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Sughosh Dhakal, M.D.

Sughosh Dhakal, M.D.

Radiation Oncology, Cancer

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Appointment (585) 225-3989

About Me

I pursued a career in radiation oncology because I wanted to be part of a team that continues to improve the outcomes for all patients, while caring for patients on an individual level every day. My patients can be confident knowing that I will develop a personalized treatment plan using all availab...
I pursued a career in radiation oncology because I wanted to be part of a team that continues to improve the outcomes for all patients, while caring for patients on an individual level every day. My patients can be confident knowing that I will develop a personalized treatment plan using all available resources at Strong Memorial Hospital and the Wilmot Cancer Institute. These include the most cutting-edge technologies, in addition to a team of caring professionals from all disciplines of medicine.

I have a particular clinical and research interests in the long term side effects of cancer therapy and other issues related to cancer survivorship.

Professional Background

Dr. Dhakal received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his internship at the Lehigh Valley Hospital/Penn State progra...
Dr. Dhakal received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his internship at the Lehigh Valley Hospital/Penn State program in Allentown, Pennsylvania and later completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Strong Memorial Hospital, where he also served as chief resident.

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2008 - 2012

Internship, Lehigh Valley Health Network-Cedar Crest GME. 2007 - 2008

Education

MD | University of Rochester. 2007

Awards

High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Scholarship. 2012

Roentgen Resident Research Award. 2010

Resident Research Award. 2009

Medical Society of the State of New York Community Service Award. 2007

Joan Jensler Community Outreach Award. 2005

Research

Dr. Dhakal has received several prestigious awards and honors including a High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Scholarship, Roentgen Resident Research Award, Medical Society of the State of New York Community Service Award, and Joan Jensler Community Outreach Award, among others.

In addition, Dr. Dha...
Dr. Dhakal has received several prestigious awards and honors including a High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Scholarship, Roentgen Resident Research Award, Medical Society of the State of New York Community Service Award, and Joan Jensler Community Outreach Award, among others.

In addition, Dr. Dhakal has first authored numerous publications in leading peer reviewed journals and has presented both locally and nationally on various oncology-related topics.

Publications

Journal Articles

Therapy-Related Cardiac Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Bates JE, Howell RM, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Mulrooney DA, Dhakal S, Smith SA, Leisenring WM, Indelicato DJ, Gibson TM, Armstrong GT, Oeffinger KC, Constine LS

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2019 May 137 (13):1090-1101. Epub 03/12/2019.

CIED malfunction in patients receiving radiation is a rare event that could be detected by remote monitoring.

Bravo-Jaimes K, Fernandez G, Samala V, Moravan MJ, Dhakal S, Shah AH, Messing S, Singh K, Aktas MK

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology.. 2018 September 29 (9):1268-1275. Epub 06/22/2018.

A population-based study of prognosis and survival in patients with second primary thyroid cancer after Hodgkin lymphoma.

Chowdhry AK, Fung C, Chowdhry VK, Bergsma D, Dhakal S, Constine LS, Milano MT

Leukemia & lymphoma.. 2018 May 59 (5):1180-1187. Epub 09/01/2017.

The Benefit of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in High-grade Nonmetastatic Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A SEER Analysis.

Bates JE, Dhakal S, Mazloom A, Constine LS

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2018 March 41 (3):274-279. Epub 1900 01 01.

Benefit from the inclusion of radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with stage III classical Hodgkin lymphoma: A propensity matched analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.

Bates JE, Dhakal S, Mazloom A, Casulo C, Constine LS

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.. 2017 August 124 (2):325-330. Epub 08/01/2017.

Late Relapses After High-dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma in the Rituximab Era.

Hunter BD, Herr M, Meacham PJ, Barlaskar F, Evans AG, Burack WR, Liesveld JL, Becker MW, Milner LA, Constine LS, Dhakal S, Barr PM, Friedberg JW, Casulo C

Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia.. 2017 March 17 (3):145-151. Epub 11/23/2016.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Winkfield KM, Advani RH, Ballas LK, Dabaja BS, Dhakal S, Flowers CR, Ha CS, Hoppe BS, Mansur DB, Mendenhall NP, Metzger ML, Plastaras JP, Roberts KB, Shapiro R, Smith SM, Terezakis SA, Younes A, Constine LS

Oncology.. 2016 December 1530 (12):1099-103, 1106-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Hodgkin Lymphoma-Favorable Prognosis Stage I and II.

Dhakal S, Advani R, Ballas LK, Dabaja BS, Flowers CR, Ha CS, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Metzger ML, Plastaras JP, Roberts KB, Shapiro R, Smith SM, Terezakis SA, Winkfield KM, Younes A, Constine LS,

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2016 December 39 (6):535-544. Epub 1900 01 01.

Survival after subsequent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-small cell lung cancer in patients with malignant thymoma.

Parzen JS, Bates JE, Milano MT, Dhakal S

Journal of thoracic disease.. 2016 December 8 (12):3605-3613. Epub 1900 01 01.

Patterns and Timing of Failure for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma After Initial Therapy in a Cohort Who Underwent Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation for Relapse.

Dhakal S, Bates JE, Casulo C, Friedberg JW, Becker MW, Liesveld JL, Constine LS

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2016 October 196 (2):372-378. Epub 05/27/2016.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Hodgkin Lymphoma-Unfavorable Clinical Stage I and II.

Roberts KB, Younes A, Hodgson DC, Advani R, Dabaja BS, Dhakal S, Flowers CR, Ha CS, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Metzger ML, Plastaras JP, Shapiro R, Smith SM, Terezakis SA, Winkfield KM, Constine LS,

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2016 August 39 (4):384-95. Epub 1900 01 01.

