Locations
| Schedule An Appointment | Clinical Office Address |
|---|---|
| (801) 585-0250 | Huntsman Cancer Hospital Clinic 2B, GU 1950 Circle of Hope Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Map |
Bio
Neeraj Agarwal, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Utah School of Medicine; and the Director of the “Genitourinary Oncology Multidisciplinary Program” at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). He is also an investigator at Huntsman Cancer Institute and member of the Experimental Therapeutics Program.
As a specialist in adult hematology and oncology, Dr. Agarwal cares for patients with all types of cancer and specializes in genitourinary malignancies (cancers of the prostate, kidney, bladder, and testes).
Dr. Agarwal is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG). After receiving his MBBS degree from Assam Medical College and MD from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi, India, Dr. Agarwal completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine, at the University of Iowa. He then completed a hematology-oncology fellowship at the HCI and the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Agarwal serves as the national principle investigator and chair of a multicentre phase III clinical trial for men with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer. This trial is sponsored by SWOG, one of the largest National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) clinical trial group, and endorsed by all major groups in NCI Clinical Trials Network ( ECOG, CALGB etc). This trial is expected to recruit more than 1500 men with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer across the United States. In addition, he is the principle investigator for two investigator initiated clinical trials for men with prostate cancer. Dr. Agarwal has received several awards and grants and has authored more than 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He has given talks at several prestigious regional and national forums, including the workshop at the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Aging, Utah Urologic Society Annual meeting, and MD Anderson Cancer Center’s–sponsored oncology conferences. He serves as a panel member for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline- committees for bladder, kidney cancer and testicular cancer
Dr. Agarwal has the prestigious honor of being chosen as one of the five young investigators of the Southwest Oncology Group in 2009. He has been appointed as the leader of early therapeutics of the SWOG Genitourinary Cancer Committee in 2010. Dr. Agarwal is also the recipient of the prestigious 2009-2010 William D. Odell Young Investigator award from the University of Utah’s, Department of Medicine.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine - Assistant Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Oncology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Geriatric Medicine) American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology) American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology) |