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Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Patient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 160 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.September 29, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERWhat a wonderful doctor, he made me feel secure and very welcome! Between the two doctors, they explained everything detailed explanations of what's wrong with me and what they're going to do and honestly they were awesome
September 21, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Godara listens to concerns and explains them in a manner I understand. He asks pertinent questions. He makes me feel at ease
September 20, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr Godara is very knowledgeable and I feel comfortable having him be my team leader
September 11, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERHe's very knowledgeable and respectful.He seemed very understanding too
September 11, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERVery kind and made every effort to help me understand what he was telling me and described various treatments and what outcome to expect
September 11, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Godara always discusses options, ideas and treatment approaches, I feel lucky to have his care and expertise.
July 19, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERGreat doctor. Extremely thorough. Explains everything to the level that I could completely understand.
July 18, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Godara was informed about my diagnosis and current treatment, offering suggested options for future care. He listened, answered my questions and was not in a hurry to conclude our visit. I felt that he cared about my specific issues.
July 12, 2024HUNTSMAN CANCER CENTERDr. Godara is the consummate professional. He is competent, empathetic, and professional. Thank you!
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary Academic Divisions Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Hematology)American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Medical Oncology)Education history
Fellowship Hematology-Oncology - Tufts Medical Center Fellow Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immunotherapy - Stanford University School of Medicine Fellow Residency Internal Medicine - Wayne State University School of Medicine Resident Internal Medicine - Wayne State University School of Medicine Intern Professional Medical Medicine - Government Medical College M.B.B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Bindal P, Najjar M, Koehn K, Godara A, Sborov DW, McClune B, Julian K, Wagner C, Mohyuddin GR (2023). Refractoriness to last line of therapy: how often is it mandated and reported? A systematic review of randomized myeloma trials. Leuk Lymphoma, 1-4. (Read full article)
- Siddiqui NS, Klein A, Godara A, Buchsbaum RJ, Hughes MC (2022). Predicting In-Hospital Mortality After Acute Myeloid Leukemia Therapy: Through Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 6, e2200044. (Read full article)
- McInturf G, Younger K, Sanchez C, Walde C, Abdallah AO, Ahmed N, Shune L, Sborov DW, Godara A, McClune B, Sinclair CT, Mohyuddin GR (2022). Palliative care utilization, transfusion burden, and end-of-life care for patients with multiple myeloma. Eur J Haematol, 109(5), 559-565. (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)
- Mohyuddin GR, Ahlstrom JM, Chmielewski CA, Sweeney NW, Molina TH, Cheung CS, Ballard EW, Seng FF, Van Oekelen O, Godara A, McClune B, Sborov D (2022). A survey on the patient perspective on cure in multiple myeloma. Lancet Haematol, 9(10), e716-e719. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Wang AY, Arkun K, Fogaren T, Qamar AS, McPhail ED, Kryzanski J, Riesenburger R, Comenzo R (2022). Unraveling a rare cause of spinal stenosis: Coexistent AL and ATTR amyloidosis involving the ligamentum flavum. Surg Neurol Int, 13, 12. (Read full article)
- Alderuccio JP, Olszewski AJ, Evens AM, Collins GP, Danilov AV, Bower M, Jagadeesh D, Zhu C, Sperling A, Kim SH, Vaca R, Wei C, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Dalla Pria A, DAngelo C, Farooq U, Bond DA, Berg S, Churnetski MC, Godara A, Khan N, Choi YK, Kassam S, Yazdy M, Rabinovich E, Post FA, Varma G, Karmali R, Burkart M, Martin P, Ren A, Chauhan A, Diefenbach C, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Blum KA, Boughan KM, Mian A, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, Kenkre VP, Zayac A, Maliske SM, Epperla N, Caimi P, Smith SE, Kamdar M, Venugopal P, Feldman TA, Rector D, Smith SD, Stadnik A, Portell CA, Lin Y, Naik S, Montoto S, Lossos IS, Cwynarski K (2021). HIV-associated Burkitt lymphoma: outcomes from a US-UK collaborative analysis. Blood Adv, 5(14), 2852-2862. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Riesenburger RI, Zhang DX, Varga C, Fogaren T, Siddiqui NS, Yu A, Wang A, Mastroianni M, Dowd R, Nail TJ, McPhail ED, Kurtin PJ, Theis JD, Toskic D, Arkun K, Pilichowska M, Kryzanski J, Patel AR, Comenzo R (2021). Association between spinal stenosis and wild-type ATTR amyloidosis. Amyloid, 28, 1-8. (Read full article)
