I was born in California but moved to the Rochester area at a young age. I attended Cornell University for my undergraduate training, and have stayed in upstate New York for my medical training and practice.

I am trained in the use of therapeutic radiation, and treat patients at Strong Memorial Hospital and Noyes Memorial Hospital. I specialize in gastrointestinal cancers and metastatic disease at Strong Memorial Hospital and practice general radiation oncology at Noyes Memorial Hospital.

My clinical focus at Strong Memorial Hospital spans the breadth of GI cancers, including but not limited to gastrointestinal neuroendocrine, liver, pancreatic, colorectal, anal, gastric, biliary tract, and esophageal cancers, as well as metastatic disease of all cancer types; including radiation for oligometastatic/oligoprogressive disease and palliative radiation.

I treat with a variety of approaches, including 3D conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Y90 microsphere therapy, and radioligand therapy (including Lu-177 dotatate treatment for neuroendocrine cancers).

My goal is to provide the highest quality compassionate care to all patients.

Professional Background

MD with Distinction in Research, University of Rochester Medical Scientist Training Program, 2018
PhD in Statistics, University of Rochester Medical Scientist Training Program, 2016
BS in Biometry and Statistics; Biological Sciences. Cornell University, Magna Cum Laude, 2009

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Radiation Oncology (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2019 - 2023

Internship, Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University. 2018 - 2019

Education

MDDO | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry. 2018

PHD | University of Rochester. 2016

Awards

7 iCARE Stars for Excellence in Patient Care. 2024

The Red Journal Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2021. 2022

Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award. 2021

The Red Journal's Top Reviewers of 2020. 2021

Golden Key Honour Society. 2007

Honorable Mention for the Keeton Prize for Excellence in Introductory Biology at Cornell University. 2006

Research

My research interests lie in leveraging modern statistical methods to answer important clinical questions in cancer care. My statistical research interests include statistics for clinical trials, missing data, meta-analysis, causal inference, survival analysis, and machine learning/artificial intelligence. I remain active with clinical and biostatistical research.

I am a member of the SWOG cooperative group and serve on their Gastrointestinal and Radiation Oncology committees and Artificial Intelligence subcommittee. I also work on collaborative projects with the NRG Oncology Statistical and Data Management Center.

I am a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Statistical Association (ASA).

I also contribute my clinical and statistical expertise as a member of the National Cancer Institute PDQ Editorial Board and am a lead reviewer for their articles educating physicians around the world on the treatment of liver, pancreatic, colon, gastric, esophageal, small intestine, gastrointestinal neuroendocrine, cholangiocarcinoma, anal, and rectal cancers.

Publications

Journal Articles

Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Into Cancer Clinical Trials.

Kang J, Chowdhry AK, Pugh SL, Park JH

Seminars in radiation oncology.. 2023 October 33 (4):386-394. Epub 1900 01 01.

In Regard to Fornacon-Wood et al.

Chowdhry AK, Mayo D, Pugh SL, Park J, Fuller CD, Kang J

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2023 January 1115 (1):249-250. Epub 1900 01 01.

An Unusual Case of Multiple Myeloma with Light-Chain Cast Nephropathy Secondary to a Very Large Plasmacytoma without Bone Marrow Involvement.

Komisarof J, Lipof J, DiTursi J, Chowdhry A, Grace Choung HY, Burack WR, Constine L, Passero F

Case reports in hematology.. 2022 2022 :7531142. Epub 02/21/2022.

Missing Data in Clinical Studies.

Chowdhry AK, Gondi V, Pugh SL

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2021 August 1110 (5):1267-1271. Epub 02/25/2021.

In Regard to Soltys et al.

Chowdhry AK, Milano MT, Soltys SG, Grimm J

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2021 June 1110 (2):609-611. Epub 1900 01 01.

Second primary breast cancer after diagnosis of breast cancer among male patients: An examination of population characteristics and overall survival.

Chowdhry AK, Chowdhry DN, Shayne M, Milano MT

EClinicalMedicine.. 2020 October 27 :100551. Epub 09/20/2020.

Usefulness of a metronome to improve quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Khorasani-Zadeh A, Krowl LE, Chowdhry AK, Hantzidiamantis P, Hantzidiamantis K, Siciliano R, Grover MA, Dhamoon AS

Proceedings. 2020 August 2434 (1):54-55. Epub 08/24/2020.

Signals from SABR-COMET time to move on to phase III studies.

Chmura SJ, Salama JK, Chowdhry AK, Milano MT

Annals of translational medicine.. 2019 December 7 (Suppl 8):S316. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nivolumab without brain radiotherapy is insufficient for the treatment of most patients with brain metastases from clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Milano MT, Hardy SJ, Chowdhry AK

Annals of translational medicine.. 2019 December 7 (Suppl 8):S366. Epub 1900 01 01.

