Rectal Cancer." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2024 Feb 5; :JCO2301369. Epub 2024 Feb 05.

    2/5/2024
    Mohamed MR, Rich DQ, Seplaki C, Lund JL, Flannery M, Culakova E, Magnuson A, Wells M, Tylock R, Mohile SG. "Primary Treatment Modification and Treatment Tolerability Among Older Chemotherapy Recipients With Advanced Cancer." JAMA network open.. 2024 Feb 5; 7(2):e2356106. Epub 2024 Feb 05.

    11/8/2023
    Loh KP, Mohile SG. "Geriatric assessment and management: is decreasing treatment toxicity good enough?" Journal of the National Cancer Institute.. 2023 Nov 8; Epub 2023 Nov 08.

    Books & Chapters

    2017
    Chapter Title: Oncology
    Book Title: Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine
    Author List: Magnuson A, Mohile S.
    Edited By: Medina-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Potter JF
    Published By: American Geriatrics Society 2017 in NY

    2016
    Chapter Title: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine
    Book Title: Geriatrics Review Syllabus
    Author List: Magnuson, A; Mohile, S
    Edited By: Medina-Walpole, A; Pacala, JT; Potter, JF
    Published By: American Geriatrics Society 2016 in NY

    2015
    Chapter Title: Ageing and Cancer
    Book Title: Routledge International Handbook on Positive Ageing
    Author List: Lycke M, Pottel L, Boterberg T, Mohile SG, Braine E, Debruyne P.
    Published By: University of Greenwich 2015

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