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Specialties
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neuro-oncology)Patient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 48 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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Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.January 28, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Malani is wonderful. A great addition to the medical staff.
January 28, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Malani was thorough, thoughtful and authoritative in her diagnosis and treatment plan. It was exactly what should happen during a consultation with an expert physician.
January 08, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERShe is a fantastic and knowledgeable doctor. She¿s clearly concerned about my care, current status and future health. She explains complex issues eloquently and is honest and sincere.
December 21, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERShe is very kind, caring and thorough. She¿s a great doctor
November 09, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Malani is extremely kind and compassionate. I know I¿m in good hands with Dr Malani on my care team.
September 30, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERWhat I am there for is not very encouraging but I think she explained the options so we could understand them.
August 17, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery very caring. We were very blessed to have Dr. Malani taking care of my wife.
August 04, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERShe was kind and knowledgeable, and very interested in how we were feeling. We are so grateful that we are going to be working with her.
July 22, 2023HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERExcellent, compassionate doctor.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Neurosurgery -Primary Board Certification American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (Neuro-oncology)Education history
Fellowship Neuro-Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Fellow Neurology - State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Resident Internship Internal Medicine - State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Intern Medicine - University of Sheffield M.B.Ch.B. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Puri S, Malani R, Chalmers A, Kerrigan K, Patel SB, Monynahan K, Cannon L, Blouw B, Akerley W (2023). Keeping a track on leptomeningeal disease in non-small cell lung cancer: A single-institution experience with CNSide(TM). Neurooncol Adv, 6(1), vdad150. (Read full article)
- Malani R, Bhatia A, Warner AB, Yang JT (2023). Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis from Solid Tumor Malignancies: Treatment Strategies and Biomarkers. Semin Neurol, 43(6), 859-866. (Read full article)
- Bhatia A, Moreno R, Reiner AS, Nandakumar S, Walch HS, Thomas TM, Nicklin PJ, Choi Y, Skakodub A, Malani R, Prabhakaran V, Tiwari P, Diaz M, Panageas KS, Mellinghoff IK, Bale TA, Young RJ (2023). Tumor Volume Growth Rates and Doubling Times during Active Surveillance of IDH-mutant Low-Grade Glioma. Clin Cancer Res. (Read full article)
- Huang Y, Moreno R, Malani R, Meng A, Swinburne N, Holodny AI, Choi Y, Rusinek H, Golomb JB, George A, Parra LC, Young RJ (2022). Deep Learning Achieves Neuroradiologist-Level Performance in Detecting Hydrocephalus Requiring Treatment. J Digit Imaging, 35(6), 1662-1672. (Read full article)
- Yang JT, Wijetunga NA, Pentsova E, Wolden S, Young RJ, Correa D, Zhang Z, Zheng J, Steckler A, Bucwinska W, Bernstein A, Betof Warner A, Yu H, Kris MG, Seidman AD, Wilcox JA, Malani R, Lin A, DeAngelis LM, Lee NY, Powell SN, Boire A (2022). Randomized Phase II Trial of Proton Craniospinal Irradiation Versus Photon Involved-Field Radiotherapy for Patients With Solid Tumor Leptomeningeal Metastasis. J Clin Oncol, 40(33), 3858-3867. (Read full article)
- Ferraro E, Singh J, Patil S, Razavi P, Modi S, Chandarlapaty S, Barrio AV, Malani R, Mellinghoff IK, Boire A, Wen HY, Brogi E, Seidman AD, Norton L, Robson ME, Dang CT (2022). Incidence of brain metastases in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with trastuzumab and pertuzumab. NPJ Breast Cancer, 8(1), 37. (Read full article)
- Wijetunga NA, Boire A, Young RJ, Yamada Y, Wolden S, Yu H, Kris M, Seidman A, Betof-Warner A, Diaz M, Reiner A, Malani R, Pentsova E, Yang JT (2021). Quantitative cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor cells are a potential biomarker of response for proton craniospinal irradiation for leptomeningeal metastasis. Neurooncol Adv, 3(1), vdab181. (Read full article)
- Ho KG, Bale T, Grommes C, Bhatia A, Malani R (2021). Use of circulating tumor DNA to guide treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma: a case report. Neurooncol Adv, 3(1), vdab143. (Read full article)
- Malani R, Fleisher M, Kumthekar P, Lin X, Omuro A, Groves MD, Lin NU, Melisko M, Lassman AB, Jeyapalan S, Seidman A, Skakodub A, Boire A, DeAngelis LM, Rosenblum M, Raizer J, Pentsova E (2020). Cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor cells as a quantifiable measurement of leptomeningeal metastases in patients with HER2 positive cancer. J Neurooncol, 148(3), 599-606. (Read full article)
- Gusdon AM, Nyquist PA, Torres-Lopez VM, Leasure AC, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Hanley DF, Malani R (2019). Perihematomal Edema After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Patients With Active Malignancy. Stroke, 51(1), 129-136. (Read full article)
- Gusdon AM, Cho SM, Mayasi Y, Malani R, Pttgen HA, Duffield A, Bolaos-Meade J, Lim M (2019). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Resulting in Hemorrhagic Brain Masses After Sepsis. Neurohospitalist, 10(1), 64-68. (Read full article)
- Bhatia A, Birger M, Veeraraghavan H, Um H, Tixier F, McKenney AS, Cugliari M, Caviasco A, Bialczak A, Malani R, Flynn J, Zhang Z, Yang TJ, Santomasso BD, Shoushtari AN, Young RJ (2019). MRI radiomic features are associated with survival in melanoma brain metastases treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Neuro Oncol, 21(12), 1578-1586. (Read full article)
- Sener U, Matin N, Yu H, Lin A, Yang TJ, Malani R (2019). Radiographic appearance of leptomeningeal disease in patients with EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung carcinoma treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a case series. CNS Oncol, 8(4), CNS42. (Read full article)
- Malani R, Bhatia A, Wolfe J, Grommes C (2019). Staging identifies non-CNS malignancies in a large cohort with newly diagnosed lymphomatous brain lesions. Leuk Lymphoma, 60(9), 2278-2282. (Read full article)
- Gusdon AM, Malani R, Chen X (2019). Clinical and EEG Characteristics of Ifosfamide-Related Encephalopathy. J Clin Neurophysiol, 36(2), 150-154. (Read full article)
Review
- Kaplan A, Li MJ, Malani R (2022). Treatments on the Horizon: Breast Cancer Patients with Central Nervous System Metastases. [Review]. Curr Oncol Rep, 24(3), 343-350. (Read full article)
- Dominguez M, Malani R (2021). Stroke-Like Migraine Attacks After Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review. [Review]. Curr Pain Headache Rep, 25(5), 33. (Read full article)
Editorial
- Malani R (2020). A view on the landscape of breast cancer brain metastases. CNS Oncol, 9(3), CNS59. (Read full article)
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