Surgical Management and Adjuvant Therapy for Patients with Neurological Deficits from Vertebral Hemangiomas: A Meta-Analysis.

Piper K, Zou L, Li D, Underberg D, Towner J, Chowdhry AK, Li YM

Spine.. 2019 July 30 Epub 07/30/2019.

Comparative Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Versus Upfront Surgery in the Management of Recto-Sigmoid Junction Cancer.

Venigalla S, Chowdhry AK, Wojcieszynski AP, Lukens JN, Plastaras JP, Metz JM, Ben-Josef E, Mahmoud NN, Reiss KA, Shabason JE

Clinical colorectal cancer.. 2018 September 17 (3):e557-e568. Epub 05/17/2018.

Survival implications of staging lymphadenectomy for non-endometrioid endometrial cancers.

Venigalla S, Chowdhry AK, Shalowitz DI

Gynecologic oncology.. 2018 June 149 (3):531-538. Epub 03/17/2018.

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.

Long-term CT surveillance after primary lung cancer treatment captures events in all risk groups.

Kang J, Chowdhry AK, Milano MT

Translational lung cancer research.. 2018 February 7 (Suppl 1):S49-S53. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Lung Metastases from Colorectal Cancer: Prognostic Factors for Disease Control and Survival.

Qiu H, Katz AW, Chowdhry AK, Usuki KY, Singh DP, Metcalfe S, Cheruvu P, Chen Y, Okunieff P, Milano MT

American journal of clinical oncology.. 2018 January 41 (1):53-58. Epub 1900 01 01.

Meta-analysis with missing study-level sample variance data.

Chowdhry AK, Dworkin RH, McDermott MP

Statistics in medicine.. 2016 July 3035 (17):3021-32. Epub 02/16/2016.

Assay sensitivity of pain intensity versus pain relief in acute pain clinical trials: ACTTION systematic review and meta-analysis.

Singla N, Hunsinger M, Chang PD, McDermott MP, Chowdhry AK, Desjardins PJ, Turk DC, Dworkin RH

The journal of pain.. 2015 August 16 (8):683-91. Epub 04/16/2015.

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial of Oxymorphone Hydrochloride and Propoxyphene/Acetaminophen Combination for the Treatment of Neurogenic Claudication Associated With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Markman JD, Gewandter JS, Frazer ME, Murray NM, Rast SA, McDermott MP, Chowdhry AK, Tompkinson E, Pilcher WH, Walter KA, Dworkin RH

Spine.. 2015 May 1540 (10):684-91. 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.

Double-blind, randomized, controlled, crossover trial of pregabalin for neurogenic claudication.

Markman JD, Frazer ME, Rast SA, McDermott MP, Gewandter JS, Chowdhry AK, Czerniecka K, Pilcher WH, Simon LS, Dworkin RH

Neurology.. 2015 January 2084 (3):265-72. Epub 12/10/2014.

Predictive multivariate regression to increase the specificity of carotid duplex ultrasound for high-grade stenosis in asymptomatic patients.

Carnicelli AP, Stone JJ, Doyle A, Chowdhry A, Gillespie DL, Chandra A

Annals of vascular surgery.. 2014 August 28 (6):1548-55. Epub 02/12/2014.

Complications from computed tomography-guided core needle biopsy for patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage lesions of the lung.

Chowdhry VK, Chowdhry AK, Goldman N, Scalzetti EM, Grage RA, Bogart JA

Clinical lung cancer.. 2014 July 15 (4):302-6. Epub 05/12/2014.

Cross-sectional area for the calculation of carotid artery stenosis on computed tomographic angiography.

Carnicelli AP, Stone JJ, Doyle A, Chowdhry AK, Mix D, Ellis J, Gillespie DL, Chandra A

Journal of vascular surgery.. 2013 September 58 (3):659-65. Epub 04/20/2013.

Books

Rosenstein-Machine Learning in Clinical Radiation Oncology: A Guide for Clinicians (2023)

Chapter: Causal Inference for Oncology

Authors: Chowdhry AK; Yang K; Liu J; Milano MT; Tu J; Tu X

Publisher: Academic Press 2023

Rosenstein-Machine Learning in Clinical Radiation Oncology: A Guide for Clinicians (2023)

Chapter: Evaluating machine learning models: from building to clinical deployment

Authors: Kang J; Chowdhry AK; Lyon R; Rattay T; Strawderman RL

Publisher: Academic Press 2023

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