Repeat courses of SRS in patients initially treated with SRS alone for brain-metastatic melanoma

Bates JE; Youn P; Usuki KY; Dhakal S; Milano MT.

Melanoma Management. 2016; 3: 97-104.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

Dabaja BS, Advani R, Hodgson DC, Dhakal S, Flowers CR, Ha CS, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Metzger ML, Plastaras JP, Roberts KB, Shapiro R, Smith SM, Terezakis SA, Winkfield KM, Younes A, Constine LS

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2015 December 38 (6):610-20. Epub 1900 01 01.

Second primary head and neck cancer after Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based study of 44,879 survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Chowdhry AK, McHugh C, Fung C, Dhakal S, Constine LS, Milano MT

Cancer.. 2015 May 1121 (9):1436-45. Epub 01/08/2015.

Local control rates with five fractions of stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary lung tumors: a single institution experience of 153 consecutive patients

Singh D; Chen Y; Bergsma DP; Usuki KY; Dhakal S; Hare MZ; Joyce N; Smudzin T; Rosenzweig D; Schell MC; Milano MT.

Transl Cancer Res. 2015; 4(4): 332-339.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST): a SEER analysis of incidence across the age spectrum and therapeutic interventions in the pediatric population.

Bates JE, Peterson CR, Dhakal S, Giampoli EJ, Constine LS

Pediatric blood & cancer.. 2014 November 61 (11):1955-60. Epub 08/17/2014.

ACR appropriateness criteria follow-up of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ha CS, Hodgson DC, Advani R, Dabaja BS, Dhakal S, Flowers CR, Hoppe BS, Mendenhall NP, Metzger ML, Plastaras JP, Roberts KB, Shapiro R, Smith S, Terezakis SA, Winkfield KM, Younes A, Constine LS

Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR.. 2014 November 11 (11):1026-1033.e3. Epub 09/30/2014.

Pleural effusions in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma: clinical predictors and associations with outcome.

Hunter BD, Dhakal S, Voci S, Goldstein N, Constine LS

Leukemia & lymphoma.. 2014 August 55 (8):1822-6. Epub 02/04/2014.

The integration of cancer survivorship training in the curriculum of hematology/oncology fellows and radiation oncology residents.

Shayne M, Culakova E, Milano MT, Dhakal S, Constine LS

Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice.. 2014 June 8 (2):167-72. Epub 12/05/2013.

Radiation therapy in the management of patients with limited brain metastases.

Dhakal S, Peterson CR, Milano MT

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2014 April 37 (2):208-14. Epub 1900 01 01.

Esophageal metastasis to the iris effectively palliated using stereotactic body radiation therapy and adjuvant intravitreal chemotherapy: case report and literature review.

Dhakal S, Lema GM, Diloreto DA, Katz AW

Case reports in oncology.. 2012 September 5 (3):639-43. Epub 12/06/2012.

Involved field radiation therapy following high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant benefits local control and survival in refractory or recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma.

Biswas T, Culakova E, Friedberg JW, Kelly JL, Dhakal S, Liesveld J, Phillips GL, Constine LS

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.. 2012 June 103 (3):367-72. Epub 03/05/2012.

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for pulmonary metastases from soft-tissue sarcomas: excellent local lesion control and improved patient survival.

Dhakal S, Corbin KS, Milano MT, Philip A, Sahasrabudhe D, Jones C, Constine LS

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2012 February 182 (2):940-5. Epub 01/27/2011.

Bone density changes after radiation for extremity sarcomas: exploring the etiology of pathologic fractures.

Dhakal S, Chen J, McCance S, Rosier R, O'Keefe R, Constine LS

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2011 July 1580 (4):1158-63. Epub 10/01/2010.

Involved field radiation after autologous stem cell transplant for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the rituximab era.

Biswas T, Dhakal S, Chen R, Hyrien O, Bernstein S, Friedberg JW, Fisher RI, Liesveld J, Phillips G, Constine LS

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2010 May 177 (1):79-85. Epub 08/03/2009.

Patterns and timing of initial relapse in patients subsequently undergoing transplantation for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Dhakal S, Biswas T, Liesveld JL, Friedberg JW, Phillips GL, Constine LS

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2009 September 175 (1):188-92. Epub 02/26/2009.

Books

Pediatric Radiation Oncology (2016)

Chapter: Late effects of cancer treatment

Authors: Dhakal S; Bates JE; Friedman DL; Constine LS

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2016

Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2015)

Chapter: Pediatric Growth and Development: Impact on Vulnerability to Normal Tissue Damage from Cancer Therapy

Authors: Dhakal S; Paulino AC; Constine LS

Publisher: Springer, New York 2015

Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2015)

Chapter: The Thyroid Gland

Authors: Milano MT; Dhakal S; Schwartz CL; Constine LS

Publisher: Springer, New York 2015

Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2015)

Chapter: Pulmonary Effects of Antineoplastic Therapy

Authors: Dhakal S; Weiner D; Schwartz CL; Constine LS

Publisher: Springer, New York 2015

Pediatric Cancer (2013)

Chapter: Survivors of childhood Hodgkin's Lymphoma after treatment: subsequent solid tumor malignancies based on gender and radiation dose

Authors: Dhakal S; Youn P, Milano MT; Constine LS

Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht 2013

ALERT: Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment (2013)

Chapter: BioPediatric Complexities of Growth and Development

Authors: Paulino AC; Dhakal S; Constine LS

Publisher: Springer, New York 2013