( out of 158 reviews )
Clinical Locations
Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Research North
Clinic 2D/E, BMT/Hematology
Salt Lake City
801-585-2626
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Board Certification
American Board of Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Medical Council of IndiaPatient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 158 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
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June 30, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Tantravahi is a very caring doctor. He is also a wonderful diagnostician. He keeps a close eye on progress and explains how things are progressing. I have been his patient for seven years and I honestly do not know if I would be here without his expertise and knowledge and his willingness to try various approaches to my health problem. He is also very friendly and lets me have a part in the decisions being made.
June 26, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery caring and takes time to explain condition
May 19, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Tantravahi provided a very thorough review of treatment options and pointed out which would be best based upon the lab reports. He also followed up with us and our local doctor giving his treatment suggestions.
May 10, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe is a very caring doctor he listens to you and all of your concerns. I feel very comfortable being able to discuss any of my health needs with him.
May 08, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe takes such great care in discussing my treatment with me and really makes me feel how much he cares about me. He's more concerned about me as a person than about my treatment.
February 28, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe is a great dr. He talks to you like you no what is going on. He explains things to you in a way that you can understand them. And he talks to slow enough that you can understand everything.
February 14, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery knowledgeable and friendly Dr. I would highly recommend him.
February 13, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. T has been awesome to work with! Diligent, and very helpful!
January 24, 2025HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERFantastic clinician. Can't recommend highly enough.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies
Board Certification American Board of Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Medical Council of IndiaEducation history
Fellowship Advanced Hematology & Oncology - University of Utah Fellow Fellowship Hematology & Oncology - University of Utah Fellow Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah Resident Residency Internal Medicine - Barnsley District General Hospital Senior House Officer Residency Internal Medicine - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Senior House Officer Residency Internal Medicine - Rotherham District General Hospital Senior House Officer Residency Internal Medicine - George Elliot Hospital Senior House Officer Residency Internal Medicine - Macclesfield District General Hospital Senior House Officer Professional Medical Medicine - Guntur Medical College M.B.B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Cortes JE, Kim DW, Saikia T, Khattry N, Rathnam K, Alvarado Y, Hannah G, Tantravahi SK, Apperley JF, Charbonnier A, Garca-Gutirrez V, Lucchesi A, Dima D, Ills, Popov VM, Abruzzese E, Nag A, Apte S, Badar T, Yao SL, Saxena U, Sreenivasan J, Inamdar S, Chimote G, Nicolini FE (2025). Vodobatinib for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia resistant or intolerant to multiple lines of previous therapy: an open-label, multicentre, phase 1/2 trial. Lancet Haematol, 12(3), e201-e213. (Read full article)
- Li P, Alnoor FNU, Xie W, Williams M, Feusier J, Ding Y, Zhao X, Zheng G, Zhao C, Zieske AW, Zu Y, Raess PW, Tantravahi S, Osman A, Patel AB, Tashi T, Patel JL, Matynia AP, Menon MP, Miles RR, Jacobsen JR, George TI, Sborov DW, Szankasi P, Rindler P, Close D, Ohgami RS (2024). Rapid growth of acquired UBA1 mutations predisposes male patients to low-risk MDS. Leukemia, 39(1), 248-256. (Read full article)