- Zayac AS, Evens AM, Danilov A, Smith SD, Jagadeesh D, Leslie LA, Wei C, Kim SH, Naik S, Sundaram S, Reddy N, Farooq U, Kenkre VP, Epperla N, Blum KA, Khan N, Singh D, Alderuccio JP, Godara A, Yazdy MS, Diefenbach C, Rabinovich E, Varma G, Karmali R, Shao Y, Trabolsi A, Burkart M, Martin P, Stettner S, Chauhan A, Choi YK, Straker-Edwards A, Klein A, Churnetski MC, Boughan KM, Berg S, Haverkos BM, Orellana-Noia VM, DAngelo C, Bond DA, Maliske SM, Vaca R, Magarelli G, Sperling A, Gordon MJ, David KA, Savani M, Caimi P, Kamdar M, Lunning MA, Palmisiano N, Venugopal P, Portell CA, Bachanova V, Phillips T, Lossos IS, Olszewski AJ (2021). Outcomes of Burkitt lymphoma with central nervous system involvement: evidence from a large multicenter cohort study. Haematologica, 106(7), 1932-1942. (Read full article)
- George KM, Hernandez NS, Breton J, Cooper B, Dowd RS, Nail J, Yu A, Mastroianni M, Wang A, Godara A, Zhang D, Arkun K, Patel AR, Varga C, Soto O, Kryzanski J, Comenzo R, Riesenburger R (2021). Lumbar ligamentum flavum burden: Evaluating the role of ATTRwt amyloid deposition in ligamentum flavum thickness at all lumbar levels. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 206, 106708. (Read full article)
- Hachem H, Godara A, Schroeder C, Fein D, Mann H, Lawlor C, Marshall J, Klein A, Poutsiaka D, Breeze JL, Joshi R, Mathew P (2021). Rapid and sustained decline in CXCL-10 (IP-10) annotates clinical outcomes following TNFα-antagonist therapy in hospitalized patients with severe and critical COVID-19 respiratory failure. J Clin Transl Sci, 5(1), e146. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Siddiqui NS, Munigala S, Dhawan R, Kansagra AJ, Rapoport AP, Yared JA, Dahiya S (2020). Length of Stay and Hospital Costs for Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation. JCO Oncol Pract, 17(3), e355-e368. (Read full article)
- George KM, Hernandez NS, Breton J, Cooper B, Dowd RS, Nail J, Yu A, Mastroianni M, Wang A, Godara A, Zhang D, Arkun K, Patel AR, Varga C, Soto O, Kryzanski J, Comenzo R, Riesenburger R (2020). Increased thickness of lumbar spine ligamentum flavum in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis. J Clin Neurosci, 84, 33-37. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Palladini G (2020). Monoclonal Antibody Therapies in Systemic Light-Chain Amyloidosis. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am, 34(6), 1145-1159. (Read full article)
- Saif MW, Hachem H, Purvey S, Hamal R, Zhang L, Siddiqui NS, Godara A, Diasio RB (2020). Pharmacogenetic Variants in the DPYD and TYMS Genes are Clinically Significant Predictors of Fluoropyrimidine Toxicity: Are We Ready for Use in our Clinical Practice. Arch Pharmacol Ther, 2(1), 6-8. (Read full article)
Review
- Steinbach M, Neupane K, Aziz M, Lee-Smith W, Julian K, Godara A, McClune B, Kelkar AH, Sborov D, Mohyuddin GR (2023). Multiple Myeloma in Young Patients: A Scoping Review. [Review]. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 24(1), 15-22. (Read full article)
Case Report
- Godara A, Wang AY, Arkun K, Fogaren T, Qamar AS, McPhail ED, Kryzanski J, Riesenburger R, Comenzo R (2022). Unraveling a rare cause of spinal stenosis: Coexistent AL and ATTR amyloidosis involving the ligamentum flavum. Surg Neurol Int, 13, 12. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Migliozzi DR, Pilichowska M, Goyal N, Varga C, Gordon CE (2020). Use of Eculizumab in Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Patient With Polycystic Kidney Disease Immediately Post-Kidney Transplant: A Case Report. Kidney Med, 2(5), 652-656. (Read full article)
Letter
- Zhang Y, Godara A, Pan S, Toskic D, Mann H, Sborov D, Comenzo R, Kansagra A (2022). Belantamab mafodotin in patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis with myeloma. [Letter to the editor]. Ann Hematol, 101(9), 2119-2121. (Read full article)
- Godara A, Toskic D, Albanese J, Rosenthal B, Siddiqui NS, Kugelmass A, Zhou P, Fogaren T, Varga C, Landau HJ, Comenzo RL (2020). Involved free light chains <10 mg/L with treatment predict better outcomes in systemic light-chain amyloidosis. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Hematol, 96(1), E20-E23. (Read full article)
Other
- Hachem H, Godara A, Schroeder C, Fein D, Mann H, Lawlor C, Marshall J, Klein A, Poutsiaka D, Breeze JL, Joshi R, Mathew P (2021). Rapid and sustained decline in CXCL-10 (IP-10) annotates clinical outcomes following TNF-α antagonist therapy in hospitalized patients with severe and critical COVID-19 respiratory failure. medRxiv. United States. (Read full article)
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