- Vardell VA, Ose J, Rets AV, Tantravahi SK, Patel AB (2024). Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia and Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A National Analysis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 24(12), 843-851. (Read full article)
- Babushok DV, DeZern AE, de Castro C, Rogers ZR, Beenhouwer D, Broder MS, Fanning S, Gibbs SN, Hanna R, Maciejewski JP, Scott BL, Tantravahi SK, Wlodarski MW, Yermilov I, Patel BJ (2024). Modified Delphi Panel Consensus Recommendations for Management of Severe Aplastic Anemia. Blood Adv. (Read full article)
- Berman E, Shah NP, Deninger M, Altman JK, Amaya M, Begna K, Bhatia R, Chan O, Collins R, Curtin P, DeAngelo DJ, Drazer M, Maness L, Metheny L, Mohan S, Moore J, Oehler V, Pratz K, Pusic I, Rose M, Shomali W, Smith BD, Styler M, Sweet K, Talpaz M, Tanaka T, Tantravahi S, Tsai S, Vaughn J, Welborn J, Yang D, Mauro M, Cortes J, Radich J, Druker B (2023). CML and the WHO: Why? J Clin Oncol, 42(9), 984-986. (Read full article)
- Shah NP, Bhatia R, Altman JK, Amaya M, Begna KH, Berman E, Chan O, Clements J, Collins RH, Curtin PT, DeAngelo DJ, Drazer M, Maness L, Metheny L, Mohan S, Moore JO, Oehler V, Pratz K, Pusic I, Rose MG, Shomali W, Smith BD, Styler M, Talpaz M, Tanaka TN, Tantravahi S, Thompson J, Tsai S, Vaughn J, Welborn J, Yang DT, Sundar H, Gregory K (2024). Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Version 2.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 22(1), 43-69. (Read full article)
- Vardell VA, Ermann DA, Tantravahi SK, Haaland B, McClune B, Godara A, Mohyuddin GR, Sborov DW (2022). Impact of academic medical center access on outcomes in multiple myeloma. Am J Hematol, 98(1), 41-48. (Read full article)
- Pemmaraju N, Garcia JS, Potluri J, Harb JG, Sun Y, Jung P, Qin QQ, Tantravahi SK, Verstovsek S, Harrison C (2022). Addition of navitoclax to ongoing ruxolitinib treatment in patients with myelofibrosis (REFINE): a post-hoc analysis of molecular biomarkers in a phase 2 study. Lancet Haematol, 9(6), e434-e444. (Read full article)
- Li P, Venkatachalam S, Ospina Cordona D, Wilson L, Kovacsovics T, Moser KA, Miles RR, Beck DB, George T, Tantravahi SK (2021). A clinical, histopathological, and molecular study of two cases of VEXAS syndrome without a definitive myeloid neoplasm. Blood Adv, 6(2), 405-409. (Read full article)
- Go RS, Jacobsen E, Baiocchi R, Buhtoiarov I, Butler EB, Campbell PK, Coulter DW, Diamond E, Flagg A, Goodman AM, Goyal G, Gratzinger D, Hendrie PC, Higman M, Hogarty MD, Janku F, Karmali R, Morgan D, Raldow AC, Stefanovic A, Tantravahi SK, Walkovich K, Zhang L, Bergman MA, Darlow SD (2021). Histiocytic Neoplasms, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 19(11), 1277-1303. (Read full article)
- Yang F, Long N, Anekpuritanang T, Bottomly D, Savage JC, Lee T, Solis-Ruiz JM, Borate U, Wilmot B, Tognon CE, Bock AM, Pollyea DA, Radhakrishnan SM, Radhakrishnan S, Patel PA, Collins RH, Tantravahi SK, Deininger MW, Fan G, Druker BJ, Shinde U, Tyner JW, Press RD, McWeeney SK, Agarwal A (2021). Identification and prioritization of myeloid malignancy germline variants in a large cohort of adult AML patients. Blood, 139(8), 1208-1221. (Read full article)
- Patel AB, Pomicter AD, Yan D, Eiring AM, Antelope O, Schumacher JA, Kelley TW, Tantravahi SK, Kovacsovics TJ, Shami PJ, OHare T, Deininger MW (2020). Dasatinib overcomes stroma-based resistance to the FLT3 inhibitor quizartinib using multiple mechanisms. Leukemia, 34(11), 2981-2991. (Read full article)
- Kim K, McMillin GA, Bernard PS, Tantravahi S, Walker BS, Schmidt RL (2019). Cost effectiveness of therapeutic drug monitoring for imatinib administration in chronic myeloid leukemia. PLoS One, 14(12), e0226552. (Read full article)
- Willis C, Menon J, Unni S, Au T, Yoo M, Biskupiak J, Brixner D, Ndife B, Joseph G, Bonifacio G, Stein E, Tantravahi S, Shami PJ, Kovacsovics T, Stenehjem D (2019). Clinical and economic analysis of patients with acute myeloid leukemia by FLT3 status and midostaurin use at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leuk Res, 87, 106262. (Read full article)
- Franzini A, Pomicter AD, Yan D, Khorashad JS, Tantravahi SK, Than H, Ahmann JM, OHare T, Deininger MW (2019). The transcriptome of CMML monocytes is highly inflammatory and reflects leukemia-specific and age-related alterations. Blood Adv, 3(20), 2949-2961. (Read full article)
- Walker BS, Schmidt RL, Tantravahi S, Kim K, Hanson KE (2019). Cost-effectiveness of antifungal prophylaxis, preemptive therapy, or empiric treatment following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Transpl Infect Dis, 21(5), e13148. (Read full article)
- Yan D, Pomicter AD, Tantravahi S, Mason CC, Senina AV, Ahmann JM, Wang Q, Than H, Patel AB, Heaton WL, Eiring AM, Clair PM, Gantz KC, Redwine HM, Swierczek SI, Halverson BJ, Baloglu E, Shacham S, Khorashad JS, Kelley TW, Salama ME, Miles RR, Boucher KM, Prchal JT, OHare T, Deininger MW (2018). Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Transport Is a Therapeutic Target in Myelofibrosis. Clin Cancer Res, 25(7), 2323-2335. (Read full article)
- Patel SB, Stenehjem DD, Gill DM, Tantravahi SK, Agarwal AM, Hsu J, Vuong W, Pal SK, Agarwal N (2016). Everolimus Versus Temsirolimus in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma After Progression With Previous Systemic Therapies. Clin Genitourin Cancer, 14(2), 153-9. (Read full article)
- Mason CC, Khorashad JS, Tantravahi SK, Kelley TW, Zabriskie MS, Yan D, Pomicter AD, Reynolds KR, Eiring AM, Kronenberg Z, Sherman RL, Tyner JW, Dalley BK, Dao KH, Yandell M, Druker BJ, Gotlib J, OHare T, Deininger MW (2016). Age-related mutations and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Leukemia, 30(4), 906-13. (Read full article)
- Bailey EB, Tantravahi SK, Poole A, Agarwal AM, Straubhar AM, Batten JA, Patel SB, Wells CE, Stenehjem DD, Agarwal N (2015). Correlation of degree of hypothyroidism with survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Clin Genitourin Cancer, 13(3), e131-7. (Read full article)
- Khorashad JS, Eiring AM, Mason CC, Gantz KC, Bowler AD, Redwine HM, Yu F, Kraft IL, Pomicter AD, Reynolds KR, Iovino AJ, Zabriskie MS, Heaton WL, Tantravahi SK, Kauffman M, Shacham S, Chenchik A, Bonneau K, Ullman KS, OHare T, Deininger MW (2015). shRNA library screening identifies nucleocytoplasmic transport as a mediator of BCR-ABL1 kinase-independent resistance. Blood, 125(11), 1772-81. (Read full article)
- Eiring AM, Page BDG, Kraft IL, Mason CC, Vellore NA, Resetca D, Zabriskie MS, Zhang TY, Khorashad JS, Engar AJ, Reynolds KR, Anderson DJ, Senina A, Pomicter AD, Arpin CC, Ahmad S, Heaton WL, Tantravahi SK, Todic A, Moriggl R, Wilson DJ, Baron R, OHare T, Gunning PT, Deininger MW (2015). Combined STAT3 and BCR-ABL1 inhibition induces synthetic lethality in therapy-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia, 29(3), 586-597. (Read full article)
- Tantravahi SK, Albertson D, Agarwal AM, Ravulapati S, Poole A, Patel SB, Hawatmeh JS, Straubhar AM, Liu T, Stenehjem DD, Agarwal N (2015). Survival Outcomes and Tumor IMP3 Expression in Patients with Sarcomatoid Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. J Oncol, 2015, 181926. (Read full article)
Book Chapter
- Tantravahi SK, Khorashad JS, Deininger MW (In Press). Genomic Landscape of myeloproliferative neoplasms. In Oxford Hand Book of Hematology.
- Tantravahi SK, Kovacsovics T (2015). Myeloma. In Randall RL (Ed.), Metastatic Bone Disease: An Integrated Approach to Patient Care (2016 Edition, pp. 83-102). New York: Springer.
- Kollepara SLS, Tantravahi SK, Batten J, Agarwal N (2014). Integrating emerging science into clinical practice: Targeting androgen signaling in Castration Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer. In Srivastava R, Maksymowicz W, Lopaczynski W (Eds.), Lost in Translation: Barriers in Incentives for Translational Research. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Letter
- Tantravahi SK, Huber BD, Vagher J, Maese L, Pomicter AD, Al-Sweel N, Asch JD, Toydemir RM, Hong B, Parker C (2022). Genome-wide uniparental disomy as a mechanism of immune escape in acquired aplastic anaemia. [Letter to the editor]. Br J Haematol, 198(6), e78-e81. (Read full article)
- Atanackovic D, Yousef S, Shorter C, Tantravahi SK, Steinbach M, Iglesias F, Sborov D, Radhakrishnan SV, Chiron M, Miles R, Salama M, Krger N, Luetkens T (2019). In vivo vaccination effect in multiple myeloma patients treated with the monoclonal antibody isatuximab. [Letter to the editor]. Leukemia, 34(1), 317-321. (Read full article)
- Tantravahi SK, Szankasi P, Khorashad JS, Dao KH, Kovacsovics T, Kelley TW, Deininger MW (2016). A phase II study of the efficacy, safety, and determinants of response to 5-azacitidine (Vidaza®) in patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. [Letter to the editor]. Leuk Lymphoma, 57(10), 2441-4. (Read